A neural basis for a false memory
... Experience often does not produce veridical memory. Understanding false attribution of events constitutes an important problem in memory research. ‘‘Peak shift’’ is a well-characterized, controllable phenomenon in which human and animal subjects that receive reinforcement associated with one sensory ...
... Experience often does not produce veridical memory. Understanding false attribution of events constitutes an important problem in memory research. ‘‘Peak shift’’ is a well-characterized, controllable phenomenon in which human and animal subjects that receive reinforcement associated with one sensory ...
Central projections of auditory receptor neurons of crickets
... viewed and photographed with standard or confocal fluorescent microscopy and drawn by tracing the image of a negative projected with a photographic enlarger. Receptor neurons were classified physiologically on the basis of their responses to 30-ms sound pulses, presented twice per second. Sound freque ...
... viewed and photographed with standard or confocal fluorescent microscopy and drawn by tracing the image of a negative projected with a photographic enlarger. Receptor neurons were classified physiologically on the basis of their responses to 30-ms sound pulses, presented twice per second. Sound freque ...
CHAPTER 10 THE SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM
... wrapped around the base of a hair so that movement of the hair stimulates the nerve ending. Animals' whiskers are specialized variations of hair follicle receptors. The whiskers are an extremely important source of sensory information in some species such as mice, rats and cats. ____________________ ...
... wrapped around the base of a hair so that movement of the hair stimulates the nerve ending. Animals' whiskers are specialized variations of hair follicle receptors. The whiskers are an extremely important source of sensory information in some species such as mice, rats and cats. ____________________ ...
Brain activity during non-automatic motor production of discrete multi
... those studies using comparison with rest [4–8]. Since set and buildup activities are known to be involved in movement preparation [20,21], we might thus dismiss much of the reported medial premotor activity as movement associated confound, unrelated to time measurement. The possibility that this act ...
... those studies using comparison with rest [4–8]. Since set and buildup activities are known to be involved in movement preparation [20,21], we might thus dismiss much of the reported medial premotor activity as movement associated confound, unrelated to time measurement. The possibility that this act ...
Document
... • Projection fibers – enter the hemispheres from lower brain or cord centers Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... • Projection fibers – enter the hemispheres from lower brain or cord centers Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Spike-Timing Theory of Working Memory
... and deactivates with time constant of 250 ms. (D) Persistent pre-thenpost train of action potentials flips the dendritic compartment into upstate. While in the up-state, each pre-synaptic spike results in a largeamplitude dendritic excitatory postsynaptic potential (black trace V (dendritic)), often ...
... and deactivates with time constant of 250 ms. (D) Persistent pre-thenpost train of action potentials flips the dendritic compartment into upstate. While in the up-state, each pre-synaptic spike results in a largeamplitude dendritic excitatory postsynaptic potential (black trace V (dendritic)), often ...
Stem cell technology for neurodegenerative
... important issues to consider in the transition of stem cell therapy from bench to bedside. Finally, we detail the current progress regarding the applications of stem cell therapies to specific neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer disease, amyotroph ...
... important issues to consider in the transition of stem cell therapy from bench to bedside. Finally, we detail the current progress regarding the applications of stem cell therapies to specific neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer disease, amyotroph ...
The Complicated Equation of Smell, Flavor, and Taste
... extensions of the brain. The olfactory neurons and accompanying glial cells arise outside the central nervous system but have the capacity to regenerate throughout life; it seems that progenitor neural crest cells may be their origin. The human sense of smell is bidirectional, and the way we perceiv ...
... extensions of the brain. The olfactory neurons and accompanying glial cells arise outside the central nervous system but have the capacity to regenerate throughout life; it seems that progenitor neural crest cells may be their origin. The human sense of smell is bidirectional, and the way we perceiv ...
The Nervous System
... They cross over to the opposite side of the nervous system – information from receptors on the right side of the body is transmitted to the left cerebral hemisphere Skin, muscles, tendons & joints To the somatosensory cortex ...
... They cross over to the opposite side of the nervous system – information from receptors on the right side of the body is transmitted to the left cerebral hemisphere Skin, muscles, tendons & joints To the somatosensory cortex ...
Coincidence Detection or Temporal Integration?
... however, and did not reconstruct the SII neuronal recording sites with respect to the cortical layers. Cutaneous stimulation. We have shown previously that thalamic and cortical neurons that are sensitive to hair movements can be activated by computer-controlled airjets (Johnson and Alloway, 1994, 1 ...
... however, and did not reconstruct the SII neuronal recording sites with respect to the cortical layers. Cutaneous stimulation. We have shown previously that thalamic and cortical neurons that are sensitive to hair movements can be activated by computer-controlled airjets (Johnson and Alloway, 1994, 1 ...
The subiculum comes of age
... the CA1 region, and the EC? During spatial navigation, hippocampal place cells are controlled by environmental landmarks and linked to a path integration circuit, which tracks location in space (O’Keefe and Nadel, 1978). Presumably, the hippocampus does not function as the path integrator, since con ...
... the CA1 region, and the EC? During spatial navigation, hippocampal place cells are controlled by environmental landmarks and linked to a path integration circuit, which tracks location in space (O’Keefe and Nadel, 1978). Presumably, the hippocampus does not function as the path integrator, since con ...
The Complicated Equation of Smell, Flavor, and Taste
... extensions of the brain. The olfactory neurons and accompanying glial cells arise outside the central nervous system but have the capacity to regenerate throughout life; it seems that progenitor neural crest cells may be their origin. The human sense of smell is bidirectional, and the way we perceiv ...
... extensions of the brain. The olfactory neurons and accompanying glial cells arise outside the central nervous system but have the capacity to regenerate throughout life; it seems that progenitor neural crest cells may be their origin. The human sense of smell is bidirectional, and the way we perceiv ...
Affective neuroscience: the emergence of a discipline
... animals, research with normal humans (using a variety o f physiological measures and biological probes), and studies o f human neuropathology and psychopathology. As research progresses in this area, it is clear that the study o f emotion, just like cognition, will require a dissection o f emotional ...
... animals, research with normal humans (using a variety o f physiological measures and biological probes), and studies o f human neuropathology and psychopathology. As research progresses in this area, it is clear that the study o f emotion, just like cognition, will require a dissection o f emotional ...
Representation in the Human Brain of Food Texture and Oral Fat
... analyses accounting for both scan-to-scan and subject-to-subject variability. More precisely, the sets of individual statistical maps corresponding to a specific effect of interest (i.e., to within-subjects differential effects) were entered as covariates in multiple regression models (without a con ...
... analyses accounting for both scan-to-scan and subject-to-subject variability. More precisely, the sets of individual statistical maps corresponding to a specific effect of interest (i.e., to within-subjects differential effects) were entered as covariates in multiple regression models (without a con ...
Proceedings from the 2015 UK-Korea Neuroscience Symposium
... mammalian GFP reconstitution across synaptic partners (mGRASP), is synapse-specific labeling with two complementary GFP components. mGRASP is based on two non-fluorescent splitGFP fragments (called spGFP1-10 and spGFP11) tethered to synaptic membranes in each of two neuronal populations. When two ne ...
... mammalian GFP reconstitution across synaptic partners (mGRASP), is synapse-specific labeling with two complementary GFP components. mGRASP is based on two non-fluorescent splitGFP fragments (called spGFP1-10 and spGFP11) tethered to synaptic membranes in each of two neuronal populations. When two ne ...
DECODING NEURONAL FIRING AND MODELING NEURAL
... and clearly (Abbott & Blum, 1996). Examples are given in section 9. In cases where it can be applied, decoding provides an effective solution to problem i). By combining the optimal linear filter with efficient methods for decoding populations of neurons, it is possible to extract the maximum amount ...
... and clearly (Abbott & Blum, 1996). Examples are given in section 9. In cases where it can be applied, decoding provides an effective solution to problem i). By combining the optimal linear filter with efficient methods for decoding populations of neurons, it is possible to extract the maximum amount ...
General Cortical and Special Prefrontal Connections: Principles
... of laminar structure (Figure 1c, i, c, ii). Neuronal density per unit volume is often a reliable indicator of type for sensory and association cortices. Other architectonic parameters also help describe cortical types quantitatively (Dombrowski et al. 2001). As novel markers are introduced, investig ...
... of laminar structure (Figure 1c, i, c, ii). Neuronal density per unit volume is often a reliable indicator of type for sensory and association cortices. Other architectonic parameters also help describe cortical types quantitatively (Dombrowski et al. 2001). As novel markers are introduced, investig ...
Clarke`s column neurons as the focus of a corticospinal corollary circuit
... excitatory and/or indirect inhibitory inputs from descending corticospinal axons. The convergence of these descending inhibitory and excitatory inputs to Clarke’s column neurons established local spinal circuits with the capacity to mark or modulate incoming proprioceptive input. Together, our genet ...
... excitatory and/or indirect inhibitory inputs from descending corticospinal axons. The convergence of these descending inhibitory and excitatory inputs to Clarke’s column neurons established local spinal circuits with the capacity to mark or modulate incoming proprioceptive input. Together, our genet ...
Cranial Nerves
... functions, and the site of their connection with the brain 2. Describe the control of eye movements 3. Describe the control of the eye, including pupillary, consensual and accommodation ...
... functions, and the site of their connection with the brain 2. Describe the control of eye movements 3. Describe the control of the eye, including pupillary, consensual and accommodation ...
Mullins
... Children with bilateral central blind spots (scotomas) may "overlook" in order to see a person or object. Children may have difficulty identifying colors based on their individual color vision defect. ...
... Children with bilateral central blind spots (scotomas) may "overlook" in order to see a person or object. Children may have difficulty identifying colors based on their individual color vision defect. ...
2. Study Guide Chapter 2
... 5. The extension of a neuron that transmits information to other neurons is the ; some of these extensions are insulated by a layer of fatty cells called the , which helps speed the neuron’s impulses. ...
... 5. The extension of a neuron that transmits information to other neurons is the ; some of these extensions are insulated by a layer of fatty cells called the , which helps speed the neuron’s impulses. ...
Synaptic Specificity in Frog Sympathetic Ganglia During
... neurons appeared to receive both a B fiber and a C fiber input, with synaptic potentials of each having similar size and waveform. In such cases, the possibility that branches of one axon were present in both preganglionic roots was checked by means of a collision test. Only the nicotinic fast excit ...
... neurons appeared to receive both a B fiber and a C fiber input, with synaptic potentials of each having similar size and waveform. In such cases, the possibility that branches of one axon were present in both preganglionic roots was checked by means of a collision test. Only the nicotinic fast excit ...
Attention maps in the brain - Site BU
... isual perception often feels effortless; however, in many complex situations, there is far more information reaching our eyes than our cognitive systems can act on at one time. Although the retina performs massively parallel processing, visual cognition operates on no more than a few items at once. ...
... isual perception often feels effortless; however, in many complex situations, there is far more information reaching our eyes than our cognitive systems can act on at one time. Although the retina performs massively parallel processing, visual cognition operates on no more than a few items at once. ...
Got diversity? Wiring the fly brain with Dscam
... Figure 2. Dscam encodes a large family of homophilic binding proteins. (a) Alternative splicing of the Dscam gene generates numerous cell-surface proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily. There are four blocks of alternatively used exons in the Dscam gene: the exon-4 block contains 12 alternatives ...
... Figure 2. Dscam encodes a large family of homophilic binding proteins. (a) Alternative splicing of the Dscam gene generates numerous cell-surface proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily. There are four blocks of alternatively used exons in the Dscam gene: the exon-4 block contains 12 alternatives ...
Chapter 11: The Auditory and Vestibular Systems
... Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3rd Ed, Bear, Connors, and Paradiso Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...
... Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 3rd Ed, Bear, Connors, and Paradiso Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...