The Inferior Parietal Lobule Is the Target of Output from the Superior
... ointment was placed in the eyes. A craniotomy was performed over the parietal lobe, and the dura was incised and reflected to expose the region of interest. The cortex was kept moist by the use of warmed (37– 40°C) sterile saline throughout the entire procedure. Injection sites. One monkey received ...
... ointment was placed in the eyes. A craniotomy was performed over the parietal lobe, and the dura was incised and reflected to expose the region of interest. The cortex was kept moist by the use of warmed (37– 40°C) sterile saline throughout the entire procedure. Injection sites. One monkey received ...
JAMES ALAN MURRAY, PhD - California State University, East Bay
... (9)Allison Sherman**– Function of single cells in turning (Friday Harbor Labs Dudley Summer Fellowship 2008, $500; CSUEB Graduate Student Research Grant 2008, $500; Charlotte Mangum Student Support Program $137 in kind housing; SICB Best Student Presentation $150; CSUEB Graduate Student Research Gra ...
... (9)Allison Sherman**– Function of single cells in turning (Friday Harbor Labs Dudley Summer Fellowship 2008, $500; CSUEB Graduate Student Research Grant 2008, $500; Charlotte Mangum Student Support Program $137 in kind housing; SICB Best Student Presentation $150; CSUEB Graduate Student Research Gra ...
The Format of the IJOPCM, first submission
... Artificial neural network (ANN) consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons, and it processes information using a connectionist approach to computation. In most cases an ANN is adaptive system which changes its structure based on external or internal information that flows through the ...
... Artificial neural network (ANN) consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons, and it processes information using a connectionist approach to computation. In most cases an ANN is adaptive system which changes its structure based on external or internal information that flows through the ...
Capturing Brain Dynamics: a combined neuroscience and
... ‣ But information processed in different subregions of the brain ...
... ‣ But information processed in different subregions of the brain ...
A Brief History of the Reticular Formation
... The electrical stimulation experiments of the mammalian reticular formation by Hess inspired fellow Germans Eric von Holst and Ursula von Saint-Paul to try the same procedure in chickens with their report appearing in English in 1961. Since birds do not have a large cerbral cortex to plan motor acti ...
... The electrical stimulation experiments of the mammalian reticular formation by Hess inspired fellow Germans Eric von Holst and Ursula von Saint-Paul to try the same procedure in chickens with their report appearing in English in 1961. Since birds do not have a large cerbral cortex to plan motor acti ...
Chapter 6
... operant chamber, but the animal is free to respond at any time. • Rate of behavior is controlled by the conditions in the box. ...
... operant chamber, but the animal is free to respond at any time. • Rate of behavior is controlled by the conditions in the box. ...
(Nurr1, Nur77 and Nor-1) by Typical and Atypical Antipsychotics in
... prefrontal and cingulate cortices and the nucleus accumbens (Table 1 and Fig. 2). A preferential expression of Nur77 is observed in the CA1, compared to CA3 and dentate gyrus (DG) regions of the hippocampus (Table 1). Basal expression of Nur77 mRNA is barely detectable in the SN and VTA (Table 1 and ...
... prefrontal and cingulate cortices and the nucleus accumbens (Table 1 and Fig. 2). A preferential expression of Nur77 is observed in the CA1, compared to CA3 and dentate gyrus (DG) regions of the hippocampus (Table 1). Basal expression of Nur77 mRNA is barely detectable in the SN and VTA (Table 1 and ...
Histamine neurons in the tuberomamillary nucleus: a whole center
... Spatial segregation due to probe localization does not explain the lack of response, as retrograde tracing with dye injections into the striatum or prefrontal cortex showed that most histaminergic somata are within the medial part of the ventral TMN (Köhler et al., 1985). This proximity suggests tha ...
... Spatial segregation due to probe localization does not explain the lack of response, as retrograde tracing with dye injections into the striatum or prefrontal cortex showed that most histaminergic somata are within the medial part of the ventral TMN (Köhler et al., 1985). This proximity suggests tha ...
Neurons in red nucleus and primary motor cortex exhibit similar
... function (Gribble and Scott, 2002). This method characterizes the ‘‘mass distribution’’ of torque-related activity by assuming that activity changes linearly between sampled torque directions and that torque magnitude is equal for each torque direction. To use this method, the lowest activity across ...
... function (Gribble and Scott, 2002). This method characterizes the ‘‘mass distribution’’ of torque-related activity by assuming that activity changes linearly between sampled torque directions and that torque magnitude is equal for each torque direction. To use this method, the lowest activity across ...
Overview Synaptic plasticity Synaptic strength
... When the presynaptic axon of cell A repeatedly and persistently fails to axcite the postsynaptic cell B while cell B is firing under the influence of other presynaptic axons, metabolic change takes place in one or both cells so that A‘s efficiency ... is decreased. ...
... When the presynaptic axon of cell A repeatedly and persistently fails to axcite the postsynaptic cell B while cell B is firing under the influence of other presynaptic axons, metabolic change takes place in one or both cells so that A‘s efficiency ... is decreased. ...
Solving the Problem of Negative Synaptic Weights in Cortical Models
... arbitrary transformations on the encoded variables. Conveniently, the same methods can be employed. Instead of finding decoders φ to decode an estimate of x (i.e., computing the identity function), the same linear leastsquares method can be used to provide decoders φ g(x) for some arbitrary function ...
... arbitrary transformations on the encoded variables. Conveniently, the same methods can be employed. Instead of finding decoders φ to decode an estimate of x (i.e., computing the identity function), the same linear leastsquares method can be used to provide decoders φ g(x) for some arbitrary function ...
The role of early visual cortex in visual integration: a neural model of
... the number of distractors. This suggests a parallel and ‘preattentive’ mechanism that can be implemented by the early retinotopic visual areas. On the other hand, when both target and distractors are composed of similar elementary features, the amount of time required to distinguish between them inc ...
... the number of distractors. This suggests a parallel and ‘preattentive’ mechanism that can be implemented by the early retinotopic visual areas. On the other hand, when both target and distractors are composed of similar elementary features, the amount of time required to distinguish between them inc ...
Anatomofunctional organization of the ventral primary motor and
... Hand motor activity We first tested hand grasping in the proximity of the monkey’s body, with the arm corresponding to the tested hand restrained, in order to distinguish hand-related motor activity from possible responses due to arm movements; this test was also carried out by closing the monkey’s ...
... Hand motor activity We first tested hand grasping in the proximity of the monkey’s body, with the arm corresponding to the tested hand restrained, in order to distinguish hand-related motor activity from possible responses due to arm movements; this test was also carried out by closing the monkey’s ...
High baseline activity in inferior temporal cortex
... 2012). The results of these electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies have changed the traditional view in which the baseline activity was considered noise. However, these human studies do not provide any direct information about the correlation of the baseline activity of single neurons and the ...
... 2012). The results of these electrophysiological and neuroimaging studies have changed the traditional view in which the baseline activity was considered noise. However, these human studies do not provide any direct information about the correlation of the baseline activity of single neurons and the ...
Learning operant conditioning
... • Punishment can effectively control certain behaviors. • Especially useful if teaching a child not to do a dangerous behavior • Most still suggest reinforcing an incompatible behavior rather than using punishment ...
... • Punishment can effectively control certain behaviors. • Especially useful if teaching a child not to do a dangerous behavior • Most still suggest reinforcing an incompatible behavior rather than using punishment ...
`What` Is Happening in the Dorsal Visual Pathway
... The study of the nature of object representations in the dorsal pathway and their behavioral significance is still subject to significant caveats that compel caution in the interpretation of behavioral and neural data. First, in most studies of nonhuman primates, sensitivity of a neural population to ...
... The study of the nature of object representations in the dorsal pathway and their behavioral significance is still subject to significant caveats that compel caution in the interpretation of behavioral and neural data. First, in most studies of nonhuman primates, sensitivity of a neural population to ...
Responses to irrational actions in action
... and irrational actions. Past studies in this area report mixed results, so the present paper uses new stimuli which precisely control motion path, the social form of the actor and the rationality of the action. A cluster in medial prefrontal cortex and a large cluster in the right inferior parietal ...
... and irrational actions. Past studies in this area report mixed results, so the present paper uses new stimuli which precisely control motion path, the social form of the actor and the rationality of the action. A cluster in medial prefrontal cortex and a large cluster in the right inferior parietal ...
Cortical Plasticity - Lund University Publications
... deconstructed into small segments, because every nerve fibre only conveys information from a small part of the skin surface, but the pattern is recreated in the brain by the cortical analysis. If there is an injury to the nerves from the hand to the medulla, the pattern of signals may be severely di ...
... deconstructed into small segments, because every nerve fibre only conveys information from a small part of the skin surface, but the pattern is recreated in the brain by the cortical analysis. If there is an injury to the nerves from the hand to the medulla, the pattern of signals may be severely di ...
Serotonin in Affective Control
... schemes (Jacobs and Fornal, 1999) were added more over-arching and widespread roles in affective processing and inference. We later interpret this palimpsest as giving rise to the interpretational battle between opposing abstractions about serotonin: the mainly electrophysiological conclusion that s ...
... schemes (Jacobs and Fornal, 1999) were added more over-arching and widespread roles in affective processing and inference. We later interpret this palimpsest as giving rise to the interpretational battle between opposing abstractions about serotonin: the mainly electrophysiological conclusion that s ...
THE AMYGDALA AND REWARD
... reward and positive affect. Stimulus–response learning seems to account for three of the five behaviours that argue against a role for the amygdala in reward processing. What might underlie the intact food preferences and object preferences of animals that have no amygdala? One possibility is that s ...
... reward and positive affect. Stimulus–response learning seems to account for three of the five behaviours that argue against a role for the amygdala in reward processing. What might underlie the intact food preferences and object preferences of animals that have no amygdala? One possibility is that s ...