Distribution of Androgen and Estrogen Receptor mRNA in the Brain
... that strongly suggest a developmental influence of sex steroids on the brain. In fact, sex differences in circulating levels of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and 17-estradiol (E2) are evident shortly after leopard geckos hatch and persist throughout postnatal life (Sakata et al., 199 ...
... that strongly suggest a developmental influence of sex steroids on the brain. In fact, sex differences in circulating levels of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and 17-estradiol (E2) are evident shortly after leopard geckos hatch and persist throughout postnatal life (Sakata et al., 199 ...
Temporal reproduction and its neuroanatomical correlates in adults
... In healthy individuals temporal information processing seems to engage multiple brain areas including the cerebellum, basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex (e.g. Ivry, 1996, Ivry et al., 2002, Meck et al., 2008). To our knowledge, there are no studies to date examining the association between neuroan ...
... In healthy individuals temporal information processing seems to engage multiple brain areas including the cerebellum, basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex (e.g. Ivry, 1996, Ivry et al., 2002, Meck et al., 2008). To our knowledge, there are no studies to date examining the association between neuroan ...
The Value of the Examination of Visuooculomotor Reflexes in
... accadic movement and smooth-pursuit (eyetracking) movement examination are the standard otoneurological tests [1–4]. Latency, velocity, and accuracy of eye movements are appreciated during the saccadic test. Eye-tracking or caloric eyetracking tests are classified on the basis of a suggestion from M ...
... accadic movement and smooth-pursuit (eyetracking) movement examination are the standard otoneurological tests [1–4]. Latency, velocity, and accuracy of eye movements are appreciated during the saccadic test. Eye-tracking or caloric eyetracking tests are classified on the basis of a suggestion from M ...
Optical brain imaging in vivo: techniques and applications from
... The obvious advantage of optical imaging over other modalities is reduced cost and infrastructure requirements 共such as shielded rooms and synchrotrons兲. However, a much more important distinction is that optical imaging offers such a broad range of contrast mechanisms. While fMRI, PET, and x-ray CT ...
... The obvious advantage of optical imaging over other modalities is reduced cost and infrastructure requirements 共such as shielded rooms and synchrotrons兲. However, a much more important distinction is that optical imaging offers such a broad range of contrast mechanisms. While fMRI, PET, and x-ray CT ...
A Weighted and Directed Interareal Connectivity
... Table 3 corresponds to about one-third of the expected number in the brain for a given injection. The uptake zones of each injection site correspond to a small fraction of the area injected; the volumes of the uptake zone are given in Supplementary Table 2. Injection sites were in general restricted ...
... Table 3 corresponds to about one-third of the expected number in the brain for a given injection. The uptake zones of each injection site correspond to a small fraction of the area injected; the volumes of the uptake zone are given in Supplementary Table 2. Injection sites were in general restricted ...
Towards Detection of Brain Tumor in Electroencephalogram
... brain area where the tumor has attacked or displaced normal tissue. Common symptoms comprise of weakness or numbness on one side of the body, language disturbance, or vision deficits. Brain tumors can as well be first identified ...
... brain area where the tumor has attacked or displaced normal tissue. Common symptoms comprise of weakness or numbness on one side of the body, language disturbance, or vision deficits. Brain tumors can as well be first identified ...
Flow of information for emotions through temporal and orbitofrontal pathways REVIEW
... from most of the cerebral cortex and from subcortical structures, but at any one time it processes only what is relevant for the task at hand (reviewed in Dagenbach & Carr, 1994; Posner & DiGirolamo, 1998), whether it is a working memory task, associative learning or sequential aspects of behaviour, ...
... from most of the cerebral cortex and from subcortical structures, but at any one time it processes only what is relevant for the task at hand (reviewed in Dagenbach & Carr, 1994; Posner & DiGirolamo, 1998), whether it is a working memory task, associative learning or sequential aspects of behaviour, ...
Symmetrical hemispheric priming in spatial neglect: A
... damage and inhibits visual recognition in the contralesional space since the two hemispheres normally exert an inhibitory influence on each other via callosal connections. Indeed, functional brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies with neglect patients have supported the pu ...
... damage and inhibits visual recognition in the contralesional space since the two hemispheres normally exert an inhibitory influence on each other via callosal connections. Indeed, functional brain imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies with neglect patients have supported the pu ...
Increased taste intensity perception exhibited by
... There is overlap between brain regions involved in taste and pain perception, and cortical injuries may lead to increases as well as decreases in sensitivity to taste. Recently it was shown that chronic back pain (CBP) is associated with a specific pattern of brain atrophy. Since CBP is characterize ...
... There is overlap between brain regions involved in taste and pain perception, and cortical injuries may lead to increases as well as decreases in sensitivity to taste. Recently it was shown that chronic back pain (CBP) is associated with a specific pattern of brain atrophy. Since CBP is characterize ...
Functional Connectivity of the Secondary Somatosensory Cortex of
... provide an alternative view, that is, S2 received direct thalamic inputs rather than through a serially organized path by means of S1. One hypothesis to explain these divergent findings is the possibility that serial or parallel processing types vary among species and/ or different body regions. The ...
... provide an alternative view, that is, S2 received direct thalamic inputs rather than through a serially organized path by means of S1. One hypothesis to explain these divergent findings is the possibility that serial or parallel processing types vary among species and/ or different body regions. The ...
Tese final so frentes - Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
... pathogenic processes. The mechanisms of motor neuron degeneration are best understood in the subtype of disease caused by mutations in the enzyme superoxide dismutase 1. This enzyme is enrolled in the degradation of free oxygen radicals and in ALS neuronal damage is due to its gain-of-function. Aden ...
... pathogenic processes. The mechanisms of motor neuron degeneration are best understood in the subtype of disease caused by mutations in the enzyme superoxide dismutase 1. This enzyme is enrolled in the degradation of free oxygen radicals and in ALS neuronal damage is due to its gain-of-function. Aden ...
Reciprocal influences of physical function and cognitive inhibition in
... cognitive inhibitory function, and physical function are discussed in this review and the following main conclusions can be drawn: 1) cognitive inhibitory capacity might interact with pain in healthy participants but more research is needed to determine the nature of this interaction, 2) several stu ...
... cognitive inhibitory function, and physical function are discussed in this review and the following main conclusions can be drawn: 1) cognitive inhibitory capacity might interact with pain in healthy participants but more research is needed to determine the nature of this interaction, 2) several stu ...
Deshpande_Gopikrishna_200708_phd
... default mode network, particularly the frontal areas, in mediating anesthesia-induced neural effects. In addition, ILC is shown to be higher in the default mode network at rest which decreases significantly during a task. Finally, the linear ILC approach is complemented by the nonlinear approach and ...
... default mode network, particularly the frontal areas, in mediating anesthesia-induced neural effects. In addition, ILC is shown to be higher in the default mode network at rest which decreases significantly during a task. Finally, the linear ILC approach is complemented by the nonlinear approach and ...
i BASAL GANGLIA PATHWAYS: BEYOND THE CLOSED
... I would like to begin by thanking Peter Strick for being an amazing advisor. I have learned a great deal under his guidance and he has helped me grow both as a scientist and as a person. I would also like to thank the members of my dissertation committee: Rob Turner, Julie Fiez, Linda Rinaman and Da ...
... I would like to begin by thanking Peter Strick for being an amazing advisor. I have learned a great deal under his guidance and he has helped me grow both as a scientist and as a person. I would also like to thank the members of my dissertation committee: Rob Turner, Julie Fiez, Linda Rinaman and Da ...
new techniques for imaging, digitization and analysis of
... understanding the etiology of impaired cognitive function that accompanies such pathology. While the gross morphologic effects of neurodegenerative disease have been well documented by stereologic approaches, alterations in fine-grained single neuron morphology and the global topology of multineuron ...
... understanding the etiology of impaired cognitive function that accompanies such pathology. While the gross morphologic effects of neurodegenerative disease have been well documented by stereologic approaches, alterations in fine-grained single neuron morphology and the global topology of multineuron ...
Verbal memory in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
... point to a condition of bitemporal vulnerability, and are therefore the harbingers of a post-resection amnesia, the presence of a non-congruent memory disorder (i.e. a memory impairment implicating the contralateral hippocampus in cases with an apparently unilateral mesial temporal focus) was taken ...
... point to a condition of bitemporal vulnerability, and are therefore the harbingers of a post-resection amnesia, the presence of a non-congruent memory disorder (i.e. a memory impairment implicating the contralateral hippocampus in cases with an apparently unilateral mesial temporal focus) was taken ...
Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons
... not based on dedicated functional (and neural) mechanisms. General sensory and motor systems may implement imitative abilities through mechanisms that are strongly reminiscent of Hebbian learning. One of the corollaries of this assumption is that imitation should not be confined to specific lineages. ...
... not based on dedicated functional (and neural) mechanisms. General sensory and motor systems may implement imitative abilities through mechanisms that are strongly reminiscent of Hebbian learning. One of the corollaries of this assumption is that imitation should not be confined to specific lineages. ...
Apomorphine Induces Contralateral Rotation 1 Running Head
... substance,” either apomorphine or d-amphetamine, injected into rats with unilateral 6-OHDA lesions of the SN. The model initially described by Ungerstedt has been repeatedly tested and will allow us to accurately predicting the identity of the mystery substance based on the rotational behavior obser ...
... substance,” either apomorphine or d-amphetamine, injected into rats with unilateral 6-OHDA lesions of the SN. The model initially described by Ungerstedt has been repeatedly tested and will allow us to accurately predicting the identity of the mystery substance based on the rotational behavior obser ...
Alzheimer-like neurodegeneration in aged antinerve growth factor
... ameliorates lesion-induced abnormalities in these cells (6), and reverses atrophy of BFCNs (7) and spatial memory impairments in aged rats (8–10). A decline in the integrity of the central cholinergic function in aged human brain has been postulated (11) to be responsible for the neuropathological c ...
... ameliorates lesion-induced abnormalities in these cells (6), and reverses atrophy of BFCNs (7) and spatial memory impairments in aged rats (8–10). A decline in the integrity of the central cholinergic function in aged human brain has been postulated (11) to be responsible for the neuropathological c ...
Stahl_3rd_ch19_Part2..
... Sedative hypnotics include barbiturates and related agents such as ethchlorvynol and ethinamate, chloral hydrate and derivatives, and piperidinedione derivatives such as glutethimide and methyprylon. Experts often include alcohol, benzodiazepines, and Z drug hypnotics in this class as well. The mech ...
... Sedative hypnotics include barbiturates and related agents such as ethchlorvynol and ethinamate, chloral hydrate and derivatives, and piperidinedione derivatives such as glutethimide and methyprylon. Experts often include alcohol, benzodiazepines, and Z drug hypnotics in this class as well. The mech ...
Visuospatial processing and the right
... mute right, interpreted the response in a context consistent with its knowledge. Since it had no knowledge of the picture of the bell tower it found a feasible reason to account for the selection of the bell. Gazzaniga has postulated that this confabulation reveals the existence of an ‘‘interpreter’ ...
... mute right, interpreted the response in a context consistent with its knowledge. Since it had no knowledge of the picture of the bell tower it found a feasible reason to account for the selection of the bell. Gazzaniga has postulated that this confabulation reveals the existence of an ‘‘interpreter’ ...
Monkey Models of Recovery of Voluntary Hand
... Such reports, however, tell us little about the potential for the recovery of digit and hand movements after less devastating dorsal root injuries. To investigate functional recovery along with associated neuronal changes following dorsal root injury, we developed a restricted DRL model that is read ...
... Such reports, however, tell us little about the potential for the recovery of digit and hand movements after less devastating dorsal root injuries. To investigate functional recovery along with associated neuronal changes following dorsal root injury, we developed a restricted DRL model that is read ...
Distribution of neurons in functional areas of the mouse cerebral
... Examining the distribution of neurons across functional areas requires well-established criteria for identifying and isolating these areas. Such criteria have been established in the most widely used mouse brain atlas, in which the cerebral cortex has been segmented by careful comparison of cytoarch ...
... Examining the distribution of neurons across functional areas requires well-established criteria for identifying and isolating these areas. Such criteria have been established in the most widely used mouse brain atlas, in which the cerebral cortex has been segmented by careful comparison of cytoarch ...
Imitation, Empathy, and Mirror Neurons
... not based on dedicated functional (and neural) mechanisms. General sensory and motor systems may implement imitative abilities through mechanisms that are strongly reminiscent of Hebbian learning. One of the corollaries of this assumption is that imitation should not be confined to specific lineages. ...
... not based on dedicated functional (and neural) mechanisms. General sensory and motor systems may implement imitative abilities through mechanisms that are strongly reminiscent of Hebbian learning. One of the corollaries of this assumption is that imitation should not be confined to specific lineages. ...