Creating Visual Thinking Tools - National Science Teachers
... As researchers continue to learn about the brain and how it works, our use and creation of visuals in the classroom becomes ever more important. Recent research (see, for example, pp. 5–7) indicates that the brain, mostly through its visual receptors, is constantly processing incoming bits of inform ...
... As researchers continue to learn about the brain and how it works, our use and creation of visuals in the classroom becomes ever more important. Recent research (see, for example, pp. 5–7) indicates that the brain, mostly through its visual receptors, is constantly processing incoming bits of inform ...
Learning and Memory - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
... between two leading—and conflicting—approaches to the mechanisms of memory storage: the aggregate field approach advocated by Lashley in the 1950s and by Adey in the 1960s, which assumed that information is stored in the bioelectric field generated by the aggregate activity of many neurons; and the ...
... between two leading—and conflicting—approaches to the mechanisms of memory storage: the aggregate field approach advocated by Lashley in the 1950s and by Adey in the 1960s, which assumed that information is stored in the bioelectric field generated by the aggregate activity of many neurons; and the ...
Lecture 2
... rounded surfaces (folds) • Sulci (plural: singular = sulcus) – valley between gyri or enfolded regions that appears as surface lines (gaps between gyri) • Fissure – very deep sulcus gray matter (dendrites & synapses) ...
... rounded surfaces (folds) • Sulci (plural: singular = sulcus) – valley between gyri or enfolded regions that appears as surface lines (gaps between gyri) • Fissure – very deep sulcus gray matter (dendrites & synapses) ...
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... Characteristics of the Ventral Pathway distinct from the Dorsal Pathway 1. The ventral pathway is so concerned about detection, recognition, and memory, that the location of the object is lost. The technical way to say this is “there is increasingly less retinotopic organization” in post-V1 areas. a ...
... Characteristics of the Ventral Pathway distinct from the Dorsal Pathway 1. The ventral pathway is so concerned about detection, recognition, and memory, that the location of the object is lost. The technical way to say this is “there is increasingly less retinotopic organization” in post-V1 areas. a ...
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... Recent studies in animal models suggest a central role for the excitatory neurotransmiter glutamate and inhibitory gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) ...
... Recent studies in animal models suggest a central role for the excitatory neurotransmiter glutamate and inhibitory gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) ...
Potential Utility of Optogenetics in the Study of
... eating and weight and insulin and leptin resistance (67–70). Many of these symptoms are long-lived and can be reversed by chronic, not acute, administration of antidepressants, such as imipramine or fluoxetine; anxiolytics are ineffective (67,71). About a third of mice subjected to chronic social de ...
... eating and weight and insulin and leptin resistance (67–70). Many of these symptoms are long-lived and can be reversed by chronic, not acute, administration of antidepressants, such as imipramine or fluoxetine; anxiolytics are ineffective (67,71). About a third of mice subjected to chronic social de ...
2016 Poster Abstracts - Molecular Psychiatry Association
... Deletions in the 16.5kb mitochondrial genome have been implicated in a number of mitochondrial disorders, many of which are phenotypically complex but often display overlapping symptoms associated with muscle and/or neurological dysfunction due to the high energy demands of these tissues. While ther ...
... Deletions in the 16.5kb mitochondrial genome have been implicated in a number of mitochondrial disorders, many of which are phenotypically complex but often display overlapping symptoms associated with muscle and/or neurological dysfunction due to the high energy demands of these tissues. While ther ...
Anatomy of Brain
... memory and other language functions. Sound processing is controlled by the temporal lobes- in the Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area. The underside (ventral) part high-level visual processing of complex stimuli such as faces (fusiform gyrus) and scenes (parahippocampal gyrus) object perception and r ...
... memory and other language functions. Sound processing is controlled by the temporal lobes- in the Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area. The underside (ventral) part high-level visual processing of complex stimuli such as faces (fusiform gyrus) and scenes (parahippocampal gyrus) object perception and r ...
Engines of the brain
... of natural intelligence, which is defined solely in terms of observed and measured human (or animal) abilities, so candidate computational descriptions of human-level intelligence are necessarily under-constrained. This simple fact underlies Turing’s proposed test for intelligence: lacking any speci ...
... of natural intelligence, which is defined solely in terms of observed and measured human (or animal) abilities, so candidate computational descriptions of human-level intelligence are necessarily under-constrained. This simple fact underlies Turing’s proposed test for intelligence: lacking any speci ...
Grade 7 ELA Module 4A, Unit 1, Lesson 2
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Grade 7 ELA Module 4A, Unit 1, Lesson 2
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The Nervous System
... Impulse = messages sent by nerve cells Voluntary = have conscious control over Involuntary = do not have conscious control over ...
... Impulse = messages sent by nerve cells Voluntary = have conscious control over Involuntary = do not have conscious control over ...
How Many Cell Types Does It Take to Wire a Brain?
... 15. B. Stevens et al., Cell 131, 1164 (2007). 16. Y. Chu et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107, 7975 ...
... 15. B. Stevens et al., Cell 131, 1164 (2007). 16. Y. Chu et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107, 7975 ...
Can a few non-coding mutations make a human brain?
... causal relationships between human genotypes and phenotypes are difficult to test given the obvious limitations on experimentation and genetic manipulation in humans and non-human primates. This challenge is partially addressed by engineering human or primate DNA into model organisms, such as mice o ...
... causal relationships between human genotypes and phenotypes are difficult to test given the obvious limitations on experimentation and genetic manipulation in humans and non-human primates. This challenge is partially addressed by engineering human or primate DNA into model organisms, such as mice o ...
A1984TF19600002
... technique sometimes worked—and sometimes did not! Was it the weather or the Oxford water? More likely it was our inexperience, for later its reliability improved and we were able to mass-produce consistent sections. “In 1965, I left for St. Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in London, leaving Tom with ...
... technique sometimes worked—and sometimes did not! Was it the weather or the Oxford water? More likely it was our inexperience, for later its reliability improved and we were able to mass-produce consistent sections. “In 1965, I left for St. Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in London, leaving Tom with ...
Cell loss in the motor and cingu- late cortex correlates with sympto
... The pattern of cell loss clearly correlated with the symptom phenotype (see figure). Brains from individuals with predominantly motor symptoms showed major cell loss in the motor cortex with no significant cell loss in the cingulate cortex. By contrast, brains from patients in whom mood was primaril ...
... The pattern of cell loss clearly correlated with the symptom phenotype (see figure). Brains from individuals with predominantly motor symptoms showed major cell loss in the motor cortex with no significant cell loss in the cingulate cortex. By contrast, brains from patients in whom mood was primaril ...
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... The molecular basis of mammalian neocortical development is being defined in animal models, particularly in the mouse. Analysis of the reeler mouse, a spontaneous mutant with ataxia and tremors (1) and widespread defects in cortical brain structures (2–4) has been particularly informative. The reele ...
... The molecular basis of mammalian neocortical development is being defined in animal models, particularly in the mouse. Analysis of the reeler mouse, a spontaneous mutant with ataxia and tremors (1) and widespread defects in cortical brain structures (2–4) has been particularly informative. The reele ...
rapid eye movement sleep deprivation induces acetylcholinesterase
... Fig. 2. Comparison of AchE activity between control and experimental animals in the preoptic area. A: Cresyl violet-stained section representing the preoptic area; B: AchE reactivity in the preoptic area in control animals. A few AchE-positive neurons were detected in this region; C: A considerable ...
... Fig. 2. Comparison of AchE activity between control and experimental animals in the preoptic area. A: Cresyl violet-stained section representing the preoptic area; B: AchE reactivity in the preoptic area in control animals. A few AchE-positive neurons were detected in this region; C: A considerable ...
Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of
... avians, mammals and invertebrates including both synthetic and non-synthetic ligand agonists that activate such neural system impair memory formation. In a similar but opposite way, opioid antagonists enhance memory formation. As several experimental works have shown, several endogenous opioid subst ...
... avians, mammals and invertebrates including both synthetic and non-synthetic ligand agonists that activate such neural system impair memory formation. In a similar but opposite way, opioid antagonists enhance memory formation. As several experimental works have shown, several endogenous opioid subst ...
The aging brain: The cognitive reserve hypothesis
... populations is important. More direct demographic evidence for the grandmother hypothesis comes from investigations of recent populations for which comprehensive data on longevity, survival, and fertility are available. Several of these studies find support for a positive effect of grandmothers on t ...
... populations is important. More direct demographic evidence for the grandmother hypothesis comes from investigations of recent populations for which comprehensive data on longevity, survival, and fertility are available. Several of these studies find support for a positive effect of grandmothers on t ...
Biology-Soto
... info processed in at least 2 ways □ brain tissue sends message to motor neurons ~ via the cord ~ body reacts accordingly □ info ...
... info processed in at least 2 ways □ brain tissue sends message to motor neurons ~ via the cord ~ body reacts accordingly □ info ...
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... • Taste buds on tongue, palate, and pharynx • Taste bud cell types – Exterior capsule: epithelial cells – Interior: taste cells ...
... • Taste buds on tongue, palate, and pharynx • Taste bud cell types – Exterior capsule: epithelial cells – Interior: taste cells ...
Neuroimaging techniques offer new perspectives on callosal
... et al., 2000; Gazzaniga, 2000). There have been a number of attempts to segment the CC into functional or geometric subregions (Witelson, 1985, 1989; Denenberg et al., 1991; Clarke and Zaidel, 1994). The problem with these arrangements is the assumption that function and topography are related to gr ...
... et al., 2000; Gazzaniga, 2000). There have been a number of attempts to segment the CC into functional or geometric subregions (Witelson, 1985, 1989; Denenberg et al., 1991; Clarke and Zaidel, 1994). The problem with these arrangements is the assumption that function and topography are related to gr ...
Food for Thought: Essential Fatty Acid Protects
... that people with Williams syndrome still have fundamentally the same complex system and pathways in the visual system as others, but with one region that is significantly reduced in volume that selectively disrupts higher-level processing along the dorsal pathway. This pattern of visual system organ ...
... that people with Williams syndrome still have fundamentally the same complex system and pathways in the visual system as others, but with one region that is significantly reduced in volume that selectively disrupts higher-level processing along the dorsal pathway. This pattern of visual system organ ...
C8003 Psychobiology Sample Paper 2015
... movement into that cell (b) GABA-A receptors have a single binding site at which GABA and alcohol interact (c) GABA is taken up into the presynaptic cell after it acts at the receptor (d) GABA-A receptors require second messenger systems to have their postsynaptic effect 10. Which of the following s ...
... movement into that cell (b) GABA-A receptors have a single binding site at which GABA and alcohol interact (c) GABA is taken up into the presynaptic cell after it acts at the receptor (d) GABA-A receptors require second messenger systems to have their postsynaptic effect 10. Which of the following s ...