Mapping form and function in the human brain: the emerging field of
... task performance [11], suggesting that the nodules may have functional connections with the overlying cortex, assuming that these rCBF changes represent reactive hyperemia in response to increased neuronal activity. Although such PET and SPECT evidence is suggestive, the relative limitations in spat ...
... task performance [11], suggesting that the nodules may have functional connections with the overlying cortex, assuming that these rCBF changes represent reactive hyperemia in response to increased neuronal activity. Although such PET and SPECT evidence is suggestive, the relative limitations in spat ...
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... during memory retrieval? This may be explained as follows. Oscillating neuronal activities take place both in the hippocampus and in the cortex. Different memory tasks are shown to be associated with frontal and hippocampal cortical theta oscillations in humans (Tesche and Karhu, 2000; Jensen and Te ...
... during memory retrieval? This may be explained as follows. Oscillating neuronal activities take place both in the hippocampus and in the cortex. Different memory tasks are shown to be associated with frontal and hippocampal cortical theta oscillations in humans (Tesche and Karhu, 2000; Jensen and Te ...
Human Anatomy & Physiology I
... Reflexes: fast, involuntary sequences of actions in response to stimuli ...
... Reflexes: fast, involuntary sequences of actions in response to stimuli ...
Reward-Related Neuronal Activity During Go - Research
... 1994; Hornak et al. 1996). Primates with orbitofrontal lesions show altered reactions to rewarding and aversive events (Baylis and Gaffan 1991; Butter and Snyder 1972; Butter et al. 1969, 1970) and impaired adaptations to changed reinforcement contingencies (Butter 1969; Dias et al. 1996; Iversen an ...
... 1994; Hornak et al. 1996). Primates with orbitofrontal lesions show altered reactions to rewarding and aversive events (Baylis and Gaffan 1991; Butter and Snyder 1972; Butter et al. 1969, 1970) and impaired adaptations to changed reinforcement contingencies (Butter 1969; Dias et al. 1996; Iversen an ...
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... a neurological gating process that prevents distracting sensory inputs from generating unnecessary motor outputs Stimulus intensity ...
... a neurological gating process that prevents distracting sensory inputs from generating unnecessary motor outputs Stimulus intensity ...
2. Parkinsons diseas and Movement Disorders. 1998
... primary projection areas are somatotopically organized and serve the contralateral half of the body. Proceeding outward along the cortical surface from the primary projection areas, one encounters the secondary projection areas (motor, areas 6, 8, 44; sensory, areas 5, 7a, 40; visual, area 18; audit ...
... primary projection areas are somatotopically organized and serve the contralateral half of the body. Proceeding outward along the cortical surface from the primary projection areas, one encounters the secondary projection areas (motor, areas 6, 8, 44; sensory, areas 5, 7a, 40; visual, area 18; audit ...
neuro 04 brainstem student
... corticobulbar tracts. Results in a patient who is quadriplegic and unable to speak or have tongue or facial movements. ...
... corticobulbar tracts. Results in a patient who is quadriplegic and unable to speak or have tongue or facial movements. ...
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... divide symmetrically to amplify the progenitor pool. During the neurogenic phase, RGPs are believed to divide asymmetrically to produce neurons either directly or indirectly through transient amplifying progenitors, such as intermediate progenitors (IPs) (Florio and Huttner, 2014). Consecutive waves ...
... divide symmetrically to amplify the progenitor pool. During the neurogenic phase, RGPs are believed to divide asymmetrically to produce neurons either directly or indirectly through transient amplifying progenitors, such as intermediate progenitors (IPs) (Florio and Huttner, 2014). Consecutive waves ...
The hippocampal–striatal axis in learning, prediction and
... that a discrete cue [conditioned stimulus (CS), e.g. tone] and a context in which the training takes place, predict the occurrence of an unconditioned stimulus (US; e.g. an electric shock). Subsequent exposure to the cue or context in the absence of the shock induces freezing behavior (i.e. a condit ...
... that a discrete cue [conditioned stimulus (CS), e.g. tone] and a context in which the training takes place, predict the occurrence of an unconditioned stimulus (US; e.g. an electric shock). Subsequent exposure to the cue or context in the absence of the shock induces freezing behavior (i.e. a condit ...
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... has severe consequences for the integrity of neuronal structure and function. The disorder or breakdown of the endosomal/lysosomal proteolytic system has also been suggested to be of pathological significance in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’ s disease (Nixon and Cataldo, 1993). There ...
... has severe consequences for the integrity of neuronal structure and function. The disorder or breakdown of the endosomal/lysosomal proteolytic system has also been suggested to be of pathological significance in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’ s disease (Nixon and Cataldo, 1993). There ...
Principles of Neural Science - Weizmann Institute of Science
... coordinate, and execute the motor programs responsible for purposeful movement. In this part of the book we shall learn how the motor systems of the brain and spinal cord allow us to maintain balance and posture, to move our body, limbs, and eyes, and to communicate through speech and gesture. In co ...
... coordinate, and execute the motor programs responsible for purposeful movement. In this part of the book we shall learn how the motor systems of the brain and spinal cord allow us to maintain balance and posture, to move our body, limbs, and eyes, and to communicate through speech and gesture. In co ...
Final Exam Answers
... channels from inactivation occurs A. after an additional 1 to 3 msec, even when the cell membrane potential remains depolarized. *B. 1 to 3 msec after the cell membrane potential has been hyperpolarized back to near the resting membrane potential. C. 50 to 100 msec after the cell membrane potential ...
... channels from inactivation occurs A. after an additional 1 to 3 msec, even when the cell membrane potential remains depolarized. *B. 1 to 3 msec after the cell membrane potential has been hyperpolarized back to near the resting membrane potential. C. 50 to 100 msec after the cell membrane potential ...
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... mouse brain. GCP-WD and CDK5RAP2 are well known γtubulin-recruiting proteins that are localized at the centrosome in general interphase cells and bind to γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) [5, 9, 18]. GCP-WD and CDK5RAP2, together with many kinds of kinases, make γTuRC change conformation so that the co ...
... mouse brain. GCP-WD and CDK5RAP2 are well known γtubulin-recruiting proteins that are localized at the centrosome in general interphase cells and bind to γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) [5, 9, 18]. GCP-WD and CDK5RAP2, together with many kinds of kinases, make γTuRC change conformation so that the co ...
OTTO LOEWI
... Research in this area was much more difficult to carry out, but Sir Henry Dale again came to rescue, by proving, in a series of elegant experiments between 1929 and 1936, that acetylcholine was also a neurotransmitter in the neuromotor synapse, and that preganglionic synapses in the ANS are all chol ...
... Research in this area was much more difficult to carry out, but Sir Henry Dale again came to rescue, by proving, in a series of elegant experiments between 1929 and 1936, that acetylcholine was also a neurotransmitter in the neuromotor synapse, and that preganglionic synapses in the ANS are all chol ...
File - Hope Christian College Parent and Student Portal
... Somatic Nervous system • Clearly we can see that this aspect of the peripheral system gathers information from the senses or receptors which are simply organs that detect a change in the internal (bladder full) or external(change in temp/light intensity) and respond in some way. • The trigger to a ...
... Somatic Nervous system • Clearly we can see that this aspect of the peripheral system gathers information from the senses or receptors which are simply organs that detect a change in the internal (bladder full) or external(change in temp/light intensity) and respond in some way. • The trigger to a ...
primary motor cortex
... Large pyramidal cells of the precentral gyrus Long axons pyramidal (corticospinal) tracts Allows conscious control ...
... Large pyramidal cells of the precentral gyrus Long axons pyramidal (corticospinal) tracts Allows conscious control ...
PDF version - UTRGV Faculty Web
... (hereafter “legs,” which includes claws) has been profitably studied since the late nineteenth century (Atwood 1976, Wiens 1989). Because of the ease of removing claws, many studies used the peripheral innervation of the leg muscles to study synaptic physiology (reviewed in Atwood 1976, Atwood 1977) ...
... (hereafter “legs,” which includes claws) has been profitably studied since the late nineteenth century (Atwood 1976, Wiens 1989). Because of the ease of removing claws, many studies used the peripheral innervation of the leg muscles to study synaptic physiology (reviewed in Atwood 1976, Atwood 1977) ...
Detecting Action Potentials in Neuronal Populations with Calcium
... with action potentials, we first measured the fluorescence of the somata of neurons loaded with whole-cell patch pipets with known amounts potassium salts of the calcium indicators (Fig. 1B). To enable comparisons with AM loaded neurons, we carried out these experiments with low (50 mM) concentratio ...
... with action potentials, we first measured the fluorescence of the somata of neurons loaded with whole-cell patch pipets with known amounts potassium salts of the calcium indicators (Fig. 1B). To enable comparisons with AM loaded neurons, we carried out these experiments with low (50 mM) concentratio ...
A Neuron Play - Web Adventures
... One student found himself/herself out on the court in the final seconds of the game. His/her team was behind by one point. They needed a basket to win. Suddenly the student found that the basketball had somehow ended up in his/her hands. The whole world went into slow motion. Despite what some might ...
... One student found himself/herself out on the court in the final seconds of the game. His/her team was behind by one point. They needed a basket to win. Suddenly the student found that the basketball had somehow ended up in his/her hands. The whole world went into slow motion. Despite what some might ...
Spinal cord
... vertebral column, deep muscles of the back & overlying skin. Posterior root ganglia: Sensory, unipolar with satellite cells. Anterior (ventral) root: Supplies the remaining areas: anterior & lateral regions of the trunk and limbs ...
... vertebral column, deep muscles of the back & overlying skin. Posterior root ganglia: Sensory, unipolar with satellite cells. Anterior (ventral) root: Supplies the remaining areas: anterior & lateral regions of the trunk and limbs ...
Parthenogenetic dopamine neurons from primate embryonic stem
... P50.05). (F) Apomorphine response was tested at 15 weeks and both groups showed a significant reduction in the response compared to pre-transplantation scores (t = 7, P50.001; t = 25, P50.0001). (G) There was a significant improvement in the use of the contralateral paw in the cylinder test in the g ...
... P50.05). (F) Apomorphine response was tested at 15 weeks and both groups showed a significant reduction in the response compared to pre-transplantation scores (t = 7, P50.001; t = 25, P50.0001). (G) There was a significant improvement in the use of the contralateral paw in the cylinder test in the g ...