Why are brain pathways
... firing) while stimuli in the periphery of the receptive field will hyperpolarize them (which will make the cell less likely to fire). The cell fires best when the stimulus covers only the central excitatory part of the receptive field as shown in the histogram at the bottom. ...
... firing) while stimuli in the periphery of the receptive field will hyperpolarize them (which will make the cell less likely to fire). The cell fires best when the stimulus covers only the central excitatory part of the receptive field as shown in the histogram at the bottom. ...
Physiology of functional and effective networks in epilepsy
... of aberrant neural dynamics in the central nervous system (Fisher et al., 2005). The particular clinical symptoms or impairments experienced during such seizures depend on the anatomical structures affected by the abnormal electrical brain activity and can range from asymptomatic electrographic seiz ...
... of aberrant neural dynamics in the central nervous system (Fisher et al., 2005). The particular clinical symptoms or impairments experienced during such seizures depend on the anatomical structures affected by the abnormal electrical brain activity and can range from asymptomatic electrographic seiz ...
What light have resting state fMRI studies shed on cognition and
... task-based studies, wherein participants perform scannercompatible assignments while BOLD signals are recorded [6]. These usually involve manual responses to audio/ visual cues, which minimizes movement. With creative design, task-based studies can target a wide array of motoric, cognitive, and even ...
... task-based studies, wherein participants perform scannercompatible assignments while BOLD signals are recorded [6]. These usually involve manual responses to audio/ visual cues, which minimizes movement. With creative design, task-based studies can target a wide array of motoric, cognitive, and even ...
Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a
... behavioral policy (see Glossary): rules that guide decisions based on prior knowledge and potentially promote learning. Changes force agents to engage learning systems, switch mental states and shift attention, among other adjustments, and recent work has examined their physiological substrates [1,2 ...
... behavioral policy (see Glossary): rules that guide decisions based on prior knowledge and potentially promote learning. Changes force agents to engage learning systems, switch mental states and shift attention, among other adjustments, and recent work has examined their physiological substrates [1,2 ...
Neural Correlates of Human Virtue Judgment
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Demonstrating the Implicit Processing of Visually Presented Words
... have legitimate word forms with semantic and phonological representations; related activity was detected in the left medial extrastriate visual cortex and a left prefrontal area. Pseudowords have legitimate word forms from which phonological but not semantic associations can be computed; related act ...
... have legitimate word forms with semantic and phonological representations; related activity was detected in the left medial extrastriate visual cortex and a left prefrontal area. Pseudowords have legitimate word forms from which phonological but not semantic associations can be computed; related act ...
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... midline appear to remain shut. We have termed this a defect in ‘‘midline separation’’. After neurulation in wildtype zebrafish, the neural tube is closed but shows a distinct midline (Lowery and Sive, 2004). Subsequently, the tube opens at the midline, leaving the ventricular space centrally (that i ...
... midline appear to remain shut. We have termed this a defect in ‘‘midline separation’’. After neurulation in wildtype zebrafish, the neural tube is closed but shows a distinct midline (Lowery and Sive, 2004). Subsequently, the tube opens at the midline, leaving the ventricular space centrally (that i ...
child development - Goodheart
... electrical impulses amongst each other to direct the various tasks of the brain. • plasticity. Ability of the brain to be shaped and reshaped, which is greatest early in life. • principles of growth and development. Statements of the general patterns in which growth and development take place in peo ...
... electrical impulses amongst each other to direct the various tasks of the brain. • plasticity. Ability of the brain to be shaped and reshaped, which is greatest early in life. • principles of growth and development. Statements of the general patterns in which growth and development take place in peo ...
Developing an Effective Parenting Style
... electrical impulses amongst each other to direct the various tasks of the brain. • plasticity. Ability of the brain to be shaped and reshaped, which is greatest early in life. • principles of growth and development. Statements of the general patterns in which growth and development take place in peo ...
... electrical impulses amongst each other to direct the various tasks of the brain. • plasticity. Ability of the brain to be shaped and reshaped, which is greatest early in life. • principles of growth and development. Statements of the general patterns in which growth and development take place in peo ...
Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia
... Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, People’s Republic of China Correspondence to: Tianzi Jiang, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China E-mail: [email protected] Th ...
... Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, People’s Republic of China Correspondence to: Tianzi Jiang, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China E-mail: [email protected] Th ...
Thinking About Thinking
... brain slice thinks in the sense that it can process information and deliver an output from electrical stimulation of an input pathway, for example. Anyway, the mereological argument is not central to the argument of this book. For convenience, this book assumes that thinking is what brains do, and i ...
... brain slice thinks in the sense that it can process information and deliver an output from electrical stimulation of an input pathway, for example. Anyway, the mereological argument is not central to the argument of this book. For convenience, this book assumes that thinking is what brains do, and i ...
Natural Antioxidants May Prevent Posttraumatic Epilepsy: A
... prevented the induction of early convulsions that is the major risk factor of PTE. In chronic experiments, supplement of EPCK into diet restored body weight, and TBARS content increased in the focal area induced by ironinjection into the cortex and signifi cantlylowered percent induction ofepileptic ...
... prevented the induction of early convulsions that is the major risk factor of PTE. In chronic experiments, supplement of EPCK into diet restored body weight, and TBARS content increased in the focal area induced by ironinjection into the cortex and signifi cantlylowered percent induction ofepileptic ...
Report 2
... demonstrated, the low temporal resolution of haemodynamic imaging makes it impossible to decide between two interpretations of this finding: One possibility is that the activation of specific action-related networks directly reflects action word recognition and comprehension, as the somatotopy-of-ac ...
... demonstrated, the low temporal resolution of haemodynamic imaging makes it impossible to decide between two interpretations of this finding: One possibility is that the activation of specific action-related networks directly reflects action word recognition and comprehension, as the somatotopy-of-ac ...
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... Sperry was a prominent brain researcher and received a nobel peace prize in 1981 in physiology. He is best known for his research on “Split brain” patients, demonstrating how the two halves of the brain functioned. He was responsible for overturning the widespread belief that the left brain was domi ...
... Sperry was a prominent brain researcher and received a nobel peace prize in 1981 in physiology. He is best known for his research on “Split brain” patients, demonstrating how the two halves of the brain functioned. He was responsible for overturning the widespread belief that the left brain was domi ...
Responses of the Human Brain to Mild Dehydration and
... challenges of de- and rehydration by serial measurements of brain volume, tissue fluid, and metabolites. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serial T1-weighted and 1H-MR spectroscopy data were acquired in 15 healthy individuals at normohydration, on 12 hours of dehydration, and during 1 hour of oral rehydration. ...
... challenges of de- and rehydration by serial measurements of brain volume, tissue fluid, and metabolites. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serial T1-weighted and 1H-MR spectroscopy data were acquired in 15 healthy individuals at normohydration, on 12 hours of dehydration, and during 1 hour of oral rehydration. ...
The Brain and Cranial Nerves
... • 14-9 Identify the major anatomical subdivisions and functions of the cerebrum, and discuss the origin and significance of the major types of brain waves seen in an electroencephalogram. • 14-10 Describe representative examples of cranial reflexes that produce somatic responses or visceral response ...
... • 14-9 Identify the major anatomical subdivisions and functions of the cerebrum, and discuss the origin and significance of the major types of brain waves seen in an electroencephalogram. • 14-10 Describe representative examples of cranial reflexes that produce somatic responses or visceral response ...
Emotion in the perspective of an integrated nervous system 1
... separate terms to designate separable components of this enchained process. The term emotion should be rightfully used to designate a collection of responses triggered from parts of the brain to the body, and from parts of the brain to other parts of the brain, using both neural and humoral routes. ...
... separate terms to designate separable components of this enchained process. The term emotion should be rightfully used to designate a collection of responses triggered from parts of the brain to the body, and from parts of the brain to other parts of the brain, using both neural and humoral routes. ...
Preview Sample 1
... shut down periodically, as when no one was dialing a number. We now know, of course, that the brain is continually active. ...
... shut down periodically, as when no one was dialing a number. We now know, of course, that the brain is continually active. ...
Dissociable Functions in the Medial and Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex
... Nevertheless a choice must be made. If feedback is available to indicate whether or not one’s previous responses were correct, a ‘gambling’ strategy can be adopted by which responses can be made on the basis of which one seems most likely to be ‘lucky’. This feeling of luck is presumably based on th ...
... Nevertheless a choice must be made. If feedback is available to indicate whether or not one’s previous responses were correct, a ‘gambling’ strategy can be adopted by which responses can be made on the basis of which one seems most likely to be ‘lucky’. This feeling of luck is presumably based on th ...
The epistemic value of brain-machine systems for the study of the
... Indeed, after a short learning period, the monkeys became relatively proficient in brain-controlling the cursor, both directly (Figure 2) and indirectly (Figure 3). The authors note that, at the very beginning of the “brain control” phase, arm movements were still produced even though they were no ...
... Indeed, after a short learning period, the monkeys became relatively proficient in brain-controlling the cursor, both directly (Figure 2) and indirectly (Figure 3). The authors note that, at the very beginning of the “brain control” phase, arm movements were still produced even though they were no ...
Calculating Consequences - Human Reward and Decision Making lab
... by the Institutional Review Board of the California Institute of Technolhorizontal section was acquired at 30° to the anterior commissure–posogy. One subject was later excluded from the analysis because of a comterior commissure axis. plete lack of responding on one of the schedules. Data analysis. ...
... by the Institutional Review Board of the California Institute of Technolhorizontal section was acquired at 30° to the anterior commissure–posogy. One subject was later excluded from the analysis because of a comterior commissure axis. plete lack of responding on one of the schedules. Data analysis. ...
Responses to Rare Visual Target and Distractor Stimuli Using Event
... displayed according to radiological convention. Numbers indicate positions of slices in the normalized z-axis dimension. The group-averaged statistical map is superimposed over the high-resolution structural data of 1 representative subject. A: responses to standard stimuli. ¦Z¦ ⬎ 3.09; region of in ...
... displayed according to radiological convention. Numbers indicate positions of slices in the normalized z-axis dimension. The group-averaged statistical map is superimposed over the high-resolution structural data of 1 representative subject. A: responses to standard stimuli. ¦Z¦ ⬎ 3.09; region of in ...
Neural Basis of Psychological Growth following Adverse
... informed by functional alterations within a highly distributed network of regions that includes the prefrontal cortices, amygdala, and hippocampus. However, it may be difficult to measure a person’s psychological traits like PTG using fMRI by performing some specific behavioral tasks. Resting-state ...
... informed by functional alterations within a highly distributed network of regions that includes the prefrontal cortices, amygdala, and hippocampus. However, it may be difficult to measure a person’s psychological traits like PTG using fMRI by performing some specific behavioral tasks. Resting-state ...
Neural Substrate Expansion for the Restoration of Brain
... damage is one of the principal objectives of modern translational neuroscience. Electrical stimulation approaches, such as deep-brain stimulation, have achieved the most clinical success, but they ultimately may be limited by the computational capacity of the residual cerebral circuitry. An alternat ...
... damage is one of the principal objectives of modern translational neuroscience. Electrical stimulation approaches, such as deep-brain stimulation, have achieved the most clinical success, but they ultimately may be limited by the computational capacity of the residual cerebral circuitry. An alternat ...
Progress Report on Alzheimer`s Disease 1) More than _____ of AD
... 22) Cooke et al. (2009) studied the increased behavioral problems of AD patients with a) depression b) urinary tract infections c) sleep apnea d) stomach ulcers 23) The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study found that gingko was not effective in reducing the risk of AD. a) True b) False 24) Lopez et al ...
... 22) Cooke et al. (2009) studied the increased behavioral problems of AD patients with a) depression b) urinary tract infections c) sleep apnea d) stomach ulcers 23) The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory study found that gingko was not effective in reducing the risk of AD. a) True b) False 24) Lopez et al ...