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... Repetitive TMS (rTMS) has been used to reduce craving in nicotine [1] and cocaine [17] addiction, or to reduce cigarette consumption without a decrease in craving [6]. A recent study demonstrated that rTMS can suppress alcohol craving as well [15]. These studies were performed using a figure-of-eight ...
... Repetitive TMS (rTMS) has been used to reduce craving in nicotine [1] and cocaine [17] addiction, or to reduce cigarette consumption without a decrease in craving [6]. A recent study demonstrated that rTMS can suppress alcohol craving as well [15]. These studies were performed using a figure-of-eight ...
Vagal Maneuvers
... Vagal Maneuvers Vagal maneuvers are methods used to stimulate baroreceptors located in the internal carotid arteries and the aortic arch. Stimulation of these receptors results in reflex stimulation of the vagus nerve and release of acetylcholine. Acetylcholine slows conduction through the AV node, ...
... Vagal Maneuvers Vagal maneuvers are methods used to stimulate baroreceptors located in the internal carotid arteries and the aortic arch. Stimulation of these receptors results in reflex stimulation of the vagus nerve and release of acetylcholine. Acetylcholine slows conduction through the AV node, ...
Distributed Processing of Sensory Information in
... The local bending reflex can be elicited in a singlesegmental ganglion, demonstrating that each of the 2 1 segmentalganglia in the leechcontains neuronssufficient to producethe behavior (Kristan, 1982). Each ganglion contains sensory neurons responding to touch (T cells) and pressure(P cells; Nichol ...
... The local bending reflex can be elicited in a singlesegmental ganglion, demonstrating that each of the 2 1 segmentalganglia in the leechcontains neuronssufficient to producethe behavior (Kristan, 1982). Each ganglion contains sensory neurons responding to touch (T cells) and pressure(P cells; Nichol ...
Slide 1
... first brain maps (Fritsh and Hitzig) 1875 First motor map of the primate brain (Ferrier) 1926 Recording of extracellular spike activity of a nerve fiber (Adrian) 1937 First experimentally derived human motor map (Penfield and Boldrey) 1957 Microelectrode recordings to map primary somatosensory area ...
... first brain maps (Fritsh and Hitzig) 1875 First motor map of the primate brain (Ferrier) 1926 Recording of extracellular spike activity of a nerve fiber (Adrian) 1937 First experimentally derived human motor map (Penfield and Boldrey) 1957 Microelectrode recordings to map primary somatosensory area ...
An optical neural interface: in vivo control of rodent
... pathophysiology and almost certainly lead to development of novel treatments. Indeed, malfunctions in specific types of electrically excitable cells contribute not only to neuropsychiatric diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, pain syndromes, epilepsy, depression and schizophren ...
... pathophysiology and almost certainly lead to development of novel treatments. Indeed, malfunctions in specific types of electrically excitable cells contribute not only to neuropsychiatric diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, pain syndromes, epilepsy, depression and schizophren ...
Control of a Robot Arm with Artificial and Biological Neural Networks
... In a typical MEA, the cells are plated on glass prepared with binding proteins, allowed to bond, and then washed, so any cells that are not in contact with the glass are removed. As a result, all of the cells in the culture are in a single layer on the glass of the MEA. For the purposes of the plati ...
... In a typical MEA, the cells are plated on glass prepared with binding proteins, allowed to bond, and then washed, so any cells that are not in contact with the glass are removed. As a result, all of the cells in the culture are in a single layer on the glass of the MEA. For the purposes of the plati ...
the organization of the arthropod central nervous system
... such parallel analysis. In the optic nerves of the decapod Crustacea, some of the fibers which run between the eye-stalk ganglia and the brain were found to transmit information about large objects moving in the visual field. These fibers are, no doubt, rather directly connected to the motor fibers ...
... such parallel analysis. In the optic nerves of the decapod Crustacea, some of the fibers which run between the eye-stalk ganglia and the brain were found to transmit information about large objects moving in the visual field. These fibers are, no doubt, rather directly connected to the motor fibers ...
Direct Inhibition Evoked by Whisker Stimulation in Somatic Sensory
... inhibition evoked by whisker stimulation in somatic sensory (SI) barrel field cortex of the awake rat. J Neurophysiol 84: 1497–1504, 2000. Whisker deflection typically evokes a transient volley of action potentials in rat somatic sensory (SI) barrel cortex. Postexcitatory inhibition is thought to qu ...
... inhibition evoked by whisker stimulation in somatic sensory (SI) barrel field cortex of the awake rat. J Neurophysiol 84: 1497–1504, 2000. Whisker deflection typically evokes a transient volley of action potentials in rat somatic sensory (SI) barrel cortex. Postexcitatory inhibition is thought to qu ...
pain
... bladder attack) Tolerance – how much you can handle Neuromodulators (endorphin and enkephalin) – produced in brain, act like an opiate, bind to opiate receptor sites, increases pain threshold **released with fight or flight and excessive exercise** ...
... bladder attack) Tolerance – how much you can handle Neuromodulators (endorphin and enkephalin) – produced in brain, act like an opiate, bind to opiate receptor sites, increases pain threshold **released with fight or flight and excessive exercise** ...
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of
... Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive technique used to stimulate the human brain in vivo using very strong, pulsed magnetic fields. The technique involves the delivery of a magnetic pulse to the cortex of a subject through a hand-held stimulating coil applied directl ...
... Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive technique used to stimulate the human brain in vivo using very strong, pulsed magnetic fields. The technique involves the delivery of a magnetic pulse to the cortex of a subject through a hand-held stimulating coil applied directl ...
Objective cortical evaluation of infants wearing hearing aids Harvey
... if they are implanted by their first birthday, so evaluation of aided hearing during the first year of life is critical if implantation is to be both early and appropriate. An infant’s ability to detect speech can be estimated by measuring the cortical potentials evoked by speech sounds at conversat ...
... if they are implanted by their first birthday, so evaluation of aided hearing during the first year of life is critical if implantation is to be both early and appropriate. An infant’s ability to detect speech can be estimated by measuring the cortical potentials evoked by speech sounds at conversat ...
Human Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Visual Cortex Respond to
... the face stimulus was on, and they disappeared during the black screen period (Fig 4). They were not observed at the adjacent contacts. As represented on the time-frequency maps during the face paradigm, the oscillations begin after the transient response to the stimulus. The off transient response ...
... the face stimulus was on, and they disappeared during the black screen period (Fig 4). They were not observed at the adjacent contacts. As represented on the time-frequency maps during the face paradigm, the oscillations begin after the transient response to the stimulus. The off transient response ...
Cardiovascular depressor responses to stimulation of substantia
... neuronal tissue. In addition, in two animals the cardiovascular-responsive region of the SN and VTA was explored for cardiovascular responses elicited by the microinjection of the vehicle only. This was done to eliminate the possibility that the observed cardiovascular effects during Glu injection w ...
... neuronal tissue. In addition, in two animals the cardiovascular-responsive region of the SN and VTA was explored for cardiovascular responses elicited by the microinjection of the vehicle only. This was done to eliminate the possibility that the observed cardiovascular effects during Glu injection w ...
Mark George is both a neurologist and a psychiatrist at the forefront
... access circuits that interact with the hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA). If we can do that there is a high likelihood that this intervention might be useful as a treatment. We did the controls first, and then we started with a few of the very treatment resistant patients on the ward. I think that s ...
... access circuits that interact with the hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA). If we can do that there is a high likelihood that this intervention might be useful as a treatment. We did the controls first, and then we started with a few of the very treatment resistant patients on the ward. I think that s ...
Reprint (1.52 MB PDF)
... In vitro model systems are helpful to understand brain functions because they reduce the brain’s overwhelming complexity. For example, cultured networks have been used to study the nervous system because the external inputs are well controlled and do not compete with the behavioral drives of an inta ...
... In vitro model systems are helpful to understand brain functions because they reduce the brain’s overwhelming complexity. For example, cultured networks have been used to study the nervous system because the external inputs are well controlled and do not compete with the behavioral drives of an inta ...
Slide 1
... Maps can be generated by intracortical microstimulation Sites controlling individual muscles are distributed over a wide area of motor cortex Muscle representations overlap in cortex Stimulation of single sites activates several muscles (diverging innervation) Many motor cortical neurons contribute ...
... Maps can be generated by intracortical microstimulation Sites controlling individual muscles are distributed over a wide area of motor cortex Muscle representations overlap in cortex Stimulation of single sites activates several muscles (diverging innervation) Many motor cortical neurons contribute ...
What does the eye tell the brain? Development of a system for the large-scale recording of retinal output activity
... the multielectrode signal correlations. Moreover, with 1 Terabyte of data to analyze after each experimental run, high data processing speed is necessary. With these factors in mind, we have developed custom software for automated identification of neurons, based on the following steps. In the first ...
... the multielectrode signal correlations. Moreover, with 1 Terabyte of data to analyze after each experimental run, high data processing speed is necessary. With these factors in mind, we have developed custom software for automated identification of neurons, based on the following steps. In the first ...
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... To determine the RRTF for each site, six tones (25 ms with 5-ms ramps, 70 dB SPL) were presented twelve times at each of sixteen repetition rates. To minimize adaptation effects, repetition rates were randomly interleaved, and two seconds of silence separated each train. The twosecond interval betwe ...
... To determine the RRTF for each site, six tones (25 ms with 5-ms ramps, 70 dB SPL) were presented twelve times at each of sixteen repetition rates. To minimize adaptation effects, repetition rates were randomly interleaved, and two seconds of silence separated each train. The twosecond interval betwe ...
Basal Ganglia, Tremor, Vim-DBS, and the Excitability of Spinal Motor
... • Although the projections from GPe to GPi are inhibitory, the pattern of activity in GPe replicates that of GPi (the 70-30 distribution of increase/decrease in firing rate). • STN neurons project strongly back to GPe. • SNc send dopaminergic projections to GPe, GPi, and STN. • Intralaminar group of ...
... • Although the projections from GPe to GPi are inhibitory, the pattern of activity in GPe replicates that of GPi (the 70-30 distribution of increase/decrease in firing rate). • STN neurons project strongly back to GPe. • SNc send dopaminergic projections to GPe, GPi, and STN. • Intralaminar group of ...
Somatic Sensations: II. Pain, Headache, and Thermal
... Nerve fibers from the raphe magnus secrete serotonin at their nerve endings. The serotonin causes the local neurons to secrete enkephalin. Enkephalin is believed to cause both pre- and post-synaptic inhibition of type C and type A pain fibers where they synapse in the dorsal horns. University of Jo ...
... Nerve fibers from the raphe magnus secrete serotonin at their nerve endings. The serotonin causes the local neurons to secrete enkephalin. Enkephalin is believed to cause both pre- and post-synaptic inhibition of type C and type A pain fibers where they synapse in the dorsal horns. University of Jo ...
L13 - Cranial nerve VIII
... 4. Motor neurons of the spinal cord (vestibulospinal tract). - Vestibulospinal fibers influence the activity of spinal motor neurons concerned with the control of body posture and balance. - Two tracts: lateral & medial - Lateral arises from lateral vestibular (Deiter’s) nucleus, descends ...
... 4. Motor neurons of the spinal cord (vestibulospinal tract). - Vestibulospinal fibers influence the activity of spinal motor neurons concerned with the control of body posture and balance. - Two tracts: lateral & medial - Lateral arises from lateral vestibular (Deiter’s) nucleus, descends ...
12 Touch - pantherFILE
... electrical pulses, delivered through the skin to nerve fibers, to directly stimulate nerves in the stump that formerly enervated the limb. Spinal cord stimulation uses electrodes surgically inserted within the epidural space of the spinal cord. Deep brain or intracerebral stimulation is considered a ...
... electrical pulses, delivered through the skin to nerve fibers, to directly stimulate nerves in the stump that formerly enervated the limb. Spinal cord stimulation uses electrodes surgically inserted within the epidural space of the spinal cord. Deep brain or intracerebral stimulation is considered a ...
Learned Movements Elicited by Direct Stimulation of Cerebellar
... already acquired CRs to a forelimb CS. When MCP stimulation was applied, it, too, reliably evoked blink responses. Since the experiment was intended to test the effect of conditioning with the forelimb CS, it was considered important to avoid any opportunity for the animal to associate MCP stimulati ...
... already acquired CRs to a forelimb CS. When MCP stimulation was applied, it, too, reliably evoked blink responses. Since the experiment was intended to test the effect of conditioning with the forelimb CS, it was considered important to avoid any opportunity for the animal to associate MCP stimulati ...
Why light
... That is, the activity generated by stimulus A is at the same end of both LGN layers. The activity generated by stimulus B is right next to A in to layers. The activity generated by stimulus C is at the opposite end in both layers. The layers are in registration with each other. Registration carries ...
... That is, the activity generated by stimulus A is at the same end of both LGN layers. The activity generated by stimulus B is right next to A in to layers. The activity generated by stimulus C is at the opposite end in both layers. The layers are in registration with each other. Registration carries ...
Expanding Our Understanding of Central Sensitization
... to the CNS. In the CNS, the pain information is transmitted from the primary sensory neurons to central projection neurons. When the information is transferred to those parts of the brain that are responsible for our perception, the actual sensory experience occurs. Nociceptive pain is a relatively ...
... to the CNS. In the CNS, the pain information is transmitted from the primary sensory neurons to central projection neurons. When the information is transferred to those parts of the brain that are responsible for our perception, the actual sensory experience occurs. Nociceptive pain is a relatively ...