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... • Can collapse into REM sleep • Affects about 1 in 2000 people • There seems to be a correlation with birth month and disorder ...
... • Can collapse into REM sleep • Affects about 1 in 2000 people • There seems to be a correlation with birth month and disorder ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... inhibition. (A) Model simulated IPSCs from a 100-Hz Poisson spike train before and after DSI induction by a 5 s depolarization (open bar). Note the reduction in IPSC amplitude and slow recovery. (B) Dependence of minimum D (maximum DSI) on peak calcium concentration. Calcium influx was triggered by ...
... inhibition. (A) Model simulated IPSCs from a 100-Hz Poisson spike train before and after DSI induction by a 5 s depolarization (open bar). Note the reduction in IPSC amplitude and slow recovery. (B) Dependence of minimum D (maximum DSI) on peak calcium concentration. Calcium influx was triggered by ...
GLOSSARY of Occupational Therapy Terminology
... Self-regulation: Nervous system’s ability to attain, maintain, and change levels of arousal or alertness. Sensory Diet: A term devised by Patricia Wilbarger in 1971 to describe a therapeutic method to maintain an optimal level of arousal (in the nervous system) by offering the right combination of s ...
... Self-regulation: Nervous system’s ability to attain, maintain, and change levels of arousal or alertness. Sensory Diet: A term devised by Patricia Wilbarger in 1971 to describe a therapeutic method to maintain an optimal level of arousal (in the nervous system) by offering the right combination of s ...
Integrating Top-Down and Bottom
... external signals. We considered total spike numbers as well as burst numbers to analyze the signal/noisebehavior under the two described conditions. When the network is operated with disabled feedback projections between the two areas, noise in the bottom-up input is somewhat reduced due to the thre ...
... external signals. We considered total spike numbers as well as burst numbers to analyze the signal/noisebehavior under the two described conditions. When the network is operated with disabled feedback projections between the two areas, noise in the bottom-up input is somewhat reduced due to the thre ...
Module 1 - Doral Academy Preparatory
... – Cognitive neuroscience: • Involves taking pictures and identifying the structures and functions of the living brain during the performance of a wide variety of mental or cognitive processes, such as thinking, planning, naming, and recognizing objects ...
... – Cognitive neuroscience: • Involves taking pictures and identifying the structures and functions of the living brain during the performance of a wide variety of mental or cognitive processes, such as thinking, planning, naming, and recognizing objects ...
Diffuse optical imaging of brain activation
... DOI can potentially achieve spatial resolution of 1 cm in the axes parallel to the scalp in the adult human brain close to the skull (resolution degrades rapidly with increasing depth in the brain). However, current measurement strategies primarily utilize nonoverlapping geometric arrangements of so ...
... DOI can potentially achieve spatial resolution of 1 cm in the axes parallel to the scalp in the adult human brain close to the skull (resolution degrades rapidly with increasing depth in the brain). However, current measurement strategies primarily utilize nonoverlapping geometric arrangements of so ...
CNS Slide Show
... constitutes about four-fifths of the diencephalon two thalami are joined medially by a narrow intermediate mass composed of at least 23 nuclei – we will consider five major functional groups the “gateway to the cerebral cortex” – nearly all input to the cerebrum passes by way of synapses in the thal ...
... constitutes about four-fifths of the diencephalon two thalami are joined medially by a narrow intermediate mass composed of at least 23 nuclei – we will consider five major functional groups the “gateway to the cerebral cortex” – nearly all input to the cerebrum passes by way of synapses in the thal ...
Deep Sparse Rectifier Neural Networks
... new examples, whereas the objective of the latter is to abstract out neuroscientific data while obtaining explanations of the principles involved, providing predictions and guidance for future biological experiments. Areas where both objectives coincide are therefore particularly worthy of investiga ...
... new examples, whereas the objective of the latter is to abstract out neuroscientific data while obtaining explanations of the principles involved, providing predictions and guidance for future biological experiments. Areas where both objectives coincide are therefore particularly worthy of investiga ...
The Effect of Movement Rate and Complexity on
... movement (Jenkins et al., 1997). Because of the decision making involved in this “free selection” task, it may have been a more sophisticated movement paradigm than tapping, and the observed rate effect may have reflected an interaction between movement rate and task complexity. This conclusion is s ...
... movement (Jenkins et al., 1997). Because of the decision making involved in this “free selection” task, it may have been a more sophisticated movement paradigm than tapping, and the observed rate effect may have reflected an interaction between movement rate and task complexity. This conclusion is s ...
29.2 Neurons - Cloudfront.net
... make it effective in carrying out the functions of the nervous system? Neurons have long extensions called axons, which allow messages to be carried long distances without having to pass the signal to another cell. ...
... make it effective in carrying out the functions of the nervous system? Neurons have long extensions called axons, which allow messages to be carried long distances without having to pass the signal to another cell. ...
S - 7473-2390-3942 Accountability in United States
... morphology of the fetal hippocampus if released during its development. By administering varying amounts of dexamethasone into pregnant animal models, and thereafter assessing their hippocampus volumes and functioning, Coe et al, 2003 demonstrated marked decline in the number of neurons in the hippo ...
... morphology of the fetal hippocampus if released during its development. By administering varying amounts of dexamethasone into pregnant animal models, and thereafter assessing their hippocampus volumes and functioning, Coe et al, 2003 demonstrated marked decline in the number of neurons in the hippo ...
Drug-activation of brain reward pathways
... more rather than less sensitive to the rewarding effects of cocaine ŽSchenk et al., 1991.. Cocaine injections into mPFC increase dopamine turnover in nucleus accumbens, which suggests at least one hypothesis as to why cocaine is rewarding when injected into this region ŽGoeders and Smith, 1993.. Bot ...
... more rather than less sensitive to the rewarding effects of cocaine ŽSchenk et al., 1991.. Cocaine injections into mPFC increase dopamine turnover in nucleus accumbens, which suggests at least one hypothesis as to why cocaine is rewarding when injected into this region ŽGoeders and Smith, 1993.. Bot ...
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... The latter strategy can be achieved by dividing the activity of each neuron by the summed activity over a pool of neurons, a computation known as normalization [5]. Normalization has been described in several sensory processing circuits near the sensory periphery, where it controls for stimulus inte ...
... The latter strategy can be achieved by dividing the activity of each neuron by the summed activity over a pool of neurons, a computation known as normalization [5]. Normalization has been described in several sensory processing circuits near the sensory periphery, where it controls for stimulus inte ...
Correlation between auditory threshold and the auditory brainstem
... infections, hyperbilirubinemia, meningitis, fetal distress and perinatal asphyxia. The early detection of this hearing loss can be diagnostic with sensitive techniques, such as the auditory brainstem response (ABR). These techniques are the relatively early component of the auditory evoked potential ...
... infections, hyperbilirubinemia, meningitis, fetal distress and perinatal asphyxia. The early detection of this hearing loss can be diagnostic with sensitive techniques, such as the auditory brainstem response (ABR). These techniques are the relatively early component of the auditory evoked potential ...
Mirror neurons in monkey area F5 do not adapt to the observation of
... from IT cortex of anesthetized11 as well as of awake behaving monkeys9 have not been able to lend support to this latter hypothesis. Conceptually, an interesting question is whether adaptation to visual stimulation is confined to visual neurons located in striate and extrastriate visual cortex or whe ...
... from IT cortex of anesthetized11 as well as of awake behaving monkeys9 have not been able to lend support to this latter hypothesis. Conceptually, an interesting question is whether adaptation to visual stimulation is confined to visual neurons located in striate and extrastriate visual cortex or whe ...
Synapses and Neurotransmitters
... and Parkinson’s disease. Certain drugs, like caffeine, inhibits the release of GABA causing your brain to become ‘more alert.’ AKA removing the inhibiting effect on action potentials. ...
... and Parkinson’s disease. Certain drugs, like caffeine, inhibits the release of GABA causing your brain to become ‘more alert.’ AKA removing the inhibiting effect on action potentials. ...
The hippocampal–striatal axis in learning, prediction and
... Various parallel loops have been associated with different types of motor and cognitive function. Oculomotor and somatic motor loops originate in the frontal eye fields and (pre)motor cortices, but cognitive and motivationalaffective loops associated with prefrontal cortex (PFC), amygdala and HPC ha ...
... Various parallel loops have been associated with different types of motor and cognitive function. Oculomotor and somatic motor loops originate in the frontal eye fields and (pre)motor cortices, but cognitive and motivationalaffective loops associated with prefrontal cortex (PFC), amygdala and HPC ha ...
The Teen Brain on Marijuana
... The human brain is sensitive to marijuana because we are all born with “cannabinoid” receptors on our brain cells to which THC binds. These receptors were discovered when scientists were studying how marijuana worked in the brain. Other psychoactive drugs also bind to receptors in our brain, such a ...
... The human brain is sensitive to marijuana because we are all born with “cannabinoid” receptors on our brain cells to which THC binds. These receptors were discovered when scientists were studying how marijuana worked in the brain. Other psychoactive drugs also bind to receptors in our brain, such a ...
common core achieve
... help you identify which skill areas you need to concentrate on most. Use the evaluation chart at the end of the Pretest to pinpoint the types of questions you have answered incorrectly and to determine which skills you need to work on. The evaluation chart will also help you identify where to go wit ...
... help you identify which skill areas you need to concentrate on most. Use the evaluation chart at the end of the Pretest to pinpoint the types of questions you have answered incorrectly and to determine which skills you need to work on. The evaluation chart will also help you identify where to go wit ...
MR-guided parenchymal delivery of adeno-associated
... We surmise that anterograde axonal transport of AAV2 may be not be an intrinsic property of AAV2 itself but perhaps may be directed by the presence of strongly bound adventitious proteins that seem to be present in standard preparations and can be removed by stringent washing.19 In contrast, the neu ...
... We surmise that anterograde axonal transport of AAV2 may be not be an intrinsic property of AAV2 itself but perhaps may be directed by the presence of strongly bound adventitious proteins that seem to be present in standard preparations and can be removed by stringent washing.19 In contrast, the neu ...
What is the other 85% of V1 doing?
... of interaction may be crucial to the operation of the system, and so cutting them out—either in theories or experiments—may give a misleading picture of how the system actually works. Obviously, if one knew in advance what the important modes of interaction were then one could choose to reduce appro ...
... of interaction may be crucial to the operation of the system, and so cutting them out—either in theories or experiments—may give a misleading picture of how the system actually works. Obviously, if one knew in advance what the important modes of interaction were then one could choose to reduce appro ...
Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation Polymicrogyria
... also results from ischemic insults to the developing brain as seen in cases of schizencephaly. Polymicrogyria has been reported to occur at the periphery of porencephalies, presumably because of prenatal infarcts (3). Also, the location of a polymicrogyric cortex often corresponds to well-defined ar ...
... also results from ischemic insults to the developing brain as seen in cases of schizencephaly. Polymicrogyria has been reported to occur at the periphery of porencephalies, presumably because of prenatal infarcts (3). Also, the location of a polymicrogyric cortex often corresponds to well-defined ar ...
From swimming to walking with a salamander robot
... higher than walking frequencies. Our model is based on four main hypotheses. Hypothesis 1: The body CPG is like that of the lamprey and spontaneously produces traveling waves when activated with a tonic drive. The limb CPG, when activated, forces the whole CPG into the walking mode, as previously pr ...
... higher than walking frequencies. Our model is based on four main hypotheses. Hypothesis 1: The body CPG is like that of the lamprey and spontaneously produces traveling waves when activated with a tonic drive. The limb CPG, when activated, forces the whole CPG into the walking mode, as previously pr ...
DECODING NEURONAL FIRING AND MODELING NEURAL
... rates, as is frequently done (Wilson & Cowan, 1972 & 1973; Hopfield, 1984; Frolov & Medvedev, 1986; Abbott, 1991a; Amit & Tsodyks, 1991a & 1991b; Ermentrout, 1994). The firing of a neuron is affected by a large number of variables such as the state of activation and inactivation of numerous ion chan ...
... rates, as is frequently done (Wilson & Cowan, 1972 & 1973; Hopfield, 1984; Frolov & Medvedev, 1986; Abbott, 1991a; Amit & Tsodyks, 1991a & 1991b; Ermentrout, 1994). The firing of a neuron is affected by a large number of variables such as the state of activation and inactivation of numerous ion chan ...