Chemotherapy and Cognitive Impairment
... noting. In particular, two of the studies that offer support28,29 to this hypothesis employed only brief cognitive screening tests, which are probably inappropriate for detecting the subtle impair ments generally found in cancer survivors.32 In addition, three of the four studies reported here asse ...
... noting. In particular, two of the studies that offer support28,29 to this hypothesis employed only brief cognitive screening tests, which are probably inappropriate for detecting the subtle impair ments generally found in cancer survivors.32 In addition, three of the four studies reported here asse ...
the biological perspective
... knobs), which are responsible for communicating with other nerve cells. (See Figure 2.1.) Neurons make up a large part of the brain but they are not the only cells that affect our thinking, learning, memory, perception, and all of the other facets of life that make us who we are. The other primary c ...
... knobs), which are responsible for communicating with other nerve cells. (See Figure 2.1.) Neurons make up a large part of the brain but they are not the only cells that affect our thinking, learning, memory, perception, and all of the other facets of life that make us who we are. The other primary c ...
Arbib, 2008 - Semantic Scholar
... through some combination of innovation and social learning – it is open to the addition of new ‘‘protowords”, in contrast to the closed set of calls of a group of nonhuman primates – yet lacks any tools, beyond mere juxtaposition of two or three protowords, to put protowords together to continually ...
... through some combination of innovation and social learning – it is open to the addition of new ‘‘protowords”, in contrast to the closed set of calls of a group of nonhuman primates – yet lacks any tools, beyond mere juxtaposition of two or three protowords, to put protowords together to continually ...
Anatomical identification of primary auditory cortex in the developing
... The gerbil is an excellent model for auditory cortical development: it is easy to breed, easy to train, and more interestingly, it is born with a brain in a rather immature state (1). Nevertheless, gerbil’s brain anatomy descriptions or atlases are not easy to find in the literature, neither adult n ...
... The gerbil is an excellent model for auditory cortical development: it is easy to breed, easy to train, and more interestingly, it is born with a brain in a rather immature state (1). Nevertheless, gerbil’s brain anatomy descriptions or atlases are not easy to find in the literature, neither adult n ...
Whole-brain functional imaging at cellular resolution using light
... on the number of neurons that can be imaged at the same time and the total brain size of the animal under study. Thus, interactions between neurons in different brain areas are easily missed, and functionally related ensembles of neurons are undetectable if their activity is not tightly locked to a ...
... on the number of neurons that can be imaged at the same time and the total brain size of the animal under study. Thus, interactions between neurons in different brain areas are easily missed, and functionally related ensembles of neurons are undetectable if their activity is not tightly locked to a ...
Brain-implantable biomimetic electronics as the next era in neural
... neural network models in question must be miniaturized sufficiently to be implantable, which demands their implementation in at least microchip circuitry. Given the known signaling characteristics of neurons, such an implementation will most likely involve hybrid analog/digital device designs. Fourt ...
... neural network models in question must be miniaturized sufficiently to be implantable, which demands their implementation in at least microchip circuitry. Given the known signaling characteristics of neurons, such an implementation will most likely involve hybrid analog/digital device designs. Fourt ...
Evidence for a distributed hierarchy of action
... the imaging data distinguish brain regions that are recruited for understanding different levels of control for an action. These areas form a functional-anatomic hierarchy that represents increasingly abstract aspects of observed behavior. The review begins with a brief historic perspective on action ...
... the imaging data distinguish brain regions that are recruited for understanding different levels of control for an action. These areas form a functional-anatomic hierarchy that represents increasingly abstract aspects of observed behavior. The review begins with a brief historic perspective on action ...
Perception – Gain Control
... Eagle, D. M., & Robbins, T. W. (2003). Inhibitory control in rats performing a stop-signal reaction-time task: effects of lesions of the medial striatum and d-amphetamine. Behav Neurosci, 117(6), 1302-1317. Egner, T., Delano, M., & Hirsch, J. (2007). Separate conflict-specific cognitive control mech ...
... Eagle, D. M., & Robbins, T. W. (2003). Inhibitory control in rats performing a stop-signal reaction-time task: effects of lesions of the medial striatum and d-amphetamine. Behav Neurosci, 117(6), 1302-1317. Egner, T., Delano, M., & Hirsch, J. (2007). Separate conflict-specific cognitive control mech ...
Emergence of new signal-primitives in neural systems
... are recombinations of existing, prespecified symbols – there is no means by which new primitive symbols can be created by simply recombining existing ones. One does not create new alphabetical letter types by stringing together more and more existing letters – the new notations must be introduced fr ...
... are recombinations of existing, prespecified symbols – there is no means by which new primitive symbols can be created by simply recombining existing ones. One does not create new alphabetical letter types by stringing together more and more existing letters – the new notations must be introduced fr ...
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... – Given probabilistic knowledge about what patterns characterize predicates or procedures satisfying a certain criterion, generate new predicate/procedures satisfying the criterion ...
... – Given probabilistic knowledge about what patterns characterize predicates or procedures satisfying a certain criterion, generate new predicate/procedures satisfying the criterion ...
Inferring a dual-stream model of mentalizing from associative white
... between behavioural data and anatomic (lesion) data and thus drawing conclusions on the underlying neurocognitive organization. Although this inferential statistical method is free of the inherent weaknesses of group-based analyses of patients with defined lesions (because there is no need for a pri ...
... between behavioural data and anatomic (lesion) data and thus drawing conclusions on the underlying neurocognitive organization. Although this inferential statistical method is free of the inherent weaknesses of group-based analyses of patients with defined lesions (because there is no need for a pri ...
Interoception and Emotion: a Neuroanatomical Perspective
... skeletal movements and visceral activation) of the human cerebral cortex. Modern functional imaging studies, which produce color-coded maps of brain activation based on relative measurements of local cerebral blood flow during specific tasks, have validated these insights and are now being used in e ...
... skeletal movements and visceral activation) of the human cerebral cortex. Modern functional imaging studies, which produce color-coded maps of brain activation based on relative measurements of local cerebral blood flow during specific tasks, have validated these insights and are now being used in e ...
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... Chapter 1: Theories About the Causes of MDD................................................3 1.1. Theories About the Causes of MDD....................................................................................3 1.2. Select Emotions, Behaviors and Bodily Functions ...
... Chapter 1: Theories About the Causes of MDD................................................3 1.1. Theories About the Causes of MDD....................................................................................3 1.2. Select Emotions, Behaviors and Bodily Functions ...
Opposing roles for dopamine and serotonin in the modulation of
... parameter to represent DA activity in cortical circuits accurately accounts for the types of cognitive deficits displayed by schizophrenics as they perfom WM tasks (Cohen and Ser van-Schreiber, 1992, 1993). Relative to normal controls, individuals with Parkinson’s disease demonstrate cognitive defic ...
... parameter to represent DA activity in cortical circuits accurately accounts for the types of cognitive deficits displayed by schizophrenics as they perfom WM tasks (Cohen and Ser van-Schreiber, 1992, 1993). Relative to normal controls, individuals with Parkinson’s disease demonstrate cognitive defic ...
Brain mechanisms for switching from automatic to controlled eye
... the pink stimulus (Fig. 3B). This is the time when pre-SMA neurons fire. Is the firing early enough? In Fig. 3C we align the population activity of switch-selective pre-SMA neurons on the time of cue onset, and compared their activity between the nonswitch and switch trials. The two sets of activity, ...
... the pink stimulus (Fig. 3B). This is the time when pre-SMA neurons fire. Is the firing early enough? In Fig. 3C we align the population activity of switch-selective pre-SMA neurons on the time of cue onset, and compared their activity between the nonswitch and switch trials. The two sets of activity, ...
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... of age. On the other hand, CD was mainly present in the mature form throughout development, although its level in these tissues was also significantly increased with aging. The CE-positive cortical and brainstem neurons of the aged rat corresponded well with cells emitting autofluorescence for lipop ...
... of age. On the other hand, CD was mainly present in the mature form throughout development, although its level in these tissues was also significantly increased with aging. The CE-positive cortical and brainstem neurons of the aged rat corresponded well with cells emitting autofluorescence for lipop ...
Saladin 5e Extended Outline
... form the neural plate. a. The neural plate gives rise to most neurons and all glial cells except microglia, which arise from mesoderm. b. The neural plate sinks and its edges thicken, forming a neural groove with a raised neural fold. c. The neural folds then fuse along the midline, beginning in the ...
... form the neural plate. a. The neural plate gives rise to most neurons and all glial cells except microglia, which arise from mesoderm. b. The neural plate sinks and its edges thicken, forming a neural groove with a raised neural fold. c. The neural folds then fuse along the midline, beginning in the ...
The elephant brain in numbers
... elephant brain, in particular, at 4.5–5 kg, is about 3–4 times larger than the human brain (Manger et al., 2009). Another possibility was the relative mass of the cerebral cortex measured as a percentage of brain mass—but although this value is indeed largest in the human brain, it is only marginall ...
... elephant brain, in particular, at 4.5–5 kg, is about 3–4 times larger than the human brain (Manger et al., 2009). Another possibility was the relative mass of the cerebral cortex measured as a percentage of brain mass—but although this value is indeed largest in the human brain, it is only marginall ...
Superior digit memory of abacus experts
... sessions, there were no significant differences between groups in the percentage of correct responses (experts, 90 7 4.0%; controls, 93 7 6.9%; t(21) ¼ 1.00, p ¼ 0.33) or the mean reaction time (experts 1580 7 292 ms; controls 1542 7 286 ms; t(21) ¼ 0.32, p ¼ 0.75). Thus, it appeared that the effect ...
... sessions, there were no significant differences between groups in the percentage of correct responses (experts, 90 7 4.0%; controls, 93 7 6.9%; t(21) ¼ 1.00, p ¼ 0.33) or the mean reaction time (experts 1580 7 292 ms; controls 1542 7 286 ms; t(21) ¼ 0.32, p ¼ 0.75). Thus, it appeared that the effect ...
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... both Vldlr and Apoer2, exhibit identical behavior and neuroanatomy and provide strong evidence for the involvement of these proteins in the same signaling pathway (22). The Reln-positive CR neuron is one of the first neurons to mature during early cortical development. It was initially described in ...
... both Vldlr and Apoer2, exhibit identical behavior and neuroanatomy and provide strong evidence for the involvement of these proteins in the same signaling pathway (22). The Reln-positive CR neuron is one of the first neurons to mature during early cortical development. It was initially described in ...
Neural evidence for the interplay between language, gesture, and
... is different from that in which a part of cortex is temporarily and virtually ‘lesioned’ (see Devlin & Watkins, 2006). Fadiga and colleagues measured MEPs of tongue muscles while stimulating the part of the motor cortex that leads to movement of the tongue (Fadiga, Craighero, Buccino, & Rizzolatti, 2 ...
... is different from that in which a part of cortex is temporarily and virtually ‘lesioned’ (see Devlin & Watkins, 2006). Fadiga and colleagues measured MEPs of tongue muscles while stimulating the part of the motor cortex that leads to movement of the tongue (Fadiga, Craighero, Buccino, & Rizzolatti, 2 ...
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... be associated with risk for psychiatric disorders in samples of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or anxiety. These samples included overlapping and novel samples to those included in the GWAS study that had replicated the association with rs1344706 (9). Steinberg et al. (10) identified tw ...
... be associated with risk for psychiatric disorders in samples of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression or anxiety. These samples included overlapping and novel samples to those included in the GWAS study that had replicated the association with rs1344706 (9). Steinberg et al. (10) identified tw ...
Before and below `theory of mind`: embodied
... monkeys are not capable of motor imitation—though recent evidence by Subiaul et al. (2004) shows that they are capable of cognitive imitation—the study by Paukner et al. (2005) nevertheless shows that macaque monkeys do entertain the capacity to discriminate between very similar goal-related actions ...
... monkeys are not capable of motor imitation—though recent evidence by Subiaul et al. (2004) shows that they are capable of cognitive imitation—the study by Paukner et al. (2005) nevertheless shows that macaque monkeys do entertain the capacity to discriminate between very similar goal-related actions ...
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... • Asymmetries in the brain – Language • Understanding about brain mechanisms for language largely derived from studies of patients with brain damage. • Aphasia – language deficit caused by brain damage • Broca’s area – involved in speech production • Wernicke’s area – involved in speech comprehensio ...
... • Asymmetries in the brain – Language • Understanding about brain mechanisms for language largely derived from studies of patients with brain damage. • Aphasia – language deficit caused by brain damage • Broca’s area – involved in speech production • Wernicke’s area – involved in speech comprehensio ...
Activity Overview Continued - The University of Texas Health
... different regions of the human body: brain, spinal cord, hands, arms, legs, and feet. It is recommended that the teacher draw a simple outline of the human body on butcher paper or use masking tape or chalk to outline the human body on the floor as shown in the diagram. The teacher may wish to do th ...
... different regions of the human body: brain, spinal cord, hands, arms, legs, and feet. It is recommended that the teacher draw a simple outline of the human body on butcher paper or use masking tape or chalk to outline the human body on the floor as shown in the diagram. The teacher may wish to do th ...