Make Life Visible
... contributions to the elucidation of the pathology of diseases as well as to their diagnosis and therapy. Adding further promise for future development are imaging tools in the broad sense, such as optics and optogenetics - the revolutionary use of light to control cells and organisms. From molecular ...
... contributions to the elucidation of the pathology of diseases as well as to their diagnosis and therapy. Adding further promise for future development are imaging tools in the broad sense, such as optics and optogenetics - the revolutionary use of light to control cells and organisms. From molecular ...
Computational Psychiatry Seminar: Spring 2014 Week 11: The
... Modulators of decision making Factors that affect decisions and learning Needs and desires. The utility curve f should reflect the decision maker’s physiological or economic needs. The utility of any amount exceeding the maximal consumption should also saturate. Thus utility functions often have si ...
... Modulators of decision making Factors that affect decisions and learning Needs and desires. The utility curve f should reflect the decision maker’s physiological or economic needs. The utility of any amount exceeding the maximal consumption should also saturate. Thus utility functions often have si ...
learning, Memory, and Cognition: Animal Perspectives
... typy are two close strategies and are not related to any great differences between the neural systems involved. It will be interesting to search for structures in the brain that differ in these two species and may be related to these two strategies. A particularly close connection between innate and ...
... typy are two close strategies and are not related to any great differences between the neural systems involved. It will be interesting to search for structures in the brain that differ in these two species and may be related to these two strategies. A particularly close connection between innate and ...
Nature template
... 12. C. M. Gray, W. Singer, Stimulus specific neuronal oscillations in orientation columns of cat visual cortex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 86, 1698-1702 (1989). 13. W. Singer, C. M. Gray, Visual feature integration and the temporal correlation ...
... 12. C. M. Gray, W. Singer, Stimulus specific neuronal oscillations in orientation columns of cat visual cortex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 86, 1698-1702 (1989). 13. W. Singer, C. M. Gray, Visual feature integration and the temporal correlation ...
Race modulates neural activity during imitation
... expected that imitation would modulate race effects previously observed in perceptual tasks. In summary, our overarching goal was to begin to shed light on the neural processes that may underlie race-biased imitative learning during cultural acquisition. To do so, in the present study we examined ne ...
... expected that imitation would modulate race effects previously observed in perceptual tasks. In summary, our overarching goal was to begin to shed light on the neural processes that may underlie race-biased imitative learning during cultural acquisition. To do so, in the present study we examined ne ...
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... ____ 16. Scientists A.L. Hodgkin and A.F. Huxley experimented with the neurons of the squid. The squid has very long non-myelinated neurons. They inserted tiny electrodes into the neurons and measured nerve impulse transmission. Which of the following types of transmission would they have observed? ...
... ____ 16. Scientists A.L. Hodgkin and A.F. Huxley experimented with the neurons of the squid. The squid has very long non-myelinated neurons. They inserted tiny electrodes into the neurons and measured nerve impulse transmission. Which of the following types of transmission would they have observed? ...
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... function in information transfer • The squid possesses extremely large nerve cells and is a good model for studying neuron function. • Nervous systems process information in three stages: sensory input, integration, and motor output. ...
... function in information transfer • The squid possesses extremely large nerve cells and is a good model for studying neuron function. • Nervous systems process information in three stages: sensory input, integration, and motor output. ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... weeks post-rhizotomy, the growth of a subpopulation of sensory axons across the DREZ was facilitated in Neurocan/Brevican-deficient, but not in control animals. This demonstrates for the first time that (i) Neurocan and/or Brevican contribute to the non-permissive environment of the DREZ several wee ...
... weeks post-rhizotomy, the growth of a subpopulation of sensory axons across the DREZ was facilitated in Neurocan/Brevican-deficient, but not in control animals. This demonstrates for the first time that (i) Neurocan and/or Brevican contribute to the non-permissive environment of the DREZ several wee ...
The Spinal Nerve
... Functional Organization of Neurons Sensory neurons—Deliver information to CNS—10 million Motor neurons—Deliver commands to peripheral effectors—1/2 million Interneurons—Interpret, plan, coordinate signals in and out—20 billion Neuronal Pools Functional groups of interconnected neurons (interneurons) ...
... Functional Organization of Neurons Sensory neurons—Deliver information to CNS—10 million Motor neurons—Deliver commands to peripheral effectors—1/2 million Interneurons—Interpret, plan, coordinate signals in and out—20 billion Neuronal Pools Functional groups of interconnected neurons (interneurons) ...
PDF - Center for Neural Science
... Pandya, 2002): at the top of the cortical hierarchy, the PFC is well situated for representational processing of the highest order; and its extensive input-output connections with the rest of the brain allow the PFC to combine information from various sensory, motor, and limbic areas, provide a top- ...
... Pandya, 2002): at the top of the cortical hierarchy, the PFC is well situated for representational processing of the highest order; and its extensive input-output connections with the rest of the brain allow the PFC to combine information from various sensory, motor, and limbic areas, provide a top- ...
Human frequency-following response: representation of pitch
... by harmonically related components (Goldstein, 1973; Terhardt, 1973). Temporal place models utilize local discharge synchrony information between neighboring neurons (Young and Sachs, 1979), or interspike intervals within single neurons (Srulovicz and Goldstein, 1983) to form a frequency-based centr ...
... by harmonically related components (Goldstein, 1973; Terhardt, 1973). Temporal place models utilize local discharge synchrony information between neighboring neurons (Young and Sachs, 1979), or interspike intervals within single neurons (Srulovicz and Goldstein, 1983) to form a frequency-based centr ...
Full text PDF - Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
... th and th week, that is why the period is considered critical in development (organisation) of cortex and basal ganglia, because the cortex is very vulnerable (,,,). In the beginning of the th month of foetal life many nerve fibres begin to take a white appearance due to myelin depositing, w ...
... th and th week, that is why the period is considered critical in development (organisation) of cortex and basal ganglia, because the cortex is very vulnerable (,,,). In the beginning of the th month of foetal life many nerve fibres begin to take a white appearance due to myelin depositing, w ...
Human Anatomy Unit 6 – Chapter 8 – Nervous System Work List
... The Moving Impulse A neuron remains in its resting state until it receives a stimulus large enough to start a nerve impulse. The impulse causes a movement of ions across the cell membrane. An impulse begins when a neuron is stimulated by another neuron or by the environment. Once it begins, the impu ...
... The Moving Impulse A neuron remains in its resting state until it receives a stimulus large enough to start a nerve impulse. The impulse causes a movement of ions across the cell membrane. An impulse begins when a neuron is stimulated by another neuron or by the environment. Once it begins, the impu ...
The Nervous System
... 6. Identify the neuroglia of the central nervous system. 7. Which type of glial cell would increase in number in the brain tissue of a person with a CNS infection? 8. In the PNS, neuron cell bodies are located in ________ and surrounded by neuroglial cells called ________ cells. © 2013 Pearson Educa ...
... 6. Identify the neuroglia of the central nervous system. 7. Which type of glial cell would increase in number in the brain tissue of a person with a CNS infection? 8. In the PNS, neuron cell bodies are located in ________ and surrounded by neuroglial cells called ________ cells. © 2013 Pearson Educa ...
Extended Liquid Computing in Networks of Spiking Neurons
... sensitivity of ions channels to fluctuations of the membrane potential, which can lower the firing threshold. Parameters c and d control the after-spike resets This model has been successfully able to reproduce any of the 20 different spiking dynamics of single neurons for different values of a, b, ...
... sensitivity of ions channels to fluctuations of the membrane potential, which can lower the firing threshold. Parameters c and d control the after-spike resets This model has been successfully able to reproduce any of the 20 different spiking dynamics of single neurons for different values of a, b, ...
Doubly stochastic processes: an approach for understanding central
... investigated in a mathematical context; however, they have not been widely applied in neuroscience. We begin by pointing out that the brain is very stochastic: both individual neurons and physiological neural networks exhibit a variety of stochastic firing patterns. We then consider transitions from ...
... investigated in a mathematical context; however, they have not been widely applied in neuroscience. We begin by pointing out that the brain is very stochastic: both individual neurons and physiological neural networks exhibit a variety of stochastic firing patterns. We then consider transitions from ...
Spinal Cord - eCurriculum
... 1. Dorsal horn (sensory): consists of mainly interneurons (whose processes remain within the spinal cord) and projection neurons (whose axons collect into long ascending sensory pathways). 2. Ventral horn (motor): contains cell bodies of large motor neurons that supply skeletal muscle. These occur i ...
... 1. Dorsal horn (sensory): consists of mainly interneurons (whose processes remain within the spinal cord) and projection neurons (whose axons collect into long ascending sensory pathways). 2. Ventral horn (motor): contains cell bodies of large motor neurons that supply skeletal muscle. These occur i ...
Digital Selection and Analogue Amplification Coexist in a cortex-inspired silicon circuit
... 27. Koslow, J. A. Community structure in North Atlantic deep-sea ®shes. Prog. Oceanogr. 31, 321±338 ...
... 27. Koslow, J. A. Community structure in North Atlantic deep-sea ®shes. Prog. Oceanogr. 31, 321±338 ...
Nose, Nerve – Atrophy
... and number, or complete loss in severe cases (Figure 3), of the olfactory nerves. Atrophy of the olfactory nerves (Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3; compare with normal control in Figure 4) is secondary to loss of olfactory nerve cells from the olfactory epithelium or to damage to the olfactory bulb ...
... and number, or complete loss in severe cases (Figure 3), of the olfactory nerves. Atrophy of the olfactory nerves (Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3; compare with normal control in Figure 4) is secondary to loss of olfactory nerve cells from the olfactory epithelium or to damage to the olfactory bulb ...
1 How the Nervous System Works
... synapse between the axon tip of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron. Notice that a small gap separates these two structures. For a nerve impulse to be carried along at a synapse, it must cross the gap between the axon and the next structure. The axon tips release chemicals that carry the i ...
... synapse between the axon tip of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron. Notice that a small gap separates these two structures. For a nerve impulse to be carried along at a synapse, it must cross the gap between the axon and the next structure. The axon tips release chemicals that carry the i ...
Sensory feedback for upper limb prostheses
... objects begin to slip in the hand, and provide sensory feedback to the user about increasing grip force. Clearly, this afferent system is important if the prosthesis is to be used to grasp and lift objects without crushing or dropping them. Under normal circumstances, the skin is densely innervated ...
... objects begin to slip in the hand, and provide sensory feedback to the user about increasing grip force. Clearly, this afferent system is important if the prosthesis is to be used to grasp and lift objects without crushing or dropping them. Under normal circumstances, the skin is densely innervated ...