Three-dimensional atlas system for mouse and rat brain
... stable anesthesia for the entire imaging session (see also Field et al., 1993). Animals were monitored by pulse oximetry, and body temperature was maintained at 37◦ C by a water-circulating heating pad (Gaymar T/Pump; Gaymar Industries, Orchard Park, NY). The T1 contrast agent manganese (Mn2+ ) was ...
... stable anesthesia for the entire imaging session (see also Field et al., 1993). Animals were monitored by pulse oximetry, and body temperature was maintained at 37◦ C by a water-circulating heating pad (Gaymar T/Pump; Gaymar Industries, Orchard Park, NY). The T1 contrast agent manganese (Mn2+ ) was ...
Sally and Kelly 1988 - The University of Texas at Dallas
... More recent microelectrode studies have provided partial maps of auditory cortex (2, 65), but a complete map of auditory cortex has never been published, and quantitative data on response properties are lacking. The purpose of the present study is to provide basic information regarding the organizat ...
... More recent microelectrode studies have provided partial maps of auditory cortex (2, 65), but a complete map of auditory cortex has never been published, and quantitative data on response properties are lacking. The purpose of the present study is to provide basic information regarding the organizat ...
Pediatric Neurology Review
... 70-80 % of children “outgrow” their seizures HISTORY is the most important tool in differentiating a seizure from a non-seizure look-alike EEG is an adjunctive test to clinical history after 1st unprovoked seizure, 40% recurrence risk (80% recurrence risk if EEG abnormal) For 2nd unprovoked seizure, ...
... 70-80 % of children “outgrow” their seizures HISTORY is the most important tool in differentiating a seizure from a non-seizure look-alike EEG is an adjunctive test to clinical history after 1st unprovoked seizure, 40% recurrence risk (80% recurrence risk if EEG abnormal) For 2nd unprovoked seizure, ...
Simultaneous Golgi-Cox and immunofluorescence using confocal
... impregnation is a widely employed method that provides detailed information about morphological characteristics of neurons, but none regarding their neurochemical features. Immunocytochemical procedures, on the other hand, can provide a high degree of biochemical specificity but poorer morphological ...
... impregnation is a widely employed method that provides detailed information about morphological characteristics of neurons, but none regarding their neurochemical features. Immunocytochemical procedures, on the other hand, can provide a high degree of biochemical specificity but poorer morphological ...
Involvement of Cerebellum in Emotional Behavior
... experiments. Rolando (1809, 1823) performed cerebellar lesion and described impaired motor, but not sensory or intellectual functions. Immediately after the publication of the French translation of the paper by Rolando (1823), Flourens (1824) noticed that ‘all movements persist following ablation of ...
... experiments. Rolando (1809, 1823) performed cerebellar lesion and described impaired motor, but not sensory or intellectual functions. Immediately after the publication of the French translation of the paper by Rolando (1823), Flourens (1824) noticed that ‘all movements persist following ablation of ...
Effect of serotonin depletion on cortical spreading depression
... by increasing the CBF is one hypothesis that could explain the function of CSD in healthy brain [14]. However, the induction of CSD in a physiological impaired condition can result in the damage of neural tissue [15]. In this study, the activation by CSD in the low 5-HT group could induce higher cer ...
... by increasing the CBF is one hypothesis that could explain the function of CSD in healthy brain [14]. However, the induction of CSD in a physiological impaired condition can result in the damage of neural tissue [15]. In this study, the activation by CSD in the low 5-HT group could induce higher cer ...
diffuse degeneration of the cerebral white matter in severe
... The ages and survival periods of the patients and details of the injuries will be found in Table 1. Case 1 H. B., a man, aged 28, one year before death was knocked down by a truck and rendered unconscious. Eleven hours later he was still unconscious but responded to painful stimuli by moving all lim ...
... The ages and survival periods of the patients and details of the injuries will be found in Table 1. Case 1 H. B., a man, aged 28, one year before death was knocked down by a truck and rendered unconscious. Eleven hours later he was still unconscious but responded to painful stimuli by moving all lim ...
MRI of acute stroke.A.
... manifestation. Occasionally, only the upper quadrant of visual field is involved. If the visual association areas are spared and only the calcarine cortex is involved, the patient may be aware of visual defects. Medial temporal lobe and hippocampal involvement may cause an acute disturbance in memor ...
... manifestation. Occasionally, only the upper quadrant of visual field is involved. If the visual association areas are spared and only the calcarine cortex is involved, the patient may be aware of visual defects. Medial temporal lobe and hippocampal involvement may cause an acute disturbance in memor ...
mri_acquisition - Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical
... High bandwidth results in: • smaller B0 (susceptibility) related geometric distortions • but lower SNR ...
... High bandwidth results in: • smaller B0 (susceptibility) related geometric distortions • but lower SNR ...
Bigger brains cycle faster before neurogenesis begins: a
... timing of neural events is highly conserved between chickens and quail, once time is expressed as a percentage of overall incubation period. In absolute time, neurogenesis begins earlier in chickens than in quail. Therefore, neural event timing cannot account for the expansion of the chicken brain r ...
... timing of neural events is highly conserved between chickens and quail, once time is expressed as a percentage of overall incubation period. In absolute time, neurogenesis begins earlier in chickens than in quail. Therefore, neural event timing cannot account for the expansion of the chicken brain r ...
Synaesthesia: reconciling the subjective with the objective
... language acquisition, a shift to cognitivism began. Behaviourism had banished reference to mental states from scientific language, but, with the rise of cognitivism, mental phenomena once more became legitimate targets for scientific study. As a probable consequence, within the last 20 years, resear ...
... language acquisition, a shift to cognitivism began. Behaviourism had banished reference to mental states from scientific language, but, with the rise of cognitivism, mental phenomena once more became legitimate targets for scientific study. As a probable consequence, within the last 20 years, resear ...
Pediatric Neurology Review - American Academy of Pediatrics
... benign intermittent self-limited episodes of head tilt spells last hours to days start in 1st year of life, resolve by age 5 years ...
... benign intermittent self-limited episodes of head tilt spells last hours to days start in 1st year of life, resolve by age 5 years ...
Meningeal inflammation is widespread and linked to cortical
... We have previously described the presence of ectopic B cell follicle-like structures in the cerebral meninges of a proportion of cases with SPMS and suggested that these could be an important site of immune cell activation and expansion in chronic disease (Serafini et al., 2004, 2007; Magliozzi et a ...
... We have previously described the presence of ectopic B cell follicle-like structures in the cerebral meninges of a proportion of cases with SPMS and suggested that these could be an important site of immune cell activation and expansion in chronic disease (Serafini et al., 2004, 2007; Magliozzi et a ...
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... dynamic entity utilized by migrating neurons to sense their surrounding environment and to determine the directionality of movement. Leading process morphological properties differ in migrating pyramidal neurons and interneurons. Whereas migrating pyramidal neurons display a typical bipolar morpholo ...
... dynamic entity utilized by migrating neurons to sense their surrounding environment and to determine the directionality of movement. Leading process morphological properties differ in migrating pyramidal neurons and interneurons. Whereas migrating pyramidal neurons display a typical bipolar morpholo ...
optic tract syndrome
... • Most lesions involving optic tract are usually large enough to involve the chiasm and optic nerve , thus producing an optic tract syndrome. • Retrochiasmal lesions characteristically have field defects that respect vertical • midline and visual acuity is not affected. • Retrochiasmal lesions resu ...
... • Most lesions involving optic tract are usually large enough to involve the chiasm and optic nerve , thus producing an optic tract syndrome. • Retrochiasmal lesions characteristically have field defects that respect vertical • midline and visual acuity is not affected. • Retrochiasmal lesions resu ...
individual trait Variability of perceptual multistability: from
... generating perceptual inference but only more recently has the individual variability of this inferential process been appreciated. Studies of the interaction of evoked and ongoing neural activity show that inference itself is not merely a stimulus-triggered process but is related to the context of ...
... generating perceptual inference but only more recently has the individual variability of this inferential process been appreciated. Studies of the interaction of evoked and ongoing neural activity show that inference itself is not merely a stimulus-triggered process but is related to the context of ...
Article PDF - Christopher A. Walsh Laboratory
... Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is an autosomal recessive developmental disorder characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy and complex brain and eye abnormalities. A similar combination of symptoms is presented by two other human diseases, muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB) and Fukuyama congenital mu ...
... Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is an autosomal recessive developmental disorder characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy and complex brain and eye abnormalities. A similar combination of symptoms is presented by two other human diseases, muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB) and Fukuyama congenital mu ...
Is Epilepsy a Progressive Disease? The Neurobiological
... abolishes activity-induced neuronal injury and cell death in this culture model (7). In recent whole animal studies using kainate-induced seizures, we have demonstrated activation of Erk 1/2 in dentate gyms hilar neurons, mossy fibers, and occasional pyramidal neurons mainly in CA3 (8). Many of the ...
... abolishes activity-induced neuronal injury and cell death in this culture model (7). In recent whole animal studies using kainate-induced seizures, we have demonstrated activation of Erk 1/2 in dentate gyms hilar neurons, mossy fibers, and occasional pyramidal neurons mainly in CA3 (8). Many of the ...
The mirror mechanism and its potential role in autism
... humans. For example, the mirror mechanism presents a rough somatotropic organization both in monkey and humans,22,23 but unlike macaque monkeys, the observation of intransitive meaningless movements24–27 and pantomimes22,28,29 seem to activate mirror mechanism-related areas fully in humans. Moreover ...
... humans. For example, the mirror mechanism presents a rough somatotropic organization both in monkey and humans,22,23 but unlike macaque monkeys, the observation of intransitive meaningless movements24–27 and pantomimes22,28,29 seem to activate mirror mechanism-related areas fully in humans. Moreover ...
Epilepsy - med.muni
... A proportion of the pts with intractable epilepsy will benefit from surgery. Epilepsy surgery procedures: Curative (removal of epileptic focus) and palliative (seizure-related risk decrease and improvement of the QOL) Curative (resective) procedures: Anteromesial temporal resection, selective amygda ...
... A proportion of the pts with intractable epilepsy will benefit from surgery. Epilepsy surgery procedures: Curative (removal of epileptic focus) and palliative (seizure-related risk decrease and improvement of the QOL) Curative (resective) procedures: Anteromesial temporal resection, selective amygda ...
Selective Cortical Layering Abnormalities and Behavioral Deficits in
... suggested that augmented set of IGLs are present in the juvenile Emx1-Cre/ Pax6cKO cortex. We next wanted to investigate whether specific IGL neuronal sublineages were affected in the Emx1-Cre/Pax6cKO mice. At early postnatal stages, expression of the transcription factor Tbr1 is high in L6 neurons ...
... suggested that augmented set of IGLs are present in the juvenile Emx1-Cre/ Pax6cKO cortex. We next wanted to investigate whether specific IGL neuronal sublineages were affected in the Emx1-Cre/Pax6cKO mice. At early postnatal stages, expression of the transcription factor Tbr1 is high in L6 neurons ...
Selective Cortical Layering Abnormalities and Behavioral Deficits in
... suggested that augmented set of IGLs are present in the juvenile Emx1-Cre/ Pax6cKO cortex. We next wanted to investigate whether specific IGL neuronal sublineages were affected in the Emx1-Cre/Pax6cKO mice. At early postnatal stages, expression of the transcription factor Tbr1 is high in L6 neurons ...
... suggested that augmented set of IGLs are present in the juvenile Emx1-Cre/ Pax6cKO cortex. We next wanted to investigate whether specific IGL neuronal sublineages were affected in the Emx1-Cre/Pax6cKO mice. At early postnatal stages, expression of the transcription factor Tbr1 is high in L6 neurons ...
Ocular Dominance and Patterned Lateral Connections in a Self
... tween the responses.2 This property can be potentially very useful in models of cortical function. While afferent connections learn to detect the significant features in the input space (such as ocularity or orientation), the lateral connections can learn correlations between these features (such a ...
... tween the responses.2 This property can be potentially very useful in models of cortical function. While afferent connections learn to detect the significant features in the input space (such as ocularity or orientation), the lateral connections can learn correlations between these features (such a ...
SPD and ADHD: Recognizing the Difference
... compensations can be averted. Let’s switch gears from symptomology and take a look at the current neurobiological research related to SPD and ADHD. Recent studies from the University of California in San Francisco highlight the neurological differences between children with SPD and children with au ...
... compensations can be averted. Let’s switch gears from symptomology and take a look at the current neurobiological research related to SPD and ADHD. Recent studies from the University of California in San Francisco highlight the neurological differences between children with SPD and children with au ...