UNRAVELING THE SENSE OF SMELL
... molecules. However, they have diverse structures and somehow those different structures are perceived as having different odors (Figure 1). The sense of smell is mediated by the olfactory system, a system that is characterized by exquisite sensitivity and discriminatory power. Even a slight change i ...
... molecules. However, they have diverse structures and somehow those different structures are perceived as having different odors (Figure 1). The sense of smell is mediated by the olfactory system, a system that is characterized by exquisite sensitivity and discriminatory power. Even a slight change i ...
judasMRT99
... In the developing neocortex of rats and mice, nitrinergic neurons are usually not observed in the marginal zone (MZ), i.e., the developing layer I (Bravo et al., 1997; Derer and Derer, 1993; Iwase et al., 1998; Tomić et al., 1994; Van Eden et al., 1996); they were also not observed in the neocortex ...
... In the developing neocortex of rats and mice, nitrinergic neurons are usually not observed in the marginal zone (MZ), i.e., the developing layer I (Bravo et al., 1997; Derer and Derer, 1993; Iwase et al., 1998; Tomić et al., 1994; Van Eden et al., 1996); they were also not observed in the neocortex ...
Reverse pharmacology of orexin
... the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and monoaminergic neurons in the brain stem to maintain arousal. In addition, orexin neurons also appear to act on LDT/PPT cholinergic neurons, because orexin neurons project directly to the PPT/ LDT nuclei and direct injection of orexin-A into the LDT of cats ...
... the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and monoaminergic neurons in the brain stem to maintain arousal. In addition, orexin neurons also appear to act on LDT/PPT cholinergic neurons, because orexin neurons project directly to the PPT/ LDT nuclei and direct injection of orexin-A into the LDT of cats ...
James Robertson
... How does prolonged waking influence Orx neurons? GABA Primary (and most abundant) inhibitory neurotransmitter Sleep-active GABA Neurons from around the hypothalamus innervate Orx neurons ...
... How does prolonged waking influence Orx neurons? GABA Primary (and most abundant) inhibitory neurotransmitter Sleep-active GABA Neurons from around the hypothalamus innervate Orx neurons ...
FROM MOTIVATION TO ACTION - The University of Texas at Dallas
... this important problem has been the absence of relevant anatomical evidence. A consequence of neglecting this problem is that investigations of the limbic system and hypothalamus and investigations of the motor system have developed along rather separate lines. The major research tradition in neurop ...
... this important problem has been the absence of relevant anatomical evidence. A consequence of neglecting this problem is that investigations of the limbic system and hypothalamus and investigations of the motor system have developed along rather separate lines. The major research tradition in neurop ...
What Is the Nervous System?
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
What Is the Nervous System?
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
PT 311 NEUROSCIENCE
... Now let’s turn our attention from gray matter to white matter. There are three bundles of axons in the hemisphere that have already been identified on mid-sagittal views: the corpus callosum, anterior commissure and fornix (see the tutorial, Medial Surface of the Brain). One additional system of axo ...
... Now let’s turn our attention from gray matter to white matter. There are three bundles of axons in the hemisphere that have already been identified on mid-sagittal views: the corpus callosum, anterior commissure and fornix (see the tutorial, Medial Surface of the Brain). One additional system of axo ...
Section 11.3
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
... Types of Neurons • Sensory Neurons Information about your external and internal environment is gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body. • Interneurons Located only in the brain and spinal cord, interneurons pass impulses from one neuron to another. • Motor N ...
Sense Organs - mohamadtermos
... The ear is not only responsible for hearing, but also for balance! It is an organ that can distinguish between volume and pitch of sounds, as well as rotation in all three planes. The outer ear, or pinna, is responsible for channeling sound into the auditory canal. The tympanic membrane, commonly re ...
... The ear is not only responsible for hearing, but also for balance! It is an organ that can distinguish between volume and pitch of sounds, as well as rotation in all three planes. The outer ear, or pinna, is responsible for channeling sound into the auditory canal. The tympanic membrane, commonly re ...
xiao-ying-lu-southeast-university
... Tissue, cell or slice can be put in the recording chamber of the MEA directly and tightly. Extracellular field potential ...
... Tissue, cell or slice can be put in the recording chamber of the MEA directly and tightly. Extracellular field potential ...
The Structure and Plasticity of the Proximal Axon of Hippocampal
... Dendrites are one of two types of neuronal processes which emerge from the soma. Dendrites receive chemical signals from other neurons through neurotransmitter receptors. In response to afferent information, they integrate the synaptic inputs and generate electrical signals. As far as morphology is ...
... Dendrites are one of two types of neuronal processes which emerge from the soma. Dendrites receive chemical signals from other neurons through neurotransmitter receptors. In response to afferent information, they integrate the synaptic inputs and generate electrical signals. As far as morphology is ...
TOWARDS AN "EARLY NEURAL CIRCUIT SIMULATOR": A FPGA
... state space of [θ, dθ/dt, M, dM/dt]. This is equivalent to approximately 50,000 whisker-responsive neurons. Calculating the probability distribution shown in Fig. 2 (b) for each of these 50,000 neurons is already a large computational task, requiring a minimum of 0.394 seconds in MATLAB for a single ...
... state space of [θ, dθ/dt, M, dM/dt]. This is equivalent to approximately 50,000 whisker-responsive neurons. Calculating the probability distribution shown in Fig. 2 (b) for each of these 50,000 neurons is already a large computational task, requiring a minimum of 0.394 seconds in MATLAB for a single ...
Selective Loss of Catecholaminergic Wake–Active Neurons in a
... Image-Pro Plus software (Media Cybernetics, Silver Spring, MD) to measure fluorescence intensity relative to background (adjacent non-TH region). For each group of wake-active neurons, the total number of nucleated wake neurons on all relevant sections were counted, and the percentage of these neuro ...
... Image-Pro Plus software (Media Cybernetics, Silver Spring, MD) to measure fluorescence intensity relative to background (adjacent non-TH region). For each group of wake-active neurons, the total number of nucleated wake neurons on all relevant sections were counted, and the percentage of these neuro ...
Expression of Cux-1 and Cux-2 in the Subventricular Zone and
... system (Iulianella et al., 2003). Although the functions of Cux-1 have been quite extensively studied in other organs, such as kidney (for review see Nepveu, 2001), less is known about the specific functions of Cux-2, and, so far, very little is known about the roles of either gene in the nervous sys ...
... system (Iulianella et al., 2003). Although the functions of Cux-1 have been quite extensively studied in other organs, such as kidney (for review see Nepveu, 2001), less is known about the specific functions of Cux-2, and, so far, very little is known about the roles of either gene in the nervous sys ...
Jesús Pujol Martí Neural map organization and development in the lateral-line system
... the communication between sensory organs and the brain. In most sensory systems, neurons project from the sensory receptors to the brain in a spatially ordered manner forming neural maps that encode stimuli attributes, such as identity or position. The formation of such precise patterns of connectiv ...
... the communication between sensory organs and the brain. In most sensory systems, neurons project from the sensory receptors to the brain in a spatially ordered manner forming neural maps that encode stimuli attributes, such as identity or position. The formation of such precise patterns of connectiv ...
Ectodermal Placodes: Contributions to the
... some cases, migratory receptor primordia {e.g., lateral line receptors). Specification of neurogenic placodes and pattern formation of their derivatives has been a subject of study for over eighty years, and is still not well understood, but, several genes have been implicated in pattern formation i ...
... some cases, migratory receptor primordia {e.g., lateral line receptors). Specification of neurogenic placodes and pattern formation of their derivatives has been a subject of study for over eighty years, and is still not well understood, but, several genes have been implicated in pattern formation i ...
GABAergic neuron distribution in the pedunculopontine nucleus
... Indeed, recent studies have shown that there are also functional differences between the two portions of the PPN, which have been evaluated in terms of behavioral responses following excitotoxic lesions or electrical stimulation (Alderson et al., 2006, 2008; Andero et al., 2007). Taken together, the ...
... Indeed, recent studies have shown that there are also functional differences between the two portions of the PPN, which have been evaluated in terms of behavioral responses following excitotoxic lesions or electrical stimulation (Alderson et al., 2006, 2008; Andero et al., 2007). Taken together, the ...
Projections of the median raphe nucleus in the rat
... solution was iontophoretically deposited in the brains of anesthetized rats by means of a glass micropipette with an outside tip diameter of 40–60 µM. Positive direct current (5–10 µA) was applied through a Grass stimulator (model 88) coupled with a high-voltage stimulator (Frederick Haer Co., Bruns ...
... solution was iontophoretically deposited in the brains of anesthetized rats by means of a glass micropipette with an outside tip diameter of 40–60 µM. Positive direct current (5–10 µA) was applied through a Grass stimulator (model 88) coupled with a high-voltage stimulator (Frederick Haer Co., Bruns ...
1 MB - Columbia University
... How do animals represent and process thermal stimuli? Drosophila provides an attractive system to study temperature coding: flies possess sensory systems anatomically and genetically simpler than those of vertebrates, and critically depend on quick, reliable and robust temperature sensing for survi ...
... How do animals represent and process thermal stimuli? Drosophila provides an attractive system to study temperature coding: flies possess sensory systems anatomically and genetically simpler than those of vertebrates, and critically depend on quick, reliable and robust temperature sensing for survi ...
Circuits through prefrontal cortex, basal ganglia, and ventral anterior
... 2.4.2. Mapping anterograde label in the VA nucleus We mapped the distribution of terminals in the VA nucleus after prefrontal cortical injections of bidirectional or anterograde tracers using a commercial tracing system (Neurolucida, Microbrightfield, Colchester, VT). We evaluated the density of ant ...
... 2.4.2. Mapping anterograde label in the VA nucleus We mapped the distribution of terminals in the VA nucleus after prefrontal cortical injections of bidirectional or anterograde tracers using a commercial tracing system (Neurolucida, Microbrightfield, Colchester, VT). We evaluated the density of ant ...
Forward Processing of Long-Term Associative Memory in Monkey
... neuron”) dramatically increased from TE (4.9% of the cue-selective neurons) to A36 (33%). The pair-coding neurons in A36 were further separable into Type1 (68%) and Type2 (32%) on the basis of their initial transient responses after cue stimulus presentation. Type1 neurons, but not Type2 neurons, be ...
... neuron”) dramatically increased from TE (4.9% of the cue-selective neurons) to A36 (33%). The pair-coding neurons in A36 were further separable into Type1 (68%) and Type2 (32%) on the basis of their initial transient responses after cue stimulus presentation. Type1 neurons, but not Type2 neurons, be ...
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... Several neurons send information to one other Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
... Several neurons send information to one other Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
Morphology of Thalamocortical Neurons Projecting
... or larger somata with multipolar shapes and four to eight primary dendrites. Samples of LY-filled,immunocytochemically stained SI-projecting neurons located in VPL are shown in Figure 2. Most SI-projecting neurons in VPI were medium-sized or small, and had four to eight primary dendrites (see Fig. 3 ...
... or larger somata with multipolar shapes and four to eight primary dendrites. Samples of LY-filled,immunocytochemically stained SI-projecting neurons located in VPL are shown in Figure 2. Most SI-projecting neurons in VPI were medium-sized or small, and had four to eight primary dendrites (see Fig. 3 ...
From/To LTM - Ohio University
... Spatio-temporal memories are fundamental to self-organization and learning in bio-inspired systems. Short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM): two major types of memories in neurobiological research of human brain. They occupy different regions of the human brain, have different structu ...
... Spatio-temporal memories are fundamental to self-organization and learning in bio-inspired systems. Short term memory (STM) and long term memory (LTM): two major types of memories in neurobiological research of human brain. They occupy different regions of the human brain, have different structu ...