Introduction
... (a) Input from the right half of the visual field strikes the left side of each retina and is transmitted to the left hemisphere (shown in red). Input from the left half of the visual field strikes the right side of each retina and is transmitted to the right hemisphere (shown in green). The nerve f ...
... (a) Input from the right half of the visual field strikes the left side of each retina and is transmitted to the left hemisphere (shown in red). Input from the left half of the visual field strikes the right side of each retina and is transmitted to the right hemisphere (shown in green). The nerve f ...
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... Actually there are many homunculi in the brain, if the word refers to an area of cortex where body surfaces are mapped. Such maps can change with experience. People who read Braille (which is done with an index finger) develop large areas responsive to stimulation from the index finger. A homunculus ...
... Actually there are many homunculi in the brain, if the word refers to an area of cortex where body surfaces are mapped. Such maps can change with experience. People who read Braille (which is done with an index finger) develop large areas responsive to stimulation from the index finger. A homunculus ...
Phantom Limbs
... continues to be associated with a hand movement despite the fact that the descending motor commands generated by this activation now result in stump muscle contractions. ...
... continues to be associated with a hand movement despite the fact that the descending motor commands generated by this activation now result in stump muscle contractions. ...
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Safety Considerations
... state of the subject’s brain. Seizures are far less likely to occur in normal, healthy subjects than in subjects with neurologic disease such as stroke, brain tumor, or Multiple Sclerosis. For this reason, most studies employ strict guidelines in an attempt to exclude subjects with a neurologic diso ...
... state of the subject’s brain. Seizures are far less likely to occur in normal, healthy subjects than in subjects with neurologic disease such as stroke, brain tumor, or Multiple Sclerosis. For this reason, most studies employ strict guidelines in an attempt to exclude subjects with a neurologic diso ...
Activation of CA3 neurons by optogenetic stimulation of mossy fiber
... Despite extensive studies in in vitro preparations, it is unclear whether and how discharges of dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells shape spatial firing of CA3 neurons in behaving animals. To investigate effects of DG granule cell inputs on CA3 neural activity in vivo, we injected Credependent virus ca ...
... Despite extensive studies in in vitro preparations, it is unclear whether and how discharges of dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells shape spatial firing of CA3 neurons in behaving animals. To investigate effects of DG granule cell inputs on CA3 neural activity in vivo, we injected Credependent virus ca ...
Japan-Canada Joint Health Research Program – U
... It is becoming increasingly apparent that the primary motor cortex (MI) is important not only in the initiation and regulation of motor function but also in the learning and adaptation of motor behaviours to an altered peripheral state. To examine the possible role that the face MI may play in train ...
... It is becoming increasingly apparent that the primary motor cortex (MI) is important not only in the initiation and regulation of motor function but also in the learning and adaptation of motor behaviours to an altered peripheral state. To examine the possible role that the face MI may play in train ...
Neuromonitoring for Spine Surgery
... pathways from peripheral nerves to the sensory cortex. Disruption along any part of this pathway may disrupt normal SSEP responses. Anesthetic Implications. SSEPs are progressively suppressed by inhaled anesthetic (vapor or N2O) > 0.5 MAC. All intravenous agents (propofol, barbiturates, midazolam, o ...
... pathways from peripheral nerves to the sensory cortex. Disruption along any part of this pathway may disrupt normal SSEP responses. Anesthetic Implications. SSEPs are progressively suppressed by inhaled anesthetic (vapor or N2O) > 0.5 MAC. All intravenous agents (propofol, barbiturates, midazolam, o ...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
... D'Arsonval2 in 1896 and Thompson3 in 1910 built large electromagnetic stimulators, but they could not produce magnetic fields intense enough with the available technology. They succeeded only in activating retinal neurons to create "phosphenes" -- perceived light flashes -- in volunteers. It was not ...
... D'Arsonval2 in 1896 and Thompson3 in 1910 built large electromagnetic stimulators, but they could not produce magnetic fields intense enough with the available technology. They succeeded only in activating retinal neurons to create "phosphenes" -- perceived light flashes -- in volunteers. It was not ...
HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING
... representation was emerging; the volunteers said they could visualize their own hands in two ways and could even choose between the two images. Brain scans associated activity with these new hand images in a region called 'Broca's area' that creates mental pictures of movement. These imagined images ...
... representation was emerging; the volunteers said they could visualize their own hands in two ways and could even choose between the two images. Brain scans associated activity with these new hand images in a region called 'Broca's area' that creates mental pictures of movement. These imagined images ...
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... Classical conditioning of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia. (Adapted, with permission, from Hawkins et al. 1983.) A. The siphon is stimulated by a light touch and the tail is shocked, but the two stimuli are not paired in time. The tail shock excites facilitatory interneurons that form synapses ...
... Classical conditioning of the gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia. (Adapted, with permission, from Hawkins et al. 1983.) A. The siphon is stimulated by a light touch and the tail is shocked, but the two stimuli are not paired in time. The tail shock excites facilitatory interneurons that form synapses ...
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... In the BioSystems Interface Laboratory we develop novel sensing and stimulating systems to overcome sensory loss. To enhance sound perception with cochlear implants, we have developed advanced thin-‐film intracoch ...
... In the BioSystems Interface Laboratory we develop novel sensing and stimulating systems to overcome sensory loss. To enhance sound perception with cochlear implants, we have developed advanced thin-‐film intracoch ...
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... repetitions of stimulation. At some MGB sites ES triggered late excitatory responses at approximately 200 ms. The relationship between the location of electrical stimulation and its effect on different parts of the MGB are also being examined. This research was supported by GACR grant 309/04/1074. ...
... repetitions of stimulation. At some MGB sites ES triggered late excitatory responses at approximately 200 ms. The relationship between the location of electrical stimulation and its effect on different parts of the MGB are also being examined. This research was supported by GACR grant 309/04/1074. ...
Accumulative evidence indicates that microglial cells influence the
... Representation of Visual Scenery How is our visual environment represented and processed in the brain? In my lab, we seek answers to this fundamental question with a multi-scale approach combining two-photon imaging with electrophysiological recordings. Neurons in the visual cortex have a receptive ...
... Representation of Visual Scenery How is our visual environment represented and processed in the brain? In my lab, we seek answers to this fundamental question with a multi-scale approach combining two-photon imaging with electrophysiological recordings. Neurons in the visual cortex have a receptive ...
F - Journals
... Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is based on the ability of elements with an odd atomic weight to align their spins along an external magnetic field. If the field is perturbed, spin alignment is violated. When the perturbation is turned off, the spins return to the previous alignment and emit radio ...
... Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is based on the ability of elements with an odd atomic weight to align their spins along an external magnetic field. If the field is perturbed, spin alignment is violated. When the perturbation is turned off, the spins return to the previous alignment and emit radio ...
Therapeutic techniques
... • A fracture site induces a negative polarity electrical charge, and is particularly useful where there is non-union of the fracture. • Direct current – applied via implanted electrodes (invasive). • Pulsing electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) – a current is passed through special circular coils that are ...
... • A fracture site induces a negative polarity electrical charge, and is particularly useful where there is non-union of the fracture. • Direct current – applied via implanted electrodes (invasive). • Pulsing electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) – a current is passed through special circular coils that are ...
Cochlear Implant 1
... transforming acoustic pressure waves (sound) to neural impulses which in turn leads to hearing impairment. Hair cells damage might cause by diseases (e.g meningitis, Meniere’s). If large number of hair cells or auditory neurons throughout the cochlea are damaged, then the person with such a loss is ...
... transforming acoustic pressure waves (sound) to neural impulses which in turn leads to hearing impairment. Hair cells damage might cause by diseases (e.g meningitis, Meniere’s). If large number of hair cells or auditory neurons throughout the cochlea are damaged, then the person with such a loss is ...
Retinal diseases
... At first, spatial filtering is performed on a receptive field utilizing the interface of the CMOS image sensor (this is a digital-memory like interface). Then, a multiply-add unit carries out hardware convolution of pixel parameters with the filter coefficients. A chip digital signal processor is ap ...
... At first, spatial filtering is performed on a receptive field utilizing the interface of the CMOS image sensor (this is a digital-memory like interface). Then, a multiply-add unit carries out hardware convolution of pixel parameters with the filter coefficients. A chip digital signal processor is ap ...
Application of MEMS in Optobionics: Artificial Silicon Retina
... At first, spatial filtering is performed on a receptive field utilizing the interface of the CMOS image sensor (this is a digital-memory like interface). Then, a multiply-add unit carries out hardware convolution of pixel parameters with the filter coefficients. A chip digital signal processor is ap ...
... At first, spatial filtering is performed on a receptive field utilizing the interface of the CMOS image sensor (this is a digital-memory like interface). Then, a multiply-add unit carries out hardware convolution of pixel parameters with the filter coefficients. A chip digital signal processor is ap ...
SET-459. Stimulation of paralyzed muscle using IR
... The described neuron-muscular stimulator stimulates the nerves (neurons) of the part of the body to which the electrodes are attached. It provides relief for headache, muscular pain, or fatigue (due to exertion of muscles) and also revives the frozen muscle which impairs movement. The main function ...
... The described neuron-muscular stimulator stimulates the nerves (neurons) of the part of the body to which the electrodes are attached. It provides relief for headache, muscular pain, or fatigue (due to exertion of muscles) and also revives the frozen muscle which impairs movement. The main function ...
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... what it was several decades ago (3) and varies with the type of surgical procedure: FBSS in lumbar diskectomy is relatively low at approximately 10%, laminectomy at about 30–35%, and spinal fusion has the highest FBSS rates (2). The impact of FBSS on an individual’s quality of life and functional st ...
... what it was several decades ago (3) and varies with the type of surgical procedure: FBSS in lumbar diskectomy is relatively low at approximately 10%, laminectomy at about 30–35%, and spinal fusion has the highest FBSS rates (2). The impact of FBSS on an individual’s quality of life and functional st ...
Treatment of Thalamic Pain by Chronic Motor Cortex Stimulation
... moved to the correct position by using this response. After checking that the stimulating electrode had been placed on the motor cortex by recording the V-iu of the somatosensory evoked potentials, the electrode was connected to a transmitter which was implanted in the subcutaneous area of the anter ...
... moved to the correct position by using this response. After checking that the stimulating electrode had been placed on the motor cortex by recording the V-iu of the somatosensory evoked potentials, the electrode was connected to a transmitter which was implanted in the subcutaneous area of the anter ...
Powerpoint template for scientific posters (Swarthmore
... The PPI protocol triggers stimuli consistently and stores data at rates within processor limits. Its GUI controller has options to allow hearing threshold testing in various scenarios. The stimuli hardware has been electrically upgraded for reliability. The piezoelectric bending actuator system succ ...
... The PPI protocol triggers stimuli consistently and stores data at rates within processor limits. Its GUI controller has options to allow hearing threshold testing in various scenarios. The stimuli hardware has been electrically upgraded for reliability. The piezoelectric bending actuator system succ ...
Massage Helps Relieve Muscular Pain
... which interrupts the reflex cycle may help to end the physiopathological reflex arc. This may explain why so many different modalities can achieve a positive result with same condition. Each of them, in its own way, reduces overstimulation of the associated cord segment as well as other perpetuating ...
... which interrupts the reflex cycle may help to end the physiopathological reflex arc. This may explain why so many different modalities can achieve a positive result with same condition. Each of them, in its own way, reduces overstimulation of the associated cord segment as well as other perpetuating ...
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... Which of the following statements is correct? Periaquaductal gray neurons release -endorphin at their nerve endings. Nucleus raphe magnus neurons release serotonin at their nerve endings. Neurons with cell bodies located within the spinal cord that are stimulated by input from nucleus raphe magnus ...
... Which of the following statements is correct? Periaquaductal gray neurons release -endorphin at their nerve endings. Nucleus raphe magnus neurons release serotonin at their nerve endings. Neurons with cell bodies located within the spinal cord that are stimulated by input from nucleus raphe magnus ...
Chapter 5: SENSATION - Charles Best Library
... optic nerve. When individual ganglion cells register information in their region of the visual field, they send signals to the visual cortex. In the cortex, individual neurons respond to specific features of a visual stimulus. ...
... optic nerve. When individual ganglion cells register information in their region of the visual field, they send signals to the visual cortex. In the cortex, individual neurons respond to specific features of a visual stimulus. ...