The Central Nervous System
... • Substantia nigra—functionally linked to basal nuclei • Red nucleus—relay nuclei for some descending motor pathways; part of reticular formation ...
... • Substantia nigra—functionally linked to basal nuclei • Red nucleus—relay nuclei for some descending motor pathways; part of reticular formation ...
What and Where Pathways
... Figure 4.8 (a) Response of a complex cell recorded from the visual cortex of a cat. The stimulus bar is moved back and forth across the receptive field. The cell fires best when the bar is positioned with a specific orientation and is moved in a specific direction (*). (From Hubel and Wiesel, 1959. ...
... Figure 4.8 (a) Response of a complex cell recorded from the visual cortex of a cat. The stimulus bar is moved back and forth across the receptive field. The cell fires best when the bar is positioned with a specific orientation and is moved in a specific direction (*). (From Hubel and Wiesel, 1959. ...
The Cutaneous Senses
... spinothalamic pathway and activate various subcortical and cortical areas (which are together are called the pain matrix) ...
... spinothalamic pathway and activate various subcortical and cortical areas (which are together are called the pain matrix) ...
Tango and mirror neurons
... Vicarious activation = Activation of a brain region that is normally involved in processing the observer's own actions AND sensations, but that is now activated by seeing similar actions or sensations in another person ...
... Vicarious activation = Activation of a brain region that is normally involved in processing the observer's own actions AND sensations, but that is now activated by seeing similar actions or sensations in another person ...
A functional magnetic resonance study
... never got any psychotropic medicine, which is ideal to explore the intrinsic character related with depression. However, the present findings may be limited by the small sample size of participants. The strait or trait signatures related with disease mechanism could not be investigated by this cross ...
... never got any psychotropic medicine, which is ideal to explore the intrinsic character related with depression. However, the present findings may be limited by the small sample size of participants. The strait or trait signatures related with disease mechanism could not be investigated by this cross ...
The Sensorimotor System
... patient’s ability to respond to stimuli on the side of the body contralateral to a brain lesion (not a simple sensory or motor deficit). Often associated with large lesions of the right posterior parietal lobe. ...
... patient’s ability to respond to stimuli on the side of the body contralateral to a brain lesion (not a simple sensory or motor deficit). Often associated with large lesions of the right posterior parietal lobe. ...
中樞神經系統
... 1. Adjusting the postural muscles of the body Coordinates rapid, automatic adjustments, that maintain balance and equilibrium 2. Programming and fine-tuning movements controlled at the subconscious and conscious levels Refines learned movement patterns by regulating activity of both the pyramida ...
... 1. Adjusting the postural muscles of the body Coordinates rapid, automatic adjustments, that maintain balance and equilibrium 2. Programming and fine-tuning movements controlled at the subconscious and conscious levels Refines learned movement patterns by regulating activity of both the pyramida ...
Cognition: An Overview of Neuroimaging Techniques
... for temporarily disrupting neural activity in a temporally and spatially precise manner (transcranial magnetic stimulation). There are several important advantages of neuroimaging techniques over neuropsychological ones. First, neuropsychological studies necessarily rely on the output of behavior as ...
... for temporarily disrupting neural activity in a temporally and spatially precise manner (transcranial magnetic stimulation). There are several important advantages of neuroimaging techniques over neuropsychological ones. First, neuropsychological studies necessarily rely on the output of behavior as ...
Growing Pains for fMRI
... finer grained look at brain activity that considers patterns of activation across many individual voxels without averaging. These methods shift the focus from trying to identify specific brain regions that are activated during a particular task to trying to identify how the relevant information is p ...
... finer grained look at brain activity that considers patterns of activation across many individual voxels without averaging. These methods shift the focus from trying to identify specific brain regions that are activated during a particular task to trying to identify how the relevant information is p ...
Topographic Mapping with fMRI
... you can see by eye that there are 15 cycles (the stimulation frequency) and we want to know the phase of that signal This is an excellent Fourier problem! The Fourier Transform breaks down a signal into its component sinusoids, giving the amplitude and phase at each frequency. ...
... you can see by eye that there are 15 cycles (the stimulation frequency) and we want to know the phase of that signal This is an excellent Fourier problem! The Fourier Transform breaks down a signal into its component sinusoids, giving the amplitude and phase at each frequency. ...
Limbic System Limbic `Lobe` Components Limbic System Components
... Septal Area: Afferents & Efferents ...
... Septal Area: Afferents & Efferents ...
…By the way, where is the fornix???
... VENTRAL = towards the belly (=‘ventrum’ in latin) DORSAL = towards the back (=‘dorsum’ in latin) ROSTRAL = towards the snout (‘rostrum’=beak in latin) CAUDAL = towards the tail (=‘cauda’ in latin) ...
... VENTRAL = towards the belly (=‘ventrum’ in latin) DORSAL = towards the back (=‘dorsum’ in latin) ROSTRAL = towards the snout (‘rostrum’=beak in latin) CAUDAL = towards the tail (=‘cauda’ in latin) ...
lec #2 By: Lubna Al-Marmori
... - let’s take the sacral fiber ; it start at medial side and it will represent in the cerebral cortex at lateral side >> so the decussation prevent the fibers to go to medial side of the cerebral cortex So , always after decussation the sacral fiber will go to lateral side Slide 18 : according to the ...
... - let’s take the sacral fiber ; it start at medial side and it will represent in the cerebral cortex at lateral side >> so the decussation prevent the fibers to go to medial side of the cerebral cortex So , always after decussation the sacral fiber will go to lateral side Slide 18 : according to the ...
Scientific American - November 2014
... based on long-term memories about the self or others. The second phase, becoming aware of a distraction, occurs in other brain areas such as the anterior insula and the anterior cingulate cortex, regions of what is called the salience network. This network regulates subjectively perceived feelings, ...
... based on long-term memories about the self or others. The second phase, becoming aware of a distraction, occurs in other brain areas such as the anterior insula and the anterior cingulate cortex, regions of what is called the salience network. This network regulates subjectively perceived feelings, ...
Structure-Function I
... subcortical nuclei, including the caudate and putamen (together called the striatum) and the globus pallidus, all lateral to the thalamus. Other components include the subthalamus (diencephalon) and substantia nigra (mesencephalon). The basal ganglia plays a role in the selection of which of several ...
... subcortical nuclei, including the caudate and putamen (together called the striatum) and the globus pallidus, all lateral to the thalamus. Other components include the subthalamus (diencephalon) and substantia nigra (mesencephalon). The basal ganglia plays a role in the selection of which of several ...
chapter two - Mr. Minervini ~ Human Behavior
... 29. Katie has grown up sleeping with a fan running in her room since she was an infant. This provides white noise to drown out the television programs being watched by other family members who were still awake. In an effort to save electricity, her mother has started coming into her room and turning ...
... 29. Katie has grown up sleeping with a fan running in her room since she was an infant. This provides white noise to drown out the television programs being watched by other family members who were still awake. In an effort to save electricity, her mother has started coming into her room and turning ...
Neuroanatomical Background to Understanding the Brain of the
... simply that these areas are grossly damaged, but that the circuitry connecting these areas with each other and with several key regions, are either interrupted by mechanical or toxic damage, or dysregulated by several endogenous factors. These factors may include abnormal neurotransmitter systems, s ...
... simply that these areas are grossly damaged, but that the circuitry connecting these areas with each other and with several key regions, are either interrupted by mechanical or toxic damage, or dysregulated by several endogenous factors. These factors may include abnormal neurotransmitter systems, s ...
Cranial Nerves - Austin Community College
... Cerebrum = Cerebral cortex and Basal nuclei Cerebellum – posterior and inferior to cerebrum Brainstem: Diencephalon (Thalamus, Hypothalamus and Epithalamus), Midbrain (superior and inferior colliculi), Pons and Medulla oblongata ...
... Cerebrum = Cerebral cortex and Basal nuclei Cerebellum – posterior and inferior to cerebrum Brainstem: Diencephalon (Thalamus, Hypothalamus and Epithalamus), Midbrain (superior and inferior colliculi), Pons and Medulla oblongata ...
Learning: Not Just the Facts, Ma`am, but the
... the options available in the environment. These results may have importance for understanding both depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Both diseases, which are highly comorbid, are associated with an inability to switch from maladaptive behavioral patterns to more adaptive ones (e.g., [17] ...
... the options available in the environment. These results may have importance for understanding both depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Both diseases, which are highly comorbid, are associated with an inability to switch from maladaptive behavioral patterns to more adaptive ones (e.g., [17] ...
Précis of The Brain and Emotion
... value is extracted and made explicit in the representation may even have changed between rodents and primates, for example in the taste system (see Chapter 2). In primates, there has also been great development of the visual system, and this itself has had important implications for the types of sen ...
... value is extracted and made explicit in the representation may even have changed between rodents and primates, for example in the taste system (see Chapter 2). In primates, there has also been great development of the visual system, and this itself has had important implications for the types of sen ...
Chapter 15 - Nervous System Brain & Cranial Nerves
... Cerebrum = Cerebral cortex and Basal nuclei Cerebellum – posterior and inferior to cerebrum Brainstem: Diencephalon (Thalamus, Hypothalamus and Epithalamus), Midbrain (superior and inferior colliculi), Pons and Medulla oblongata ...
... Cerebrum = Cerebral cortex and Basal nuclei Cerebellum – posterior and inferior to cerebrum Brainstem: Diencephalon (Thalamus, Hypothalamus and Epithalamus), Midbrain (superior and inferior colliculi), Pons and Medulla oblongata ...
The Brain: How does it work?
... Yellow and red regions are "hotter – higher cell activity Patient was unpracticed at the language learning task. The highest brain activities in the temporal lobe responsible for the hearing perception Prefrontal cortex responsible for understanding language. ...
... Yellow and red regions are "hotter – higher cell activity Patient was unpracticed at the language learning task. The highest brain activities in the temporal lobe responsible for the hearing perception Prefrontal cortex responsible for understanding language. ...
Executive function
... sensory regions. There are also strong interconnections between the PFC and subcortical structures, such as the basal ganglia. The PFC is thus well placed to integrate diverse, high-level representations, and to exert control over various brain systems. It is now commonly accepted that patterns of a ...
... sensory regions. There are also strong interconnections between the PFC and subcortical structures, such as the basal ganglia. The PFC is thus well placed to integrate diverse, high-level representations, and to exert control over various brain systems. It is now commonly accepted that patterns of a ...