Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, Second Edition
... The Anatomy and Functions of the Brainstem (cont’d.) • Medulla oblongata – Ascending and descending tracts – Connect spinal cord with the brain – Some tracts cross over in medulla – Reticular formation: controls consciousness – Reflex centers ...
... The Anatomy and Functions of the Brainstem (cont’d.) • Medulla oblongata – Ascending and descending tracts – Connect spinal cord with the brain – Some tracts cross over in medulla – Reticular formation: controls consciousness – Reflex centers ...
Axonal integrity predicts cortical reorganisation following cervical injury
... Our primary aim was to characterise degenerative changes of the CST that may be caused by trauma to the spinal cord. To this end, we defined an ROI representing the CST from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) white-matter tractography atlas (figure 1).30 We then defined the following bilateral regions ...
... Our primary aim was to characterise degenerative changes of the CST that may be caused by trauma to the spinal cord. To this end, we defined an ROI representing the CST from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) white-matter tractography atlas (figure 1).30 We then defined the following bilateral regions ...
Amygdala oscillations and the consolidation of
... During the states of wakefulness and paradoxical sleep, the neocortical EEG is dominated by low-amplitude, high-frequency activity (so-called ‘activated EEG’). By contrast, slow waves of high amplitude dominate the neocortical EEG during slow-wave sleep (SWS) (called ‘synchronized EEG’). Although sp ...
... During the states of wakefulness and paradoxical sleep, the neocortical EEG is dominated by low-amplitude, high-frequency activity (so-called ‘activated EEG’). By contrast, slow waves of high amplitude dominate the neocortical EEG during slow-wave sleep (SWS) (called ‘synchronized EEG’). Although sp ...
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... because we have found that readers who think in terms of one metaphor often find the other extremely difficult to understand. When we say, for example, that visual aspects of an autobiographical memory are stored in the visual system and not the medial temporal or frontal lobes, under the first meta ...
... because we have found that readers who think in terms of one metaphor often find the other extremely difficult to understand. When we say, for example, that visual aspects of an autobiographical memory are stored in the visual system and not the medial temporal or frontal lobes, under the first meta ...
Chapter 9 Sleep and Biological Rhythms
... (complete paralysis that occurs during waking), sleep paralysis (paralysis occurring before falling asleep), and hypnagogic hallucinations (vivid dreams that occur just before a person falls asleep) Produced by a brain abnormality that disrupts the neural mechanisms that control various aspects of ...
... (complete paralysis that occurs during waking), sleep paralysis (paralysis occurring before falling asleep), and hypnagogic hallucinations (vivid dreams that occur just before a person falls asleep) Produced by a brain abnormality that disrupts the neural mechanisms that control various aspects of ...
FROM MOTIVATION TO ACTION - The University of Texas at Dallas
... motor systems---can be traced back to the classical experiments of Hess (1957). This Swiss neurophysiologist is widely recognized for his fundamental contributions in mapping the central representation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. for which he was awarded the Nobel prize i ...
... motor systems---can be traced back to the classical experiments of Hess (1957). This Swiss neurophysiologist is widely recognized for his fundamental contributions in mapping the central representation of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. for which he was awarded the Nobel prize i ...
Neuronal Regulation Implements Efficient Synaptic Pruning
... to maintain the homeostasis of the neuron 's membrane potential. NR has been recently identified experimentally by [3], who showed that neurons both up-regulate and down-regulate the efficacy of their incoming excitatory synapses in a multiplicative manner, maintaining their membrane potential aroun ...
... to maintain the homeostasis of the neuron 's membrane potential. NR has been recently identified experimentally by [3], who showed that neurons both up-regulate and down-regulate the efficacy of their incoming excitatory synapses in a multiplicative manner, maintaining their membrane potential aroun ...
Chapter 2 - Monsignor Farrell High School
... PNS consisting of nerves that carry information from the senses to the CNS and from the CNS to the voluntary muscles of the body – sensory pathway: nerves coming from the sensory organs to the CNS consisting of sensory neurons Psychology, Fourth Edition, AP Edition Saundra K. Ciccarelli • J. Noland ...
... PNS consisting of nerves that carry information from the senses to the CNS and from the CNS to the voluntary muscles of the body – sensory pathway: nerves coming from the sensory organs to the CNS consisting of sensory neurons Psychology, Fourth Edition, AP Edition Saundra K. Ciccarelli • J. Noland ...
THE CINGULATE CORTEX AND HUMAN MEMORY PROCESSES
... Results of this study show that the quantitative comparison of neuropsychological memory-test results with the anatomical structure of the cingulate cortex is meaningful. Increased size of several areas of the cingulate cortex correlates with a decrease in the number of errors in memory tests. Howev ...
... Results of this study show that the quantitative comparison of neuropsychological memory-test results with the anatomical structure of the cingulate cortex is meaningful. Increased size of several areas of the cingulate cortex correlates with a decrease in the number of errors in memory tests. Howev ...
Brain Oscillations Control Timing of Single
... eight microwires on that depth probe. We recorded from each microwire at sampling rates of 28 –32 kHz using a Cheetah recording system (Neuralynx, Tucson, AZ). Action potentials were manually isolated using spike shape, clustering of wavelet coefficients, and interspike intervals (Quiroga et al., 20 ...
... eight microwires on that depth probe. We recorded from each microwire at sampling rates of 28 –32 kHz using a Cheetah recording system (Neuralynx, Tucson, AZ). Action potentials were manually isolated using spike shape, clustering of wavelet coefficients, and interspike intervals (Quiroga et al., 20 ...
Organization of acetylcholine-containing structures in the cranial
... Nagy et al., 1993), while only two reports provided precise information on their spatial location in relation to the cholinergic motoneurons in the rat (Ichikawa and Hirata, 1990) and monkey (Ichikawa and Shimizu, 1998). Our experiment revealed internuclear differences between the ChAT-positive bout ...
... Nagy et al., 1993), while only two reports provided precise information on their spatial location in relation to the cholinergic motoneurons in the rat (Ichikawa and Hirata, 1990) and monkey (Ichikawa and Shimizu, 1998). Our experiment revealed internuclear differences between the ChAT-positive bout ...
Grasping the Intentions of Others with One`s Own Mirror Neuron
... system in this type of intention understanding. The term ‘‘intention’’ will be always used in this specific sense, to indicate the ‘‘why’’ of an action. An important clue for clarifying the intentions behind the actions of others is given by the context in which these actions are performed. The same ...
... system in this type of intention understanding. The term ‘‘intention’’ will be always used in this specific sense, to indicate the ‘‘why’’ of an action. An important clue for clarifying the intentions behind the actions of others is given by the context in which these actions are performed. The same ...
prenatal formation of cortical input and development of
... connections predominate, and only a small and variable amount of label is detectable over the contralateral neostriatum. A major feature of the developing corticostriatal projection is a transfiguration in the distribution of its terminals: from E69 to E95, cortical terminals are distributed uniform ...
... connections predominate, and only a small and variable amount of label is detectable over the contralateral neostriatum. A major feature of the developing corticostriatal projection is a transfiguration in the distribution of its terminals: from E69 to E95, cortical terminals are distributed uniform ...
Visuospatial processing and the right
... The right hemisphere is capable of some limited language comprehension, and the left hemisphere must be capable of reasonably sophisticated visuospatial processing to support tasks such as reading and object recognition, at which it excels. Nevertheless, this dichotomy continues to motivate research ...
... The right hemisphere is capable of some limited language comprehension, and the left hemisphere must be capable of reasonably sophisticated visuospatial processing to support tasks such as reading and object recognition, at which it excels. Nevertheless, this dichotomy continues to motivate research ...
Social perception from visual cues: role of the STS region
... The despondent narrator of this song has concluded that his love is now unrequited. He came to this conclusion because his beloved avoided his gaze. He might have been wrong (she might not have seen him, or she might have been coy), but for better or worse his judgement was based on information deri ...
... The despondent narrator of this song has concluded that his love is now unrequited. He came to this conclusion because his beloved avoided his gaze. He might have been wrong (she might not have seen him, or she might have been coy), but for better or worse his judgement was based on information deri ...
Stress effects on memory
... Effects of early life and prenatal stress on memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concluding remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Effects of early life and prenatal stress on memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concluding remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in Older Adults
... section evaluates how age-related asymmetry reductions can be accommodated by popular cognitive aging theories, such as the resources view, the speed view, and the inhibition view. Finally, the last section discusses the generalizability of the HAROLD model in terms of cognition, the brain, and the ...
... section evaluates how age-related asymmetry reductions can be accommodated by popular cognitive aging theories, such as the resources view, the speed view, and the inhibition view. Finally, the last section discusses the generalizability of the HAROLD model in terms of cognition, the brain, and the ...
Are mesopontine cholinergic neurons either necessary or sufficient
... relay neurons either directly or indirectly.16 Similar effects can even be seen by stimulation of a metabotropic glutamatergic cortico-thalamic pathway,17 and there may be other afferent systems not yet described which play similar roles. What appears to be unique about the mesopontine cholinergic n ...
... relay neurons either directly or indirectly.16 Similar effects can even be seen by stimulation of a metabotropic glutamatergic cortico-thalamic pathway,17 and there may be other afferent systems not yet described which play similar roles. What appears to be unique about the mesopontine cholinergic n ...
Corticosteroid–serotonin interactions in the
... Stress, originally defined by Hans Selye as a ‘‘non-specific response of the body to a demand’’, may also be described as any environmental change, either internal or external, that disturbs the maintenance of homeostasis (Leonard, 2005). The term ‘‘stress’’ can be used in two ways: either to identify ...
... Stress, originally defined by Hans Selye as a ‘‘non-specific response of the body to a demand’’, may also be described as any environmental change, either internal or external, that disturbs the maintenance of homeostasis (Leonard, 2005). The term ‘‘stress’’ can be used in two ways: either to identify ...
ChennWalshCeCortexJu..
... targets. Cell death may compensate for excessive or unnecessary production of neurons. Our previous work did not address the phenotype of β-catenin transgenic animals after birth. Here, we examine the brains of adult transgenic animals overexpressing stabilized β-catenin in neural precursors at more ...
... targets. Cell death may compensate for excessive or unnecessary production of neurons. Our previous work did not address the phenotype of β-catenin transgenic animals after birth. Here, we examine the brains of adult transgenic animals overexpressing stabilized β-catenin in neural precursors at more ...
chapter 4 the evolution of body, brain, behavior, and mind in
... The anatomy of our limbs and digits provides us with an important lesson regarding our evolutionary origins. The biblical story is that we are God’s special creation. God created man with a mission: to obey and live by His commandments, adulate and worship Him, and contemplate His wisdom. Intuitivel ...
... The anatomy of our limbs and digits provides us with an important lesson regarding our evolutionary origins. The biblical story is that we are God’s special creation. God created man with a mission: to obey and live by His commandments, adulate and worship Him, and contemplate His wisdom. Intuitivel ...
Basics of electromagnetic field mapping
... electric and/or magnetic field on the scalp is well known. It is defined by the geometry and, in the case of EEG, the volume conduction properties of the tissues of the head (brain, liquor, skull, scalp, hair, electrode paste, etc.). These properties are incorporated in the so-called leadfield, a ma ...
... electric and/or magnetic field on the scalp is well known. It is defined by the geometry and, in the case of EEG, the volume conduction properties of the tissues of the head (brain, liquor, skull, scalp, hair, electrode paste, etc.). These properties are incorporated in the so-called leadfield, a ma ...
CORTICAL AFFERENT INPUT TO THE PRINCIPALS REGION OF THE RHESUS MONKEY H.
... relative proportion of labeled cells in visual, auditory, somatosensory, premotor and limbic cortical areas projecting to each site. The only site with a significant proportion of projections from visual association areas was the ventral bank of the caudal principalis region (Fig. IB, Z), whereas th ...
... relative proportion of labeled cells in visual, auditory, somatosensory, premotor and limbic cortical areas projecting to each site. The only site with a significant proportion of projections from visual association areas was the ventral bank of the caudal principalis region (Fig. IB, Z), whereas th ...
T2 - Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
... Remapping occurs at early stages of the visual hierarchy. Corollary discharge has an impact far back into the system. Remapping implies widespread connectivity in which many neurons have rapid access to information well beyond the classical receptive field. Vision is an active process of building re ...
... Remapping occurs at early stages of the visual hierarchy. Corollary discharge has an impact far back into the system. Remapping implies widespread connectivity in which many neurons have rapid access to information well beyond the classical receptive field. Vision is an active process of building re ...
Reduced functional connectivity within and between `social` resting
... network subserves are correlated with the resting functional connectivity of that network (Seeley et al., 2007). In light of these observations, an interesting question is to what extent task-based differences in specific brain regions in ASC are reflected in different connectivity patterns of their ...
... network subserves are correlated with the resting functional connectivity of that network (Seeley et al., 2007). In light of these observations, an interesting question is to what extent task-based differences in specific brain regions in ASC are reflected in different connectivity patterns of their ...