
Learning Objectives
... Justify that acetylcholine has sympathetic & parasympathetic functions. Explain the mechanism of action of acetylcholine in modulating muscle contraction. Give the receptors through which these neurotransmitters carry out these functions. ...
... Justify that acetylcholine has sympathetic & parasympathetic functions. Explain the mechanism of action of acetylcholine in modulating muscle contraction. Give the receptors through which these neurotransmitters carry out these functions. ...
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... to receptors on the post-synaptic cell.Step 4. The activated receptors cause changes in the activity of the post-synaptic neuron. ...
... to receptors on the post-synaptic cell.Step 4. The activated receptors cause changes in the activity of the post-synaptic neuron. ...
The Nervous system
... ALL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE THE BODY IS BROUGHT TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ...
... ALL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE THE BODY IS BROUGHT TO CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ...
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... – The interaction between the central nervous system (CNS) and endocrine systems in the control of homeostasis – The control of pituitary hormone secretion by the hypothalamus – The fundamental role of the hypothalamus in controlling anterior pituitary function. ...
... – The interaction between the central nervous system (CNS) and endocrine systems in the control of homeostasis – The control of pituitary hormone secretion by the hypothalamus – The fundamental role of the hypothalamus in controlling anterior pituitary function. ...
High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by
... To directly assess Arch in vivo, we injected lentivirus encoding for Arch into mouse cortex and recorded neural responses ~1 month later. Arch expressed well (Fig. 3Bi) and appeared well localized to the plasma membrane, labeling cell bodies, processes, and dendritic spines (Fig. 3Bii). We recorded ...
... To directly assess Arch in vivo, we injected lentivirus encoding for Arch into mouse cortex and recorded neural responses ~1 month later. Arch expressed well (Fig. 3Bi) and appeared well localized to the plasma membrane, labeling cell bodies, processes, and dendritic spines (Fig. 3Bii). We recorded ...
Brain Electrical Activity During Waking and Sleep States
... mesodiencephalic junction, the dorsal hypothalamus, and the ventral thalamus. In many features the activation produced by RF stimulation resembles the arousal produced by natural stimulation. When the RF is stimulated via implanted electrodes in sleeping animals, behavioral awakening and EEG desynch ...
... mesodiencephalic junction, the dorsal hypothalamus, and the ventral thalamus. In many features the activation produced by RF stimulation resembles the arousal produced by natural stimulation. When the RF is stimulated via implanted electrodes in sleeping animals, behavioral awakening and EEG desynch ...
DEEP LEARNING REVIEW
... Recurrent Neural Networks • These have directed cycles in their connection graph. • The information can flow around in cycles and can sometimes get back to where it started. • More complicated to train because of the complicated architecture. • More biologically realistic. • Can efficiently model s ...
... Recurrent Neural Networks • These have directed cycles in their connection graph. • The information can flow around in cycles and can sometimes get back to where it started. • More complicated to train because of the complicated architecture. • More biologically realistic. • Can efficiently model s ...
Sensory Systems
... It is unclear whether these receptors are more like mechanoreceptors, or operate by some other mechanism. ...
... It is unclear whether these receptors are more like mechanoreceptors, or operate by some other mechanism. ...
Automatic design and Manufacture of Robotic Lifeforms
... robots – a form of artificial life1– are still designed laboriously and constructed by teams of human engineers at great cost. Few robots are available because these costs must be absorbed through mass production that is justified only for toys, weapons, and industrial systems like automatic teller ...
... robots – a form of artificial life1– are still designed laboriously and constructed by teams of human engineers at great cost. Few robots are available because these costs must be absorbed through mass production that is justified only for toys, weapons, and industrial systems like automatic teller ...
Population vectors and motor cortex: neural coding or
... that show correlations with neural activity. A common finding has been that many parameters show some correlation, but that the correlations are greatest for movement direction and smallest for acceleration6. Because acceleration is tightly linked to force (according to Newtonian mechanics), this fi ...
... that show correlations with neural activity. A common finding has been that many parameters show some correlation, but that the correlations are greatest for movement direction and smallest for acceleration6. Because acceleration is tightly linked to force (according to Newtonian mechanics), this fi ...
Respiratory Regulation - Warner Pacific College
... ○ increased pulmonary ventilation becomes greater than normal ○ neurons contribute to both inspiration and expiration ...
... ○ increased pulmonary ventilation becomes greater than normal ○ neurons contribute to both inspiration and expiration ...
Dopamine is one of major neurotransmitters in the brain
... were detected in the NA and significantly lower levels were observed in both the medial CP and the lateral CP. Researchers detected these differences in expression from embryonic day eighteen, their earliest data point, through adulthood. Because SN neurons are known to project to the CP and not the ...
... were detected in the NA and significantly lower levels were observed in both the medial CP and the lateral CP. Researchers detected these differences in expression from embryonic day eighteen, their earliest data point, through adulthood. Because SN neurons are known to project to the CP and not the ...
Seminar High Performance Computers
... phenomenon can be observed if a spatial and temporal summation of different changes in the membrane potentials from various cells which direct into a neuron exceed a certain threshold potential. If this is the case, then an action potential is created and sent via the axon to another cell which can ...
... phenomenon can be observed if a spatial and temporal summation of different changes in the membrane potentials from various cells which direct into a neuron exceed a certain threshold potential. If this is the case, then an action potential is created and sent via the axon to another cell which can ...
Chapter 14:
... Figure 14.4 (a) The sensory homunculus on the somatosensory cortex. Parts of the body with the highest tactile acuity are represented by larger areas on the cortex. (b) The somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe. The primary somatosensory area, S1 (light shading), receives inputs from the ventro ...
... Figure 14.4 (a) The sensory homunculus on the somatosensory cortex. Parts of the body with the highest tactile acuity are represented by larger areas on the cortex. (b) The somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe. The primary somatosensory area, S1 (light shading), receives inputs from the ventro ...
03/05 PPT
... • Different cells respond to the same guidance cues in different ways • Chemical cues exist at many points along the axon guidance pathway e.g the optic tectum and optic tract ...
... • Different cells respond to the same guidance cues in different ways • Chemical cues exist at many points along the axon guidance pathway e.g the optic tectum and optic tract ...
Motor System II: Brainstem and spinal cord LMN in CNS lesions
... Motor VI (abducens motor nucleus) Fairly large, round nucleus close to midline of caudal pons. Fibers of internal genu of VII wrap around this nucleus. Axons from motor VI course ventrally in the tegmentum and exit at the junction of pons and medulla (inf pontine sulcus). Unilateral nerve VI lesion. ...
... Motor VI (abducens motor nucleus) Fairly large, round nucleus close to midline of caudal pons. Fibers of internal genu of VII wrap around this nucleus. Axons from motor VI course ventrally in the tegmentum and exit at the junction of pons and medulla (inf pontine sulcus). Unilateral nerve VI lesion. ...
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... membrane, leading to an inward current of Na+ . 2. The membrane potential rises steeply (depolarizes), resulting in a selfreinforcing cascade whereby more Na+ channels open. 3. Vm , the membrane potential, peaks at approximately 40 mV (although this varies across cell types). 4. At this stage, K+ co ...
... membrane, leading to an inward current of Na+ . 2. The membrane potential rises steeply (depolarizes), resulting in a selfreinforcing cascade whereby more Na+ channels open. 3. Vm , the membrane potential, peaks at approximately 40 mV (although this varies across cell types). 4. At this stage, K+ co ...
A Model of Recurrent Interactions in Primary Visual Cortex
... So far we have analyzed the population ring rates in the model, and compared them to physiological observations. Unfortunately, in many cases the limited sample size, or the variability in a given physiological experiment does not allow an accurate estimate of what the population response might be. ...
... So far we have analyzed the population ring rates in the model, and compared them to physiological observations. Unfortunately, in many cases the limited sample size, or the variability in a given physiological experiment does not allow an accurate estimate of what the population response might be. ...
Barlow, Horace (2001) - Cambridge Neuroscience
... more channels, though it is true that each is active at a lower rate. The increase in cell numbers is enormous, with more than a thousand times as many neurons concerned with vision in the human cortex as there are ganglion cells in the two retinas. The average frequency of impulses certainly becom ...
... more channels, though it is true that each is active at a lower rate. The increase in cell numbers is enormous, with more than a thousand times as many neurons concerned with vision in the human cortex as there are ganglion cells in the two retinas. The average frequency of impulses certainly becom ...
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... suppression declined at longer intervals. In most cases the suppression affected the late part of the response. ES alone evoked short latency excitation within 5ms and a longer lasting suppression of spontaneous activity. In some neurons the suppression of spontaneous activity decreased over repetit ...
... suppression declined at longer intervals. In most cases the suppression affected the late part of the response. ES alone evoked short latency excitation within 5ms and a longer lasting suppression of spontaneous activity. In some neurons the suppression of spontaneous activity decreased over repetit ...
Thalamic Circuit Diversity: Modulation of the Driver/Modulator
... FIGURE 2 | Schematic summary of synaptic terminals types and their arrangements in the dorsal thalamus. Class I axons (Guillery, 1966) form small terminals with round vesicles (RS; Guillery, 1969) that are defined as modulators (Sherman and Guillery, 1998). RS terminals that originate from cortex la ...
... FIGURE 2 | Schematic summary of synaptic terminals types and their arrangements in the dorsal thalamus. Class I axons (Guillery, 1966) form small terminals with round vesicles (RS; Guillery, 1969) that are defined as modulators (Sherman and Guillery, 1998). RS terminals that originate from cortex la ...
fMRI of speech and language
... • What questions can these new tools help us answer? • What questions can we NOT answer? • How can this help us to understand speech? • Show one or two examples (Kim et al., Nature, 1997) • Discuss questions you have about the brain (e.g. is it true that we only use 10%, etc.) ...
... • What questions can these new tools help us answer? • What questions can we NOT answer? • How can this help us to understand speech? • Show one or two examples (Kim et al., Nature, 1997) • Discuss questions you have about the brain (e.g. is it true that we only use 10%, etc.) ...
Motor systems(W)
... A group of diseases characterised by a generalised wasting of muscles Appears to involve biochemical abnormalities leading to structural changes in muscle cells Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy • wasting of muscles caused by a single gene on the x-chromasome (effects only males) • the gene is responsib ...
... A group of diseases characterised by a generalised wasting of muscles Appears to involve biochemical abnormalities leading to structural changes in muscle cells Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy • wasting of muscles caused by a single gene on the x-chromasome (effects only males) • the gene is responsib ...
Nerve activates contraction
... – Individual neuron threshold sets extent of stimulus needed – If threshold is achieved, it triggers – Once triggered, an action potential is always the same in speed and voltage ...
... – Individual neuron threshold sets extent of stimulus needed – If threshold is achieved, it triggers – Once triggered, an action potential is always the same in speed and voltage ...
BSCI338N, Spring 2013, Dr. Singer
... nerve ending has encapsulated afferent fiber (amplified transducer) which expands sensory SA different receptor types have different field sizes on different skin surfaces to detect textures, skin motion, vibration, or skin stretch two-point discrimination: calipers test integrity of somatosensory i ...
... nerve ending has encapsulated afferent fiber (amplified transducer) which expands sensory SA different receptor types have different field sizes on different skin surfaces to detect textures, skin motion, vibration, or skin stretch two-point discrimination: calipers test integrity of somatosensory i ...
Synaptic gating

Synaptic gating is the ability of neural circuits to gate inputs by either suppressing or facilitating specific synaptic activity. Selective inhibition of certain synapses has been studied thoroughly (see Gate theory of pain), and recent studies have supported the existence of permissively gated synaptic transmission. In general, synaptic gating involves a mechanism of central control over neuronal output. It includes a sort of gatekeeper neuron, which has the ability to influence transmission of information to selected targets independently of the parts of the synapse upon which it exerts its action (see also neuromodulation).Bistable neurons have the ability to oscillate between a hyperpolarized (down state) and a depolarized (up state) resting membrane potential without firing an action potential. These neurons can thus be referred to as up/down neurons. According to one model, this ability is linked to the presence of NMDA and AMPA glutamate receptors. External stimulation of the NMDA receptors is responsible for moving the neuron from the down state to the up state, while the stimulation of AMPA receptors allows the neuron to reach and surpass the threshold potential. Neurons that have this bistable ability have the potential to be gated because outside gatekeeper neurons can modulate the membrane potential of the gated neuron by selectively shifting them from the up state to the down state. Such mechanisms have been observed in the nucleus accumbens, with gatekeepers originating in the cortex, thalamus and basal ganglia.