Exposure to As-, Cd-, and Pb-Mixture Induces Ab, Amyloidogenic
... secretase (BACE) and presenilin (PS)-mediated APP-processing. Investigating the mechanism of Ab-induction revealed an augmentation in oxidative stress-dependent neuroinflammation that stimulated APP expression through interleukinresponsive-APP-mRNA 50 -untranslated region. We then examined the effec ...
... secretase (BACE) and presenilin (PS)-mediated APP-processing. Investigating the mechanism of Ab-induction revealed an augmentation in oxidative stress-dependent neuroinflammation that stimulated APP expression through interleukinresponsive-APP-mRNA 50 -untranslated region. We then examined the effec ...
Chapter 15 The Nervous System
... The peripheral nervous system consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect it to the rest of the body. The peripheral nervous system is involved in both involuntary and voluntary actions. ...
... The peripheral nervous system consists of a network of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect it to the rest of the body. The peripheral nervous system is involved in both involuntary and voluntary actions. ...
Efferent connections of the parabigeminal nucleus to the amygdala
... to innervate more than one target by means of divergent axon collaterals, we performed a double labeling retrograde tracing study. Here we report that some neurons in Pbg emit branching axons that innervate SC and Am simultaneously, and additionally that these connections arise also from separate ne ...
... to innervate more than one target by means of divergent axon collaterals, we performed a double labeling retrograde tracing study. Here we report that some neurons in Pbg emit branching axons that innervate SC and Am simultaneously, and additionally that these connections arise also from separate ne ...
"Sleep and Memory". In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS)
... Figure 2 Potential roles of sleep in synaptic and systems consolidation. (a) Representative changes in release of acetylcholine (ACh) and noradrenaline (NA) in the cortex (relative to waking) during REM and NREM sleep. Representative EEG traces for the two sleep states show cortical activity similar ...
... Figure 2 Potential roles of sleep in synaptic and systems consolidation. (a) Representative changes in release of acetylcholine (ACh) and noradrenaline (NA) in the cortex (relative to waking) during REM and NREM sleep. Representative EEG traces for the two sleep states show cortical activity similar ...
GABA transporters in the mammalian cerebral cortex - LIRA-Lab
... GAT-2, GAT-3, and BGT-1 have been identified using molecular cloning. Of these, GAT-1 and -3 are expressed in the cerebral cortex. Studies of the cortical distribution, cellular localization, ontogeny and relationships of GATs with GABA-releasing elements using a variety of light and electron micros ...
... GAT-2, GAT-3, and BGT-1 have been identified using molecular cloning. Of these, GAT-1 and -3 are expressed in the cerebral cortex. Studies of the cortical distribution, cellular localization, ontogeny and relationships of GATs with GABA-releasing elements using a variety of light and electron micros ...
- Journal of Vestibular Research
... originates also from LC and dorsal raphe (7 ,9). According to literature data on DOP AC significance in brain areas predominantly innervated by noradrenergic neurons, DOPAC levels in the MVN and LC were interpreted as a ret1ection of NE synthesis (17,18). On the other hand, the ratio 5HIAA/ 5HT was ...
... originates also from LC and dorsal raphe (7 ,9). According to literature data on DOP AC significance in brain areas predominantly innervated by noradrenergic neurons, DOPAC levels in the MVN and LC were interpreted as a ret1ection of NE synthesis (17,18). On the other hand, the ratio 5HIAA/ 5HT was ...
09 - Pierce College
... 53. Join cortex of cerebrum with midbrain a. Association tracts b. Commissural tracts c. Projection tracts 54. Join cortex of cerebrum on right side of brain with cortex of cerebrum on left side of brain: a. Association tracts b. Commissural tracts c. Projection tracts 55. Corpus callosum is one of ...
... 53. Join cortex of cerebrum with midbrain a. Association tracts b. Commissural tracts c. Projection tracts 54. Join cortex of cerebrum on right side of brain with cortex of cerebrum on left side of brain: a. Association tracts b. Commissural tracts c. Projection tracts 55. Corpus callosum is one of ...
Abstracts - BCCN 2009
... Computational Neuroscience. As a consequence of this opening, we have received a record number of submitted abstracts. Of the total number of 192 submitted abstracts, 51 are from international researchers. Like last year, the contributed abstracts have been published in the journal Frontiers in Comp ...
... Computational Neuroscience. As a consequence of this opening, we have received a record number of submitted abstracts. Of the total number of 192 submitted abstracts, 51 are from international researchers. Like last year, the contributed abstracts have been published in the journal Frontiers in Comp ...
Shamanism in Cross-Cultural Perspective
... he seminal and classic work of Mircea Eliade (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing o ...
... he seminal and classic work of Mircea Eliade (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing o ...
Brain Stem Involvement in Immune and Aversive Challenge Jakob Paues
... (LPS). LPS induces the production of inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines and prostaglandins, which in turn can interact with the central nervous system (CNS) to affect behaviour. The CNS also memorises substances that have made us sick in the past to avoid future harm, a phenomenon called cond ...
... (LPS). LPS induces the production of inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines and prostaglandins, which in turn can interact with the central nervous system (CNS) to affect behaviour. The CNS also memorises substances that have made us sick in the past to avoid future harm, a phenomenon called cond ...
Mechanisms of Visual Attention in the Human Cortex
... or ventral stream, is crucial for the identification of objects, whereas the occipitoparietal pathway, or dorsal stream, is crucial for the appreciation of the spatial relations among objects as well as for the visual guidance of movements toward objects in space (Ungerleider & Mishkin 1982, Goodale ...
... or ventral stream, is crucial for the identification of objects, whereas the occipitoparietal pathway, or dorsal stream, is crucial for the appreciation of the spatial relations among objects as well as for the visual guidance of movements toward objects in space (Ungerleider & Mishkin 1982, Goodale ...
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... Full file at http://testbankeasy.eu/Test-bank-for-Essentials-of-Psychology,-Conceptsand-Applications,-4th-Edition---Nevi 34. Which of the following is NOT true of action potentials? a. They are generated according to an all-or-none principle. b. They all travel at the same speed. c. They are electr ...
... Full file at http://testbankeasy.eu/Test-bank-for-Essentials-of-Psychology,-Conceptsand-Applications,-4th-Edition---Nevi 34. Which of the following is NOT true of action potentials? a. They are generated according to an all-or-none principle. b. They all travel at the same speed. c. They are electr ...
PDE5 Exists in Human Neurons and is a Viable Therapeutic Target
... Fig. 1. PDE5 exists in human brain tissue. A) PDE5 mRNA was detected by qPCR in human cortex using 3 different primers (see Methods), against the 3’UTR region (each primer shows the average for 3 samples; error bars are standard error). Values are normalized against -actin. B) PDE5 protein was dete ...
... Fig. 1. PDE5 exists in human brain tissue. A) PDE5 mRNA was detected by qPCR in human cortex using 3 different primers (see Methods), against the 3’UTR region (each primer shows the average for 3 samples; error bars are standard error). Values are normalized against -actin. B) PDE5 protein was dete ...
Development of GAP-43 mRNA in the macaque cerebral cortex
... control, since G3PDH is a housekeeping gene and frequently used as an internal control of GAP-43 mRNA measurement w37,39,55,56x. As shown in Fig. 2B, the amount of G3PDH mRNA did not show obvious tendencies with regard to age. In this study, we divided the value of GAP-43 mRNA by the value of G3PDH ...
... control, since G3PDH is a housekeeping gene and frequently used as an internal control of GAP-43 mRNA measurement w37,39,55,56x. As shown in Fig. 2B, the amount of G3PDH mRNA did not show obvious tendencies with regard to age. In this study, we divided the value of GAP-43 mRNA by the value of G3PDH ...
6.12 Dorsal and Ventral Streams in the Sense of Touch
... joints that aid perception of integrated body postures (Duffy, F. H. and Burchfiel, J. L., 1971; Sakata, H. et al., 1973). Although many of these physiological studies attributed recording sites in the superior bank of the IPS to area 2, anatomists such as Pandya D. N. and Selzer B. (1982), Pons T. ...
... joints that aid perception of integrated body postures (Duffy, F. H. and Burchfiel, J. L., 1971; Sakata, H. et al., 1973). Although many of these physiological studies attributed recording sites in the superior bank of the IPS to area 2, anatomists such as Pandya D. N. and Selzer B. (1982), Pons T. ...
Vasopressin Receptors of the Vasopressor (V,)
... perifusion solution. In order to block synaptic transmission, the slices were perifused with a modified solution, in which the CaCl, concentration was lowered to 0.2 mM and the MgSO, concentration was raised to 6 mM (Raggenbass et al., 1987a). Extracellular single-unit recordings were obtained from ...
... perifusion solution. In order to block synaptic transmission, the slices were perifused with a modified solution, in which the CaCl, concentration was lowered to 0.2 mM and the MgSO, concentration was raised to 6 mM (Raggenbass et al., 1987a). Extracellular single-unit recordings were obtained from ...
Appendix Basics of the Nervous System
... The neuron are hard working units of the brain. To function, the neurons require a great deal of energy to function, much of this energy comes from the food that we eat on a daily basis. To expend energy requires that the system store energy to be able to release it. Just as a flashlight requires st ...
... The neuron are hard working units of the brain. To function, the neurons require a great deal of energy to function, much of this energy comes from the food that we eat on a daily basis. To expend energy requires that the system store energy to be able to release it. Just as a flashlight requires st ...
The effect of lithium on the adrenoceptor
... Objective: Lithium remains the most widely used treatment for bipolar disorder; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its therapeutic actions have not been fully elucidated. We studied the in-vivo effect of lithium on the density of α-adrenoceptor (α-AR) and β-AR subtypes and linked second me ...
... Objective: Lithium remains the most widely used treatment for bipolar disorder; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its therapeutic actions have not been fully elucidated. We studied the in-vivo effect of lithium on the density of α-adrenoceptor (α-AR) and β-AR subtypes and linked second me ...
Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain
... of the pia-arachnoid membrane and cortical vessels, the hemisphere was frozen at 15 C for 15 days. The water crystallization induced by the freezing process disrupts the structure of the grey matter (which has a high water content), thus making it easier to peel off the cortex from the brain surf ...
... of the pia-arachnoid membrane and cortical vessels, the hemisphere was frozen at 15 C for 15 days. The water crystallization induced by the freezing process disrupts the structure of the grey matter (which has a high water content), thus making it easier to peel off the cortex from the brain surf ...
Technology Insight: noninvasive brain stimulation in neurology
... result of an initial insult, but also represent the consequences of dynamic, plastic changes in distributed neural networks as the entire nervous system attempts to adapt. This plastic response includes compensatory changes that prove adaptive for the individual, as well as changes that contribute t ...
... result of an initial insult, but also represent the consequences of dynamic, plastic changes in distributed neural networks as the entire nervous system attempts to adapt. This plastic response includes compensatory changes that prove adaptive for the individual, as well as changes that contribute t ...
Increased D-amino acid oxidase
... S7. Javitt DC.Glutamate as a therapeutic target in psychiatric disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2004; 9: 984-997. S8. Chumakov I, Blumenfeld M, Guerrasimenko O, Cavarec L, Palicio M, Abderrahim H, et al. Genetic and physiologic data implicating the new human gene G72 and the gene for D-amino acid oxidase i ...
... S7. Javitt DC.Glutamate as a therapeutic target in psychiatric disorders. Mol Psychiatry 2004; 9: 984-997. S8. Chumakov I, Blumenfeld M, Guerrasimenko O, Cavarec L, Palicio M, Abderrahim H, et al. Genetic and physiologic data implicating the new human gene G72 and the gene for D-amino acid oxidase i ...
Soltis Autism: a Spectrum of Research Abby Soltis Final Draft Senior
... Due to the reliance of behavior for diagnosis, the disorder is not typically confirmed in children until the age of 3 or 4, although many of the behaviors can be identified much earlier (Fatemi et al., 2002a). Another well-documented characteristic of autism spectrum disorder is the prevalence of th ...
... Due to the reliance of behavior for diagnosis, the disorder is not typically confirmed in children until the age of 3 or 4, although many of the behaviors can be identified much earlier (Fatemi et al., 2002a). Another well-documented characteristic of autism spectrum disorder is the prevalence of th ...
Synapse
... As mentioned above, cocaethylene is less potent than cocaine with respect to blocking 5-HT reuptake in the nucleus accumbens (Bradberry et al., 1993; Bradberry, 1994). Since this structure and its extended circuitries are crucial for the reinforcing and motivational effects of cocaine and ethanol (K ...
... As mentioned above, cocaethylene is less potent than cocaine with respect to blocking 5-HT reuptake in the nucleus accumbens (Bradberry et al., 1993; Bradberry, 1994). Since this structure and its extended circuitries are crucial for the reinforcing and motivational effects of cocaine and ethanol (K ...
The neurophysiological correlates of motor tics following focal
... inhibited during tics, although tics were only manifested in a small confined muscle group. This suggests that rather than representing a specific action within the basal ganglia itself, these nuclei provide a temporally exact but spatially distributed release signal. The tics induced by striatal di ...
... inhibited during tics, although tics were only manifested in a small confined muscle group. This suggests that rather than representing a specific action within the basal ganglia itself, these nuclei provide a temporally exact but spatially distributed release signal. The tics induced by striatal di ...