Modeling stability in neuron and network function: the role of activity
... the values that are measured from slice and culture experiments in which the natural patterns of activity of a network are altered prior to measurement will differ from those that contribute to network dynamics during behavior. Building models from measured means of a population of neurons with vari ...
... the values that are measured from slice and culture experiments in which the natural patterns of activity of a network are altered prior to measurement will differ from those that contribute to network dynamics during behavior. Building models from measured means of a population of neurons with vari ...
Autonomic Nervous System
... (In contrast to the large diameter and rapidly conducting α -motor neurons, preganglionic axons are small-diameter, myelinated, relatively slowly conducting B fibers.) (The axons of the postganglionic neurons are mostly unmyelinated C fibers and terminate on the visceral effectors.) • Neurotransmitt ...
... (In contrast to the large diameter and rapidly conducting α -motor neurons, preganglionic axons are small-diameter, myelinated, relatively slowly conducting B fibers.) (The axons of the postganglionic neurons are mostly unmyelinated C fibers and terminate on the visceral effectors.) • Neurotransmitt ...
Transgenic Targeting of Recombinant Rabies Virus Reveals
... by performing three distinct kinds of control injections (see supplemental Table S1, available at www.jneurosci.org as supplemental material, for a summary of all injections). Wild-type injections were into animals genetically incapable of expressing any viral proteins (i.e., TVAG⫺/tTA⫺ and TVAG⫺/tT ...
... by performing three distinct kinds of control injections (see supplemental Table S1, available at www.jneurosci.org as supplemental material, for a summary of all injections). Wild-type injections were into animals genetically incapable of expressing any viral proteins (i.e., TVAG⫺/tTA⫺ and TVAG⫺/tT ...
Functions of the Nervous System Functions of the
... Located in parietal lobe posterior to central sulcus Sensory homunculus is a spatial map Left side of the primary somatic sensory area receives impulses from right side (and vice versa) ...
... Located in parietal lobe posterior to central sulcus Sensory homunculus is a spatial map Left side of the primary somatic sensory area receives impulses from right side (and vice versa) ...
Structural Classification of the Nervous System
... Located in parietal lobe posterior to central sulcus Sensory homunculus is a spatial map Left side of the primary somatic sensory area receives impulses from right side (and vice versa) ...
... Located in parietal lobe posterior to central sulcus Sensory homunculus is a spatial map Left side of the primary somatic sensory area receives impulses from right side (and vice versa) ...
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... • Ventral horns—somatic motor neurons whose axons exit the cord via ventral roots • Lateral horns (only in thoracic and lumbar regions) –sympathetic neurons • Dorsal root (spinal) gangia—contain cell bodies of sensory neurons ...
... • Ventral horns—somatic motor neurons whose axons exit the cord via ventral roots • Lateral horns (only in thoracic and lumbar regions) –sympathetic neurons • Dorsal root (spinal) gangia—contain cell bodies of sensory neurons ...
How Does the Brain Produce Movement?
... Premotor cortex organizes can follow the first smoothly. Interestingly, Lashley’s view seems to be movement sequences. borne out in how we execute speech. When people use complex sequences of words, they are more likely to pause and make “umm” and Prefrontal cortex Motor cortex produces “ahh” sounds ...
... Premotor cortex organizes can follow the first smoothly. Interestingly, Lashley’s view seems to be movement sequences. borne out in how we execute speech. When people use complex sequences of words, they are more likely to pause and make “umm” and Prefrontal cortex Motor cortex produces “ahh” sounds ...
Slide - Reza Shadmehr
... subject is instructed to either oppose the stretch (left), or assist it (right). Delay in fastest reflexes is 30 msec. ...
... subject is instructed to either oppose the stretch (left), or assist it (right). Delay in fastest reflexes is 30 msec. ...
ASCENDING PATHWAYS - University of Kansas Medical Center
... Secondary axons make up the lateral spinothalamic tract traveling in the lateral column of the spinal cord. ...
... Secondary axons make up the lateral spinothalamic tract traveling in the lateral column of the spinal cord. ...
NeuroSipe Ascending Pathways and Lesions
... Spinomesencephalic Tract • Also indirect pathway to cortex • Sensory neuron cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglia • Synapse immediately in dorsal horn & cross over through anterior commissure • Terminates and synapses in superior colliculi, reticular formation, and periaqueductal gray matter • Part ...
... Spinomesencephalic Tract • Also indirect pathway to cortex • Sensory neuron cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglia • Synapse immediately in dorsal horn & cross over through anterior commissure • Terminates and synapses in superior colliculi, reticular formation, and periaqueductal gray matter • Part ...
atterning the nervous system through development and evolution: a
... habenula lateralization, either due to impaired parapineal lateralization, to impaired parapineal to habenula signaling, or to more general impairment of body lateralization. He observed that delateralized fish show altered behaviors such as the avoidance of new visual cues, thereby strengthening th ...
... habenula lateralization, either due to impaired parapineal lateralization, to impaired parapineal to habenula signaling, or to more general impairment of body lateralization. He observed that delateralized fish show altered behaviors such as the avoidance of new visual cues, thereby strengthening th ...
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... subpopulations were performed in various species (Table 1A). It is curious that only rarely the same group performed a systematic analysis of several species, using the same methodology, making it difficult to conclude about interspecies differences. Most of the studies performed in rat and mouse fou ...
... subpopulations were performed in various species (Table 1A). It is curious that only rarely the same group performed a systematic analysis of several species, using the same methodology, making it difficult to conclude about interspecies differences. Most of the studies performed in rat and mouse fou ...
The Physiology of the Senses Lecture 6 Visually Guided Actions
... group of active cells indicates the relative location of a target in the visual field. This becomes a map for the required size of movements. If one electrically stimulates a group of cells in the superior colliculus or FEF at location A (Figure 6.9), the eye would orient towards A. Similarly, stimu ...
... group of active cells indicates the relative location of a target in the visual field. This becomes a map for the required size of movements. If one electrically stimulates a group of cells in the superior colliculus or FEF at location A (Figure 6.9), the eye would orient towards A. Similarly, stimu ...
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... Leaves the charge on the inner surface negative Reduces the postsynaptic neuron’s ability to produce an action potential ...
... Leaves the charge on the inner surface negative Reduces the postsynaptic neuron’s ability to produce an action potential ...
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... termination pattern could serve as a morphological substrate for relatively homogeneous effects on various CN cell types. The present data are the first direct demonstration that both principal cell types in the AVCN, bushy and stellate cells, receive functional inputs from the contralateral CN and ...
... termination pattern could serve as a morphological substrate for relatively homogeneous effects on various CN cell types. The present data are the first direct demonstration that both principal cell types in the AVCN, bushy and stellate cells, receive functional inputs from the contralateral CN and ...
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... accumulates more neural memories (Ayers 1991). A child has neural memories for everything he can do. These sensory/motor memories create an internal picture of the body. This body image is stored in the child's nervous system. The child's brain refers to this internal picture to plan his movements. ...
... accumulates more neural memories (Ayers 1991). A child has neural memories for everything he can do. These sensory/motor memories create an internal picture of the body. This body image is stored in the child's nervous system. The child's brain refers to this internal picture to plan his movements. ...
Biological Theories of Aging
... • Recent research suggests that cerebral cell loss with aging is LESS PRONOUNCED than previously thought • Hippocampal atrophy < 2%/year in healthy elderly vs. 4-8%/year in Alzheimer’s ...
... • Recent research suggests that cerebral cell loss with aging is LESS PRONOUNCED than previously thought • Hippocampal atrophy < 2%/year in healthy elderly vs. 4-8%/year in Alzheimer’s ...
Dynamic Range Analysis of HH Model for Excitable Neurons
... 1.1 The Neuron Brain acts as the center controlling organ of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. A typical human cerebral cortex which is the largest part of the brain, is estimated to contain 15–33 billion nerve cells or neurons, each one is connected by synapses to ...
... 1.1 The Neuron Brain acts as the center controlling organ of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. A typical human cerebral cortex which is the largest part of the brain, is estimated to contain 15–33 billion nerve cells or neurons, each one is connected by synapses to ...
31 Relating the Activity of Sensory Neurons to Perception
... Psychophysical experiments can be carefully designed to minimize the ambiguity inherent in perceptual reports, often in ways that can be generalized from human subjects to nonhuman subjects. Rather than asking a subject how fast something went, for example, one could probe their ability to judge spe ...
... Psychophysical experiments can be carefully designed to minimize the ambiguity inherent in perceptual reports, often in ways that can be generalized from human subjects to nonhuman subjects. Rather than asking a subject how fast something went, for example, one could probe their ability to judge spe ...
Connexionism and Computationalism
... the processing from the hidden nodes to the output nodes? Well we can view this as a decoding of the distributed symbolic information into the output values. But the encoding and decoding are not identical, since the input and output patterns are not the same. So we conclude that the ANN has learned ...
... the processing from the hidden nodes to the output nodes? Well we can view this as a decoding of the distributed symbolic information into the output values. But the encoding and decoding are not identical, since the input and output patterns are not the same. So we conclude that the ANN has learned ...
On the Role of the Pontine Brainstem in Vocal Pattern Generation: A
... question of how VOC controls cranial motoneuron pools involved in FM vocalizations was left open in that study. In the present study, we compared neuronal activities of vocalization-correlated neurons (VM neurons) from VOC with those of cranial motoneuron pools. We wanted to find out whether there a ...
... question of how VOC controls cranial motoneuron pools involved in FM vocalizations was left open in that study. In the present study, we compared neuronal activities of vocalization-correlated neurons (VM neurons) from VOC with those of cranial motoneuron pools. We wanted to find out whether there a ...
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... are stimulated by other neurons and axons are connected to effectors (muscles and glands); multipolar except for some in ANS 3. Association/Interneurons: carry impulses from one neuron to another (afferent to efferent); found only in CNS; lie between sensory and motor neurons; shuttle signals; 99% o ...
... are stimulated by other neurons and axons are connected to effectors (muscles and glands); multipolar except for some in ANS 3. Association/Interneurons: carry impulses from one neuron to another (afferent to efferent); found only in CNS; lie between sensory and motor neurons; shuttle signals; 99% o ...
Motor planning under unpredictable reward: modulations of
... they would be rewarded only in the trials immediately following withheld rewards. In these trials, the animals responded sooner and moved faster. Single-unit recordings from the dorsal striatum revealed modulations in neural firing that reflected changes in movement vigor. First, in the trials with ...
... they would be rewarded only in the trials immediately following withheld rewards. In these trials, the animals responded sooner and moved faster. Single-unit recordings from the dorsal striatum revealed modulations in neural firing that reflected changes in movement vigor. First, in the trials with ...
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... • Work together to perform a common function • May excite or inhibit • Convergence • Various sensory receptors • Can allow for summation of impulses • Divergence • Branching axon • Stimulation of many neurons ultimately ...
... • Work together to perform a common function • May excite or inhibit • Convergence • Various sensory receptors • Can allow for summation of impulses • Divergence • Branching axon • Stimulation of many neurons ultimately ...