THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
... Þ A concentration of nervous tissue in many animals forms a brain, an information-processing centre Þ Neurons are the basic units of the nervous system, they receive nerve impulses from other neurons via the cell body and dendrites Þ There are various types of glia, which help nourish, insulate, and ...
... Þ A concentration of nervous tissue in many animals forms a brain, an information-processing centre Þ Neurons are the basic units of the nervous system, they receive nerve impulses from other neurons via the cell body and dendrites Þ There are various types of glia, which help nourish, insulate, and ...
Oscillatory Neural Fields for Globally Optimal Path Planning
... to noise, thereby supporting the feasibility of analog VLSI implementations. The work reported here is related to resistive grid approaches for solving optimization problems (Chua, 1984). Resistive grid approaches may be viewed as "passive" relaxation methods, while the oscillatory neural field is a ...
... to noise, thereby supporting the feasibility of analog VLSI implementations. The work reported here is related to resistive grid approaches for solving optimization problems (Chua, 1984). Resistive grid approaches may be viewed as "passive" relaxation methods, while the oscillatory neural field is a ...
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... about an outcome, suboptimal behavior that has recently been demonstrated in pigeons14. Computationally and neurally, these results pose a challenge to existing models of reinforcement learning and their associated prediction error signals: because information prediction errors are encoded in exactl ...
... about an outcome, suboptimal behavior that has recently been demonstrated in pigeons14. Computationally and neurally, these results pose a challenge to existing models of reinforcement learning and their associated prediction error signals: because information prediction errors are encoded in exactl ...
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... • 1st order neuron axons terminate at the base of post gray column (nucleus dorsalis) • the majority of axons of 2nd order neurons cross to opposite side and ascend as anterior spinocerebellar tract in the contralateral white column the minority of axons ascend as anterior spinocerebellar tract in ...
... • 1st order neuron axons terminate at the base of post gray column (nucleus dorsalis) • the majority of axons of 2nd order neurons cross to opposite side and ascend as anterior spinocerebellar tract in the contralateral white column the minority of axons ascend as anterior spinocerebellar tract in ...
Preparation for action: one of the key functions of motor cortex.
... information intervenes during processes of movement preparation or planning, but not during those of movement execution. The use of the preparatory paradigm makes it thus possible, first, to dissociate in time movement planning from its execution and, second, to study selectively preparatory process ...
... information intervenes during processes of movement preparation or planning, but not during those of movement execution. The use of the preparatory paradigm makes it thus possible, first, to dissociate in time movement planning from its execution and, second, to study selectively preparatory process ...
Chapter 15 - Las Positas College
... thought. You involuntarily experience countless smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contractions and gland secretions that provide a stable internal environment for you. Some of the important visceral functions under the regulation of the ANS are maintenance of heart rate and blood pressure, digestion, ...
... thought. You involuntarily experience countless smooth muscle and cardiac muscle contractions and gland secretions that provide a stable internal environment for you. Some of the important visceral functions under the regulation of the ANS are maintenance of heart rate and blood pressure, digestion, ...
UShape Representation in the Inferior Temporal Cortex of MonkeysU
... best fit to a set of training data corresponding to the object's familiar views. A view is considered as a vector, the elements of which can be any image features, including non-geometrical ones, such as color or texture. In the simplest case, one hidden-layer unit is assumed to store each familiar ...
... best fit to a set of training data corresponding to the object's familiar views. A view is considered as a vector, the elements of which can be any image features, including non-geometrical ones, such as color or texture. In the simplest case, one hidden-layer unit is assumed to store each familiar ...
Parallel Transformation of Tactile Signals in Central Circuits of
... had a characteristic input resistance, resting membrane potential, and spike waveform. We were able to reliably record from midline local and projection neurons by targeting the most ventral cell bodies along the midline in each GAL4 line. We targeted intersegmental neurons based on their large cell ...
... had a characteristic input resistance, resting membrane potential, and spike waveform. We were able to reliably record from midline local and projection neurons by targeting the most ventral cell bodies along the midline in each GAL4 line. We targeted intersegmental neurons based on their large cell ...
Activity of Neurons in Anterior Inferior Temporal Cortex during a
... tasks that require the monkey to retain memories across a “blank” retention interval, during which no visual stimuli are presented. Outside the laboratory, however, memories frequently must be retained while new information is being processed. It is not understood how IT neurons can participate in m ...
... tasks that require the monkey to retain memories across a “blank” retention interval, during which no visual stimuli are presented. Outside the laboratory, however, memories frequently must be retained while new information is being processed. It is not understood how IT neurons can participate in m ...
A first-principle for the nervous system
... take place through an interaction between the spine heads of the spines that belong to two different neurons N7 (in black) and N8 (in blue) (magnified view in the inset). This can preserve specificity of the input stimuli even after the level of their interaction by retaining the specific responses ...
... take place through an interaction between the spine heads of the spines that belong to two different neurons N7 (in black) and N8 (in blue) (magnified view in the inset). This can preserve specificity of the input stimuli even after the level of their interaction by retaining the specific responses ...
Neural Correlates for Perception of 3D Surface Orientation from
... and spread throughout the cell as the worm moved. In contrast, mitochondria in anc1(e1873) animals were spherically shaped, often clustered together, and were pushed around within the cytoplasm as the animal moved (Fig. 4B). Mitochondria were not shaped or positioned properly in an unc-60(r398) muta ...
... and spread throughout the cell as the worm moved. In contrast, mitochondria in anc1(e1873) animals were spherically shaped, often clustered together, and were pushed around within the cytoplasm as the animal moved (Fig. 4B). Mitochondria were not shaped or positioned properly in an unc-60(r398) muta ...
NERVOUS SYSTEM
... Once the membrane potential has returned to resting conditions, another action potential can be generated. However, before it happens there is a short period during which the voltage gated K+ channels are still open producing after hyperpolarization, during which the membrane potential is further f ...
... Once the membrane potential has returned to resting conditions, another action potential can be generated. However, before it happens there is a short period during which the voltage gated K+ channels are still open producing after hyperpolarization, during which the membrane potential is further f ...
Learning Strengthens the Response of Primary Visual Cortex to
... Studies of V1 with single-unit recording report different neural effects of learning than those observed here [14–16]. None of the studies reported increases in either the number or contrast gain of neurons that respond to the stimulus. Two studies nevertheless showed neural changes that can potenti ...
... Studies of V1 with single-unit recording report different neural effects of learning than those observed here [14–16]. None of the studies reported increases in either the number or contrast gain of neurons that respond to the stimulus. Two studies nevertheless showed neural changes that can potenti ...
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... Because every ganglion cell occupies a unique position in space, and because extracellular signals decay rapidly with distance, each ganglion cell produces a unique pattern of activity on the dense array This unique pattern can be used to identify the source of overlapping spikes, which might appear ...
... Because every ganglion cell occupies a unique position in space, and because extracellular signals decay rapidly with distance, each ganglion cell produces a unique pattern of activity on the dense array This unique pattern can be used to identify the source of overlapping spikes, which might appear ...
Facial Expression Classification Using RBF AND Back
... The interest in systems for the automatic recognition of facial expressions has recently increased. Such systems are clearly relevant in studies of human behavior, since facial expressions are a manifestation of human emotions. Facial expressions also have an important role in the nonverbal communic ...
... The interest in systems for the automatic recognition of facial expressions has recently increased. Such systems are clearly relevant in studies of human behavior, since facial expressions are a manifestation of human emotions. Facial expressions also have an important role in the nonverbal communic ...
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... Cortical progenitors undergo progressive fate restriction, thereby sequentially producing the different layers of the neocortex. However, how these progenitors precisely change their fate remains highly debatable. We have previously shown the existence of cortical feedback mechanisms wherein postmit ...
... Cortical progenitors undergo progressive fate restriction, thereby sequentially producing the different layers of the neocortex. However, how these progenitors precisely change their fate remains highly debatable. We have previously shown the existence of cortical feedback mechanisms wherein postmit ...
Distinct or Gradually Changing Spatial and Nonspatial
... 2010) showing the ratio of place-field size in dorsal, intermediate, and ventral hippocampus relative to the mean dorsal placefield size reported at each study. By this definition, the y-values for “Dorsal” are all normalized to 1. For Jung et al. (1994), the values were computed as the square root ...
... 2010) showing the ratio of place-field size in dorsal, intermediate, and ventral hippocampus relative to the mean dorsal placefield size reported at each study. By this definition, the y-values for “Dorsal” are all normalized to 1. For Jung et al. (1994), the values were computed as the square root ...
A Stereoscopic Look at Visual Cortex
... scopic perception seemed too limited to grant attention as a potential alternative. This evidence mainly came from one published study (Janssen et al. 2003) demonstrating that neurons in macaque IT discard anti-correlated signals and from a preliminary report (Fujita et al. 2003) that signals in IT ...
... scopic perception seemed too limited to grant attention as a potential alternative. This evidence mainly came from one published study (Janssen et al. 2003) demonstrating that neurons in macaque IT discard anti-correlated signals and from a preliminary report (Fujita et al. 2003) that signals in IT ...
Leap 2 - Entire - Teacher Enrichment Initiatives
... students will rotate through six stations, each with Station Cards that explain how nerve impulses are transmitted through neurons. In this way, information is automatically chunked into small batches for students. Using the six station cards and a Neuron Graphic Organizer, students will utilize mul ...
... students will rotate through six stations, each with Station Cards that explain how nerve impulses are transmitted through neurons. In this way, information is automatically chunked into small batches for students. Using the six station cards and a Neuron Graphic Organizer, students will utilize mul ...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 10:1
... system, the M1 neurons will be tuned to preferred motion directions, if they are connected to all the input lines by arbitrary weights in an appropriate magnitude range (Sanger, 1994). This means that the choice of afferent representation should have a negligible effect on the general form of the tu ...
... system, the M1 neurons will be tuned to preferred motion directions, if they are connected to all the input lines by arbitrary weights in an appropriate magnitude range (Sanger, 1994). This means that the choice of afferent representation should have a negligible effect on the general form of the tu ...
psyc223
... •Placebo shown to be more effective than no treatment •Hidden injection of proglumide was completely ineffective •Proglumide acts on placebo-activated opioid mechanisms enhancing the placebo analgesic response ...
... •Placebo shown to be more effective than no treatment •Hidden injection of proglumide was completely ineffective •Proglumide acts on placebo-activated opioid mechanisms enhancing the placebo analgesic response ...