C. elegans
... The spinothalamic pain pathway: C fibers to 2nd order projection neurons to brain Spinothalamic tract= main pain pathway stem & thalamus ...
... The spinothalamic pain pathway: C fibers to 2nd order projection neurons to brain Spinothalamic tract= main pain pathway stem & thalamus ...
The Auditory Brain and Perceiving Auditory Scenes
... afferent auditory nerve fibers synapse Superior olive: An early brain stem region in the auditory pathway where inputs from both ears converge Inferior colliculus: A midbrain nucleus in the auditory pathway ...
... afferent auditory nerve fibers synapse Superior olive: An early brain stem region in the auditory pathway where inputs from both ears converge Inferior colliculus: A midbrain nucleus in the auditory pathway ...
Final Report
... Catherine Liu, 2019 The generation of rhythmic movements, like breathing and chewing, is one important function of the brain. The brain needs to be able to not only generate these specific motor patterns, but also modify the pattern to adapt to changes in the environment. To further investigate how ...
... Catherine Liu, 2019 The generation of rhythmic movements, like breathing and chewing, is one important function of the brain. The brain needs to be able to not only generate these specific motor patterns, but also modify the pattern to adapt to changes in the environment. To further investigate how ...
Characterization of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
... Characterization of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis in Transgenic Mouse Lines Sonam Malhotra Mentor: Xiangmin Xu The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is part of the extended amygdala which receives heavy projections from the basolateral amygdala and other areas, and projects to hyp ...
... Characterization of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis in Transgenic Mouse Lines Sonam Malhotra Mentor: Xiangmin Xu The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is part of the extended amygdala which receives heavy projections from the basolateral amygdala and other areas, and projects to hyp ...
Discriminative Auditory Fear Learning Requires Both Tuned
... thought to be important for sound discrimination. • The nonlemniscal stream has less selective neurons, which are not tonotopically organized, and is thought to be important for multimodal processing and for several forms of learning. ...
... thought to be important for sound discrimination. • The nonlemniscal stream has less selective neurons, which are not tonotopically organized, and is thought to be important for multimodal processing and for several forms of learning. ...
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... The motor circuit for horizontal saccades. A. Eye velocity component. Long-lead burst neurons relay signals from higher centers to the excitatory burst neurons. The eye velocity component arises from excitatory burst neurons in the paramedian pontine reticular formation that synapse on motor neurons ...
... The motor circuit for horizontal saccades. A. Eye velocity component. Long-lead burst neurons relay signals from higher centers to the excitatory burst neurons. The eye velocity component arises from excitatory burst neurons in the paramedian pontine reticular formation that synapse on motor neurons ...
Auditory–vocal mirroring in songbirds
... Since their discovery in the monkey frontal cortex almost three decades ago, ‘mirror neurons’ that are active both when an individual observes and executes a specific movement have been advanced as a substrate for imitative learning, including for skills that form the basis of communicative behaviou ...
... Since their discovery in the monkey frontal cortex almost three decades ago, ‘mirror neurons’ that are active both when an individual observes and executes a specific movement have been advanced as a substrate for imitative learning, including for skills that form the basis of communicative behaviou ...
THE JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 460:80–93 (2003)
... FERNANDO R. NODAL1* AND DOLORES E. LOPEZ2 The cochlear root neurons (CRNs) are thought to mediate the auditory startle reflex (ASR) in the rat, which is widely used as a behavioral model for the investigation of the sensorimotor integration. CRNs project, among other targets, to the nucleus reticula ...
... FERNANDO R. NODAL1* AND DOLORES E. LOPEZ2 The cochlear root neurons (CRNs) are thought to mediate the auditory startle reflex (ASR) in the rat, which is widely used as a behavioral model for the investigation of the sensorimotor integration. CRNs project, among other targets, to the nucleus reticula ...
The Neurobiology of Cricket Song
... From the work of many laboratories, including our own at the University of California at Berkeley and at Cornell University, it is known that the nerve networks needed for generating the songs of crickets are closely allied to those involved in flight. Both systems de velop in stages as the cricket ...
... From the work of many laboratories, including our own at the University of California at Berkeley and at Cornell University, it is known that the nerve networks needed for generating the songs of crickets are closely allied to those involved in flight. Both systems de velop in stages as the cricket ...
The Frequency-Following Response
... epresents a significant up-to-date source of information on FFR and its applications to the study of human communication ...
... epresents a significant up-to-date source of information on FFR and its applications to the study of human communication ...
For Motor Outputs, as for Sensory Inputs, Spike Timing Carries More
... indicates that, just as in sensory systems, the motor output that controls bird song is dictated not only by firing rate but also by firing pattern and the information inherent in those patterns greatly exceeds the information available in simple spike counts. The authors recorded the song of the ad ...
... indicates that, just as in sensory systems, the motor output that controls bird song is dictated not only by firing rate but also by firing pattern and the information inherent in those patterns greatly exceeds the information available in simple spike counts. The authors recorded the song of the ad ...
Karen Iler Kirk - Purdue University
... • Animal Models: – Marmoset monkey (at JHU) – Rodent (at Purdue) ...
... • Animal Models: – Marmoset monkey (at JHU) – Rodent (at Purdue) ...
Module 3
... • Opens up a portal in axon, and lets in positive ions (Sodium) which mix with negative ions (Potassium) that is already inside the axon (thus Neurons at rest have a slightly negative charge). • The mixing of + and – ions causes an electrical charge that opens up the next portal (letting in more K) ...
... • Opens up a portal in axon, and lets in positive ions (Sodium) which mix with negative ions (Potassium) that is already inside the axon (thus Neurons at rest have a slightly negative charge). • The mixing of + and – ions causes an electrical charge that opens up the next portal (letting in more K) ...
Nueron - AP Psychology Community
... • Opens up a portal in axon, and lets in positive ions (Sodium) which mix with negative ions (Potassium) that is already inside the axon (thus Neurons at rest have a slightly negative charge). • The mixing of + and – ions causes an electrical charge that opens up the next portal (letting in more K) ...
... • Opens up a portal in axon, and lets in positive ions (Sodium) which mix with negative ions (Potassium) that is already inside the axon (thus Neurons at rest have a slightly negative charge). • The mixing of + and – ions causes an electrical charge that opens up the next portal (letting in more K) ...
The Biology of Mind
... How a Neuron Fires It is an electrochemical process Electrical inside the neuron Chemical outside the neuron (in the synapse in the form of a neurotransmitter) The firing is call Action Potential ...
... How a Neuron Fires It is an electrochemical process Electrical inside the neuron Chemical outside the neuron (in the synapse in the form of a neurotransmitter) The firing is call Action Potential ...
Answers to WHAT DID YOU LEARN questions
... Cerebral nuclei do not exert direct control over lower motor neurons; instead, they adjust the motor commands issued in other nuclei and provide a background pattern and rhythm once a movement is under way. The cerebral nuclei also play a key role in cognition and in emotions. The cerebellum influen ...
... Cerebral nuclei do not exert direct control over lower motor neurons; instead, they adjust the motor commands issued in other nuclei and provide a background pattern and rhythm once a movement is under way. The cerebral nuclei also play a key role in cognition and in emotions. The cerebellum influen ...
ARIEL LEVINE Postdoctoral Associate, The Salk Institute for
... orchestrate motor programs, as well as their cellular properties and connectivity are poorly understood. We have identified a population of premotor spinal neurons that may provide the cellular basis for encoding coordinated motor output programs. These molecularly-defined “motor synergy encoder” ( ...
... orchestrate motor programs, as well as their cellular properties and connectivity are poorly understood. We have identified a population of premotor spinal neurons that may provide the cellular basis for encoding coordinated motor output programs. These molecularly-defined “motor synergy encoder” ( ...
Endocrine System: Overview
... Somatic Sensory Pathways 4. Three neuron types are needed for a somatic sensory pathway. Describe the role of each. a. First Order Neurons b. Second Order Neurons c. Third Order Neurons 5. How do somatic sensory nerve impulses get to the brain stem from the head itself? ...
... Somatic Sensory Pathways 4. Three neuron types are needed for a somatic sensory pathway. Describe the role of each. a. First Order Neurons b. Second Order Neurons c. Third Order Neurons 5. How do somatic sensory nerve impulses get to the brain stem from the head itself? ...
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... Source: Neurologic of Weakness and Paralysis, Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e ipsilateral in the anterior spinal cord. Corticospinal neurons synapse on premotor interneurons, but some—especially in the cervical enlargement and Citation: Kasper D, Fauci A, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson J, Loscalzo ...
... Source: Neurologic of Weakness and Paralysis, Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e ipsilateral in the anterior spinal cord. Corticospinal neurons synapse on premotor interneurons, but some—especially in the cervical enlargement and Citation: Kasper D, Fauci A, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson J, Loscalzo ...
Task-related “cortical” bursting depends critically
... lesion birds, as results were similar between groups). This finding indicates that although pharmacological inactivation of Area X transiently disinhibits the thalamus and increases spontaneous firing rates in LMAN (34), excitatory drive to LMAN does not remain chronically elevated following lesions o ...
... lesion birds, as results were similar between groups). This finding indicates that although pharmacological inactivation of Area X transiently disinhibits the thalamus and increases spontaneous firing rates in LMAN (34), excitatory drive to LMAN does not remain chronically elevated following lesions o ...
Vocal Control Neuron Incorporation Decreases with Age in the Adult
... the control and functions of this remarkable plasticity may force major revision of existing dogma on normal brain function and may also suggest strategies for brain repair. Neurogenesis is particularly robust in adult birds because, unlike the case in mammals, new neurons are added to much of the t ...
... the control and functions of this remarkable plasticity may force major revision of existing dogma on normal brain function and may also suggest strategies for brain repair. Neurogenesis is particularly robust in adult birds because, unlike the case in mammals, new neurons are added to much of the t ...
Central Auditory Pathways
... The individual fibers pass from the modiolus of the cochlea through the internal auditory meatus, which exits at the base of the brain The IAM also carries fibers from the utricle, saccule, and semicircular canals that form the vestibular portion of the VIII nerve The vestibular and auditory portion ...
... The individual fibers pass from the modiolus of the cochlea through the internal auditory meatus, which exits at the base of the brain The IAM also carries fibers from the utricle, saccule, and semicircular canals that form the vestibular portion of the VIII nerve The vestibular and auditory portion ...
Animal Behavior - South Kingstown High School Home Page
... mountains of CA. Eat enough food during the spring and summer months to last it through its long hibernation. Male squirrels come out of hibernation about 2 weeks before females. They are ready to mate at that time. Males are very aggressive to each other and all get injured during the mating peri ...
... mountains of CA. Eat enough food during the spring and summer months to last it through its long hibernation. Male squirrels come out of hibernation about 2 weeks before females. They are ready to mate at that time. Males are very aggressive to each other and all get injured during the mating peri ...
The Mirror Mechanism: A Mechanism for Understanding Others
... the mirror mechanism in social cognition. I will discuss this issue and will show that, although there are several mechanisms through which one can understand the behaviour of others, the parieto-frontal mechanism is the only one that allows understanding others’ actions from the inside giving the o ...
... the mirror mechanism in social cognition. I will discuss this issue and will show that, although there are several mechanisms through which one can understand the behaviour of others, the parieto-frontal mechanism is the only one that allows understanding others’ actions from the inside giving the o ...
Bird vocalization
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, (relatively complex) songs are distinguished by function from (relatively simple) calls.