Control and Coordination
... as shown in Figure 2. Most neurons communicate across synapses by releasing chemicals. The chemicals carry information from the axon of one neuron to a dendrite of another neuron. This is similar to the way a baton is passed between runners in a relay race. Most synapses are between an axon of one n ...
... as shown in Figure 2. Most neurons communicate across synapses by releasing chemicals. The chemicals carry information from the axon of one neuron to a dendrite of another neuron. This is similar to the way a baton is passed between runners in a relay race. Most synapses are between an axon of one n ...
THE SYNAPSE
... occurring between an axon and a dendritic spine. Other synaptic relationships exist and involve different parts of the neuron. For instance, axo-axonic, somato-axonic, somato-dendritic, dendro-axonic, and dendrodendritic synapses can occur and provide alternate mechanisms for functional communicatio ...
... occurring between an axon and a dendritic spine. Other synaptic relationships exist and involve different parts of the neuron. For instance, axo-axonic, somato-axonic, somato-dendritic, dendro-axonic, and dendrodendritic synapses can occur and provide alternate mechanisms for functional communicatio ...
Brain Facts: A Primer On The Brain And Nervous System
... The Society for Neuroscience is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. Neuroscientists investigate the molecular and cellular levels of the nervous system; the neuronal systems responsible for se ...
... The Society for Neuroscience is the world’s largest organization of scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. Neuroscientists investigate the molecular and cellular levels of the nervous system; the neuronal systems responsible for se ...
Neurosteroids: Expression of Steroidogenic Enzymes and
... coworkers have shown that the rat brain is capable of synthesizing various steroid hormones such as pregnenolone (D5P) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) from cholesterol (Baulieu, 1981). These authors first demonstrated the existence of high amounts of D5P and DHEA in the brain of castrated and adre ...
... coworkers have shown that the rat brain is capable of synthesizing various steroid hormones such as pregnenolone (D5P) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) from cholesterol (Baulieu, 1981). These authors first demonstrated the existence of high amounts of D5P and DHEA in the brain of castrated and adre ...
neurons that transmit messages from sensory receptors
... a location on a dendrite of a receiving neuron tailored to receive a neurotransmitter ...
... a location on a dendrite of a receiving neuron tailored to receive a neurotransmitter ...
Achieving Wellness from the Art of Feng Shui
... • Accentuate areas according to Feng Shui principles, but know it might not necessarily transform our lives. • Big changes can come from small steps! ...
... • Accentuate areas according to Feng Shui principles, but know it might not necessarily transform our lives. • Big changes can come from small steps! ...
Non-human primates in neuroscience research: The case against its
... (15), both concluded, broadly, in favour of the need for NHP experimentation. There are, however, important and serious caveats, in addition to wellfounded concerns about the review processes themselves and, accordingly, about their conclusions. These include: their potential lack of objectivity (i. ...
... (15), both concluded, broadly, in favour of the need for NHP experimentation. There are, however, important and serious caveats, in addition to wellfounded concerns about the review processes themselves and, accordingly, about their conclusions. These include: their potential lack of objectivity (i. ...
An action perspective on motor development
... the environment. The brain undoubtedly has its own dynamics that makes neurons proliferate, migrate and differentiate in certain ways and at certain times. However, the emerging action capabilities are also crucially shaped by the subject’s interactions with the environment. Without such interaction ...
... the environment. The brain undoubtedly has its own dynamics that makes neurons proliferate, migrate and differentiate in certain ways and at certain times. However, the emerging action capabilities are also crucially shaped by the subject’s interactions with the environment. Without such interaction ...
`What` and `where` in the human brain
... Having identified dorsal and ventral processing streams in human cortex, it is possible to use different experimental paradigms to explore the functional specialization of areas within them. For example, whereas multiple regions within occipitotemporal and ventral temporal cortex are activated durin ...
... Having identified dorsal and ventral processing streams in human cortex, it is possible to use different experimental paradigms to explore the functional specialization of areas within them. For example, whereas multiple regions within occipitotemporal and ventral temporal cortex are activated durin ...
A Symmetric Approach Elucidates Multisensory Information Integration
... the solitary tract of the awake, freely licking rat. A multisensory network for olfactory processing, via primary gustatory cortex connections to primary olfactory cortex, once again suggests that sensory processing may be more intrinsically integrative than previously thought [28]. In sum, the curr ...
... the solitary tract of the awake, freely licking rat. A multisensory network for olfactory processing, via primary gustatory cortex connections to primary olfactory cortex, once again suggests that sensory processing may be more intrinsically integrative than previously thought [28]. In sum, the curr ...
BIOL241 Lab tips Labs17-22
... http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/brainanatomy.swf Activity 3 is to learn the anatomy of the 12 cranial nerves, which can be studied from models or links. http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11504 The MAJOR part of Lab 19 is the SHEEP BRAIN DISSECTION. Detailed info for ...
... http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/brainanatomy.swf Activity 3 is to learn the anatomy of the 12 cranial nerves, which can be studied from models or links. http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11504 The MAJOR part of Lab 19 is the SHEEP BRAIN DISSECTION. Detailed info for ...
Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus
... Total RNA samples were processed using the TargetAmp-Nano Labeling Kit (Cambio, Cambridge, UK) and hybridized to Illumina HumanHT-12 v4 Expression BeadChips according to the manufacturers’ instructions at the Biomedical Genomics microarray core facility of the University of California, San Diego, CA ...
... Total RNA samples were processed using the TargetAmp-Nano Labeling Kit (Cambio, Cambridge, UK) and hybridized to Illumina HumanHT-12 v4 Expression BeadChips according to the manufacturers’ instructions at the Biomedical Genomics microarray core facility of the University of California, San Diego, CA ...
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... Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2424 References . . . . ...
... Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2424 References . . . . ...
Ontogeny, Compartmentation, and Turnover of Spectrin lsoforms in
... (lane D). Therefore, 230 K complexes with 240 K in this subcellular fraction. When the fraction was solubilized in SDS to break protein-protein interactions, anti-&spectrin immunoprecipitated only 230 K, again demonstrating its specificity for this polypeptide (lane F). Thus, the 230 K polypeptide i ...
... (lane D). Therefore, 230 K complexes with 240 K in this subcellular fraction. When the fraction was solubilized in SDS to break protein-protein interactions, anti-&spectrin immunoprecipitated only 230 K, again demonstrating its specificity for this polypeptide (lane F). Thus, the 230 K polypeptide i ...
Alterations in white matter fractional anisotropy in subsyndromal perimenopausal depression Open Access
... and 12 women, aged 37–71 years, CES-D score of more than 16, without a history of neurological or psychiatric illness) performed voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to calculate gray matter volume and tract-specific analyses based on VBM. This study showed decreased volumes in the bilateral anterior cingu ...
... and 12 women, aged 37–71 years, CES-D score of more than 16, without a history of neurological or psychiatric illness) performed voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to calculate gray matter volume and tract-specific analyses based on VBM. This study showed decreased volumes in the bilateral anterior cingu ...
Occlusion and brain function: mastication as a prevention of
... areas of the somatosensory, supplementary motor, and insular cortices, as well as the striatum, thalamus and cerebellum (6, 7). Mastication immediately before ª 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ...
... areas of the somatosensory, supplementary motor, and insular cortices, as well as the striatum, thalamus and cerebellum (6, 7). Mastication immediately before ª 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ...
This file has Chapter II: Structural differentiation of the brain • Neural
... one somite stage; also see Adelmann 1925 for rat) rostrally; shortly thereafter a caudal groove appears, the two being separated by a length of neural plate with no groove and slight lateral constrictions; and shortly thereafter the two grooves fuse. In addition, the neural plate has dorsal and vent ...
... one somite stage; also see Adelmann 1925 for rat) rostrally; shortly thereafter a caudal groove appears, the two being separated by a length of neural plate with no groove and slight lateral constrictions; and shortly thereafter the two grooves fuse. In addition, the neural plate has dorsal and vent ...
Thyroid hormone exerts site-specific effects on SRC
... response elements in the promoters of responsive genes to affect their transcription (Evans, 1988; Lazar, 1994; Mangelsdorf and Evans, 1995). The ability of these receptors to affect gene transcription requires them to interact with nuclear cofactors, which are requisite mediators of ligand-dependen ...
... response elements in the promoters of responsive genes to affect their transcription (Evans, 1988; Lazar, 1994; Mangelsdorf and Evans, 1995). The ability of these receptors to affect gene transcription requires them to interact with nuclear cofactors, which are requisite mediators of ligand-dependen ...
Tracking Whole-Brain Connectivity Dynamics in the Resting State
... dynamics have unambiguously demonstrated the time-varying nature of both connectivity strength and directionality (i.e., positive or negative) (e.g., Chang and Glover 2010; Kiviniemi et al. 2011; Hutchison et al. 2012), with indications that capturing this variability may engender new understanding ...
... dynamics have unambiguously demonstrated the time-varying nature of both connectivity strength and directionality (i.e., positive or negative) (e.g., Chang and Glover 2010; Kiviniemi et al. 2011; Hutchison et al. 2012), with indications that capturing this variability may engender new understanding ...
Do reports of consciousness during cardiac arrest hold
... els as well as theories have been proposed as starting points for the study of consciousness, however as yet there has been a distinct lack of experimental models to test any proposed theories. A novel and innovative method that has arisen in the last few years for testing any theory of consciousnes ...
... els as well as theories have been proposed as starting points for the study of consciousness, however as yet there has been a distinct lack of experimental models to test any proposed theories. A novel and innovative method that has arisen in the last few years for testing any theory of consciousnes ...
What Are Emotional States, and Why Do We
... Selecting between available rewards with their associated costs, and avoiding punishers with their associated costs, is a process that can take place both implicitly (unconsciously) and explicitly using a language system to enable long-term plans to be made (Rolls, 2005b, 2008b). These many diffe ...
... Selecting between available rewards with their associated costs, and avoiding punishers with their associated costs, is a process that can take place both implicitly (unconsciously) and explicitly using a language system to enable long-term plans to be made (Rolls, 2005b, 2008b). These many diffe ...
Task-induced brain activity in aphasic stroke
... increased left IFG activity compared to when they heard ‘low-ambiguity’ sentences, comprised of words with only one meaning that were otherwise matched for linguistic variables, such as word frequency and imageability (Rodd, 2005). Interpretations of the function of Broca’s area have continued as a ...
... increased left IFG activity compared to when they heard ‘low-ambiguity’ sentences, comprised of words with only one meaning that were otherwise matched for linguistic variables, such as word frequency and imageability (Rodd, 2005). Interpretations of the function of Broca’s area have continued as a ...
22. May 2014 Examination NEVR2010 There are two types
... 1. Give a short description of two of the most important receptors involved in the mechanism of general anesthetics. (2) 2. Why are isomeres interesting when studying the mechanism of drugs? (2) 3. What are the four major elements of a modeling process? (2) 4. What is a genetic polymorphism? (1) 5. ...
... 1. Give a short description of two of the most important receptors involved in the mechanism of general anesthetics. (2) 2. Why are isomeres interesting when studying the mechanism of drugs? (2) 3. What are the four major elements of a modeling process? (2) 4. What is a genetic polymorphism? (1) 5. ...
Modeling Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive-Affective Interaction Abninder Litt () Chris Eliasmith ()
... biologically realistic neural explanation of a phenomenon studied almost exclusively at the behavioral level. In brief, we describe a modulation of reward valuation by emotional arousal, influenced by stimulus saliency. This modulated signal feeds into interacting opponent systems for determining po ...
... biologically realistic neural explanation of a phenomenon studied almost exclusively at the behavioral level. In brief, we describe a modulation of reward valuation by emotional arousal, influenced by stimulus saliency. This modulated signal feeds into interacting opponent systems for determining po ...
Modulation of attentional inhibition by norepinephrine and cortisol
... while chronic stress can attenuate it ŽMcEwen and Sapolsky, 1995.. It has been demonstrated that this effect is conditional upon CORT release and the differential occupation of Type I vs. Type II CORT receptors in the hippocampus ŽMcEwen and Sapolsky, 1995.. In addition, it has also been shown that ...
... while chronic stress can attenuate it ŽMcEwen and Sapolsky, 1995.. It has been demonstrated that this effect is conditional upon CORT release and the differential occupation of Type I vs. Type II CORT receptors in the hippocampus ŽMcEwen and Sapolsky, 1995.. In addition, it has also been shown that ...