Ventromedial Thalamic Neurons Convey Nociceptive Signals from
... highly variable and, even for a single cell, could change during the long periods of recording and could be followed by long periods of silence. Moreover, many (62%) units developed afterdischarges after high intensity noxious stimulation. ...
... highly variable and, even for a single cell, could change during the long periods of recording and could be followed by long periods of silence. Moreover, many (62%) units developed afterdischarges after high intensity noxious stimulation. ...
Scientific Basis of Pain
... — Visceral pain: originates in internal organs — Somatic pain: originates in skin, muscle, skeletal ...
... — Visceral pain: originates in internal organs — Somatic pain: originates in skin, muscle, skeletal ...
chapter ppt. - Old Saybrook Public Schools
... Spinal Cord: column of nerves transmits messages from sensory receptors to the brain and from the brain to muscles and glands throughout the body – Spinal Reflexes: unlearned response to a stimulus that may involve only two neurons: afferent and efferent. – Interneuron: a third neuron that transmits ...
... Spinal Cord: column of nerves transmits messages from sensory receptors to the brain and from the brain to muscles and glands throughout the body – Spinal Reflexes: unlearned response to a stimulus that may involve only two neurons: afferent and efferent. – Interneuron: a third neuron that transmits ...
Cerebellar Unit Activity and the Movement Disruption Induced by
... elaboration of the motor command. According to this hypothesis cerebellum is responsible for the pre-programmed ballistic movements, while caudate nucleus is mainly concerned with the slow ramp movements. Both structures converge through the ventrolateral nucleus of thalamus upon the motor cortex, t ...
... elaboration of the motor command. According to this hypothesis cerebellum is responsible for the pre-programmed ballistic movements, while caudate nucleus is mainly concerned with the slow ramp movements. Both structures converge through the ventrolateral nucleus of thalamus upon the motor cortex, t ...
Conduction Velocity and Patellar Reflex Blah A. Blah Partner B
... The purpose of this experiment is to find changes in the conduction velocity based on the patellar reflex as the subject is put through three different conditions: the Jendrassik’s maneuver, mental distraction, and fatigue. The main function of the stretch reflex is to maintain the muscle at a const ...
... The purpose of this experiment is to find changes in the conduction velocity based on the patellar reflex as the subject is put through three different conditions: the Jendrassik’s maneuver, mental distraction, and fatigue. The main function of the stretch reflex is to maintain the muscle at a const ...
The History of the EEG
... • Overall increase of coherence for recalled vs. not recalled nouns • Long range synchronization of frontal and temporal/parietal neuronal assemblies increases for recalled nouns. ...
... • Overall increase of coherence for recalled vs. not recalled nouns • Long range synchronization of frontal and temporal/parietal neuronal assemblies increases for recalled nouns. ...
Visual areas and spatial summation in human visual cortex
... more anterior position in the TOS. Again, based on measurements of angular retinotopic organization, we have found that this third central representation falls within area V7 (Tootell et al., 1998). Fig. 1b shows a flat map of these eccentricity measurements. The flattened representation includes al ...
... more anterior position in the TOS. Again, based on measurements of angular retinotopic organization, we have found that this third central representation falls within area V7 (Tootell et al., 1998). Fig. 1b shows a flat map of these eccentricity measurements. The flattened representation includes al ...
Imitation: is cognitive neuroscience solving the correspondence
... As outlined above, generalist theories assume that imitation is based on general purpose learning and motor control mechanisms. They also assume that imitation is achieved by activation of motor representations through observation of action. One would not expect the operation of such a mechanism to ...
... As outlined above, generalist theories assume that imitation is based on general purpose learning and motor control mechanisms. They also assume that imitation is achieved by activation of motor representations through observation of action. One would not expect the operation of such a mechanism to ...
Analysis of Connectivity in the Cat Cerebral Cortex
... of the efferent projections of area 5 do not have this level of resolution. If, for example, an area was known to project only to 5bl but reported, in another study, to receive projections from “area 5,” then it was assumed that these originated from 5bl. (4) We assumed the least necessary number of ...
... of the efferent projections of area 5 do not have this level of resolution. If, for example, an area was known to project only to 5bl but reported, in another study, to receive projections from “area 5,” then it was assumed that these originated from 5bl. (4) We assumed the least necessary number of ...
Conduction Velocity and Patellar Reflex Blah A. Blah Parter 1
... The purpose of this experiment is to find changes in the conduction velocity based on the patellar reflex as the subject is put through three different conditions: the Jendrassik’s maneuver, mental distraction, and fatigue. The main function of the stretch reflex is to maintain the muscle at a const ...
... The purpose of this experiment is to find changes in the conduction velocity based on the patellar reflex as the subject is put through three different conditions: the Jendrassik’s maneuver, mental distraction, and fatigue. The main function of the stretch reflex is to maintain the muscle at a const ...
Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in Older Adults
... semantic retrieval was absent for several years but was recently reported by Stebbins et al. (2002) and Logan and Buckner (2001). Stebbins et al. (2002) examined age-related differences in PFC activity during deep (concrete–abstract) and shallow (uppercase– lowercase) incidental encoding of words. I ...
... semantic retrieval was absent for several years but was recently reported by Stebbins et al. (2002) and Logan and Buckner (2001). Stebbins et al. (2002) examined age-related differences in PFC activity during deep (concrete–abstract) and shallow (uppercase– lowercase) incidental encoding of words. I ...
15-CEREBRUM
... occipital lobes that share in language function. • Lesion: • (Left middle cerebral artery) • Expressive or motor aphasia (inability to express thought, answer or writing inspite of a normal comprehension) ...
... occipital lobes that share in language function. • Lesion: • (Left middle cerebral artery) • Expressive or motor aphasia (inability to express thought, answer or writing inspite of a normal comprehension) ...
Long-range GABAergic neurons in the prefrontal cortex modulate
... long-projecting GABAergic neurons in the mPFC and tested whether these projections to the NAcc can modulate behavior. The authors identified cortical GABAergic projections by infusing a viral vector containing channelrhodopsin (AAVDIO-ChR2-EYFP) into the mPFC of Dlxi12b-Cre mice to selectively targe ...
... long-projecting GABAergic neurons in the mPFC and tested whether these projections to the NAcc can modulate behavior. The authors identified cortical GABAergic projections by infusing a viral vector containing channelrhodopsin (AAVDIO-ChR2-EYFP) into the mPFC of Dlxi12b-Cre mice to selectively targe ...
FEATURE ARTICLE Cortical Auditory Adaptation
... neurons in vitro adapted with a similar time course but less than in awake animals. At least two potassium currents participated in the in vitro adaptation: a Na1-dependent K1 current and an apaminsensitive K1 current. Our results suggest that potassium currents underlie at least part of cortical au ...
... neurons in vitro adapted with a similar time course but less than in awake animals. At least two potassium currents participated in the in vitro adaptation: a Na1-dependent K1 current and an apaminsensitive K1 current. Our results suggest that potassium currents underlie at least part of cortical au ...
fMR-adaptation reveals separate processing regions for the
... participants attended to the surface properties of the same objects, activation was present in more medial and anterior regions in the collateral sulcus (CoS) and the inferior occipital gyrus (IOG). We went on to demonstrate that attending explicitly to texture activated regions in the IOG and the C ...
... participants attended to the surface properties of the same objects, activation was present in more medial and anterior regions in the collateral sulcus (CoS) and the inferior occipital gyrus (IOG). We went on to demonstrate that attending explicitly to texture activated regions in the IOG and the C ...
Nancy A. O`Rourke Nicholas C. Weiler Kristina D
... Molecular Diversity and Plasticity. Synaptic function and molecular composition are not stable over time. Indeed, a fundamental property of neural circuits is plasticity, which provides a mechanistic link between learning and memory and specific changes in the molecular composition of synapses 53, 5 ...
... Molecular Diversity and Plasticity. Synaptic function and molecular composition are not stable over time. Indeed, a fundamental property of neural circuits is plasticity, which provides a mechanistic link between learning and memory and specific changes in the molecular composition of synapses 53, 5 ...
PhD Thesis - Laboratory of Cerebral Cortex Development
... appealing animal model for developmental studies on cortico-cerebral development, since the opossum cortex mainly develops after birth and newborns are particularly suitable for early ex-utero micro-surgical manipulations of this structure and the entire CNS. Opossum have been also largely employed ...
... appealing animal model for developmental studies on cortico-cerebral development, since the opossum cortex mainly develops after birth and newborns are particularly suitable for early ex-utero micro-surgical manipulations of this structure and the entire CNS. Opossum have been also largely employed ...
Central mechanisms regulating coordinated cardiovascular and
... respiratory changes. As discussed in this review, several brain regions and pathways have major roles in subserving the cardiovascular and respiratory responses to threatening stimuli, which may vary from relatively mild acute arousing stimuli to more prolonged life-threatening stimuli. One key regi ...
... respiratory changes. As discussed in this review, several brain regions and pathways have major roles in subserving the cardiovascular and respiratory responses to threatening stimuli, which may vary from relatively mild acute arousing stimuli to more prolonged life-threatening stimuli. One key regi ...
Reprint (1.52 MB PDF)
... researchers have recorded and electrically stimulated cultured networks at multiple spatial locations (Gross et al., 1993b; Tateno and Jimbo, 1999; Shahaf and Marom, 2001). We developed a closed-loop paradigm (Potter et al., 1997; DeMarse et al., 2001; Potter et al., 2004) consisting of a sensory-mo ...
... researchers have recorded and electrically stimulated cultured networks at multiple spatial locations (Gross et al., 1993b; Tateno and Jimbo, 1999; Shahaf and Marom, 2001). We developed a closed-loop paradigm (Potter et al., 1997; DeMarse et al., 2001; Potter et al., 2004) consisting of a sensory-mo ...
Chapter 5 Learning to attend in primary visual cortex
... searched increase their activity at an early point in time during the trial whereas neurons that represented the curve to be traced enhanced their activity after a delay. Thus it is possible to monitor the precise time-course of a sequence of cognitive operations in area V1. The modulation of neuron ...
... searched increase their activity at an early point in time during the trial whereas neurons that represented the curve to be traced enhanced their activity after a delay. Thus it is possible to monitor the precise time-course of a sequence of cognitive operations in area V1. The modulation of neuron ...
A Neural Mass Model to Simulate Different Rhythms in a Cortical
... faster synaptic kinetics (GABAA,fast ). In the following, a quantity which belongs to a neural population will be denoted with the subscripts p (pyramidal), e (excitatory interneuron), s (slow inhibitory interneuron), and f (fast inhibitory interneuron). Each neural population receives an average po ...
... faster synaptic kinetics (GABAA,fast ). In the following, a quantity which belongs to a neural population will be denoted with the subscripts p (pyramidal), e (excitatory interneuron), s (slow inhibitory interneuron), and f (fast inhibitory interneuron). Each neural population receives an average po ...
Probabilistic Anatomic Mapping of Cerebral Blood Flow Distribution
... hence, the automated anatomic labeling of individual brain imaging data. Methods: In the current study, probabilistic maps of the blood flow distribution of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) were developed using the basal and MCA brain SPECT images. Twenty-nine patients (mean age 6 SD, 54.6 6 6.1 y) ...
... hence, the automated anatomic labeling of individual brain imaging data. Methods: In the current study, probabilistic maps of the blood flow distribution of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) were developed using the basal and MCA brain SPECT images. Twenty-nine patients (mean age 6 SD, 54.6 6 6.1 y) ...
Predictions not commands: active inference in the motor system
... share many features with top-down or backward connections in visual cortex; for example, corticospinal projections originate in infragranular layers, are highly divergent and (along with descending cortico-cortical projections) target cells expressing NMDA receptors. This is somewhat paradoxical bec ...
... share many features with top-down or backward connections in visual cortex; for example, corticospinal projections originate in infragranular layers, are highly divergent and (along with descending cortico-cortical projections) target cells expressing NMDA receptors. This is somewhat paradoxical bec ...
Strategy-dependent Dissociation of the Neural
... sult in prefrontal, anterior cingulate, posterior parietal, and thalamic activity.8 Distraction has been associated with a shift in insular activity from an anterior to a posterior location.9 The evaluation of aspects of pain, such as control, has also been of significant interest. Wiech et al. attr ...
... sult in prefrontal, anterior cingulate, posterior parietal, and thalamic activity.8 Distraction has been associated with a shift in insular activity from an anterior to a posterior location.9 The evaluation of aspects of pain, such as control, has also been of significant interest. Wiech et al. attr ...
Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, is an umbrella term that encompasses both synaptic plasticity and non-synaptic plasticity—it refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses due to changes in behavior, environment, neural processes, thinking, and emotions – as well as to changes resulting from bodily injury. The concept of neuroplasticity has replaced the formerly-held position that the brain is a physiologically static organ, and explores how – and in which ways – the brain changes in the course of a lifetime.Neuroplasticity occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes (due to learning) to large-scale changes involved in cortical remapping in response to injury. The role of neuroplasticity is widely recognized in healthy development, learning, memory, and recovery from brain damage. During most of the 20th century, neuroscientists maintained a scientific consensus that brain structure was relatively immutable after a critical period during early childhood. This belief has been challenged by findings revealing that many aspects of the brain remain plastic even into adulthood.Hubel and Wiesel had demonstrated that ocular dominance columns in the lowest neocortical visual area, V1, remained largely immutable after the critical period in development. Researchers also studied critical periods with respect to language; the resulting data suggested that sensory pathways were fixed after the critical period. However, studies determined that environmental changes could alter behavior and cognition by modifying connections between existing neurons and via neurogenesis in the hippocampus and in other parts of the brain, including in the cerebellum.Decades of research have shown that substantial changes occur in the lowest neocortical processing areas, and that these changes can profoundly alter the pattern of neuronal activation in response to experience. Neuroscientific research indicates that experience can actually change both the brain's physical structure (anatomy) and functional organization (physiology). As of 2014 neuroscientists are engaged in a reconciliation of critical-period studies (demonstrating the immutability of the brain after development) with the more recent research showing how the brain can, and does, change in response to hitherto unsuspected stimuli.