Neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings in
... psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents. In the last decade, our knowledge base of pediatric OCD has increased greatly. In examining pediatric OCD, neuropsychological performance may serve as a bridge between brain functioning and the phenomenology of the disorder. Recent advances i ...
... psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents. In the last decade, our knowledge base of pediatric OCD has increased greatly. In examining pediatric OCD, neuropsychological performance may serve as a bridge between brain functioning and the phenomenology of the disorder. Recent advances i ...
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... c. Root-like structures that receive neural impulses from other neurons d. Body organs or structures that produce secretions e. A bundle of axons from various neurons that transmit nerve impulses ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Neurons: The Body’s Wiring OBJ: 1-Identify parts of neuron, describe functions of the ...
... c. Root-like structures that receive neural impulses from other neurons d. Body organs or structures that produce secretions e. A bundle of axons from various neurons that transmit nerve impulses ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Neurons: The Body’s Wiring OBJ: 1-Identify parts of neuron, describe functions of the ...
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... features of this atlas, even if there is some variability in their location within standard stereotaxic space and some divergence from the exact shape of this particular cerebellum. This atlas can be used as the template for future population-based probabilistic studies that examine large numbers of ...
... features of this atlas, even if there is some variability in their location within standard stereotaxic space and some divergence from the exact shape of this particular cerebellum. This atlas can be used as the template for future population-based probabilistic studies that examine large numbers of ...
Shamanism in Cross-Cultural Perspective
... (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing out that these were not just Siberian and Eura ...
... (1951/1964), Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, provided a ground-breaking synthesis of a body of ethnographic studies on shamanistic practices. A key implication of Eliade’s approach was that the concept of shamanism was cross-cultural, pointing out that these were not just Siberian and Eura ...
connect_review_20150316 - Royal Holloway, University of London
... areas as elements within more complex networks and as influenced by network properties. This network-oriented viewpoint is emerging from studies using either diffusion tensor imaging to map structural connections or effective connectivity analyses to measure how their functional responses influence ...
... areas as elements within more complex networks and as influenced by network properties. This network-oriented viewpoint is emerging from studies using either diffusion tensor imaging to map structural connections or effective connectivity analyses to measure how their functional responses influence ...
Alertness and feeding behaviors in ADHD: Does the hypocretin
... Summary Increasing evidence has suggested that patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may present with a deficit of alertness and sleep disturbances. Recent studies have also pointed out a previously underestimated association between ADHD and abnormal eating behaviors, includ ...
... Summary Increasing evidence has suggested that patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may present with a deficit of alertness and sleep disturbances. Recent studies have also pointed out a previously underestimated association between ADHD and abnormal eating behaviors, includ ...
Sònia Najas Sales Role of DYRK1A in the development of Syndrome
... syndrome (DS), which is caused by an extra copy of human chromosome (HSA) 21. The analysis of brain tissue from foetuses and children with DS and from trisomic mice that model the syndrome indicated that intellectual disability in DS is caused, at least in part, by alterations in the cytoarchitectur ...
... syndrome (DS), which is caused by an extra copy of human chromosome (HSA) 21. The analysis of brain tissue from foetuses and children with DS and from trisomic mice that model the syndrome indicated that intellectual disability in DS is caused, at least in part, by alterations in the cytoarchitectur ...
Physiology of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH): Beyond
... LH levels may change biochemical and cellular markers consistent with the neurodegenerative modifications observed in the AD brain [37,38] call into question the hypothesis on gonadal steroiddependent AD susceptibility. Moreover, the observation that GnRH treatment abrogated the aging phenotype obse ...
... LH levels may change biochemical and cellular markers consistent with the neurodegenerative modifications observed in the AD brain [37,38] call into question the hypothesis on gonadal steroiddependent AD susceptibility. Moreover, the observation that GnRH treatment abrogated the aging phenotype obse ...
Genetic Dissection of a Genomic Region with Pleiotropic Effects on
... genetic architecture of domestication traits on maize chromosome five, using a collection of NIRILs in the summers of 2009 and 2010. The experimental population was built by introgressing the majority of the short arm and part of the long arm of chromosome five from a teosinte (Iltis and Cochrane coll ...
... genetic architecture of domestication traits on maize chromosome five, using a collection of NIRILs in the summers of 2009 and 2010. The experimental population was built by introgressing the majority of the short arm and part of the long arm of chromosome five from a teosinte (Iltis and Cochrane coll ...
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... spinal cord with the brain and links parts of the brain with one another by way of tracts (Figures 14.1, 14.5). – relays nerve impulses related to voluntary skeletal movements from the cerebral cortex to the cerebellum. – contains the pneumotaxic and apneustic areas, which help control respiration a ...
... spinal cord with the brain and links parts of the brain with one another by way of tracts (Figures 14.1, 14.5). – relays nerve impulses related to voluntary skeletal movements from the cerebral cortex to the cerebellum. – contains the pneumotaxic and apneustic areas, which help control respiration a ...
cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
... Impact of videogame play on the brain’s microstructural properties: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 Videogame play (VGP) has been associated with numerous preferred ...
... Impact of videogame play on the brain’s microstructural properties: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses H Takeuchi1, Y Taki1,2,3, H Hashizume4, K Asano5, M Asano6, Y Sassa1, S Yokota1, Y Kotozaki7, R Nouchi8 and R Kawashima2,9,10 Videogame play (VGP) has been associated with numerous preferred ...
PARK9-Associated ATP13A2 Localizes to Intracellular
... ATP13A2 mutations in order to confirm dopaminergic neuronal loss. To directly explore the impact of ATP13A2 loss-of-function on the viability and integrity of dopaminergic neurons, we employed mir-30adapted short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs to silence the expression of endogenous ATP13A2. To vali ...
... ATP13A2 mutations in order to confirm dopaminergic neuronal loss. To directly explore the impact of ATP13A2 loss-of-function on the viability and integrity of dopaminergic neurons, we employed mir-30adapted short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs to silence the expression of endogenous ATP13A2. To vali ...
Goals of Explaining Brain Functions Underlying Anxiety Disorders
... cortex • We have the most control over this part of our brain and can impact it if we work at it. • The interventions don’t directly change the amygdala’s functioning– once activated, the amygdala cannot be argued with • They are best used to prevent the cortex from activating the amygdala’s alarm r ...
... cortex • We have the most control over this part of our brain and can impact it if we work at it. • The interventions don’t directly change the amygdala’s functioning– once activated, the amygdala cannot be argued with • They are best used to prevent the cortex from activating the amygdala’s alarm r ...
Update on models of basal ganglia function and dysfunction
... importance of dopamine release at regulating the transmission at specific synapses in the striatum are accepted. However, some of the details of the earlier pathophysiology models of basal ganglia diseases have fallen by the wayside, most likely because the anatomical models were too rigidly transfor ...
... importance of dopamine release at regulating the transmission at specific synapses in the striatum are accepted. However, some of the details of the earlier pathophysiology models of basal ganglia diseases have fallen by the wayside, most likely because the anatomical models were too rigidly transfor ...
The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a
... Discovering the mutational events that fuel adaptation to environmental change remains an important challenge for evolutionary biology. The classroom example of a visible evolutionary response is industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia): the replacement, during the Industrial Revo ...
... Discovering the mutational events that fuel adaptation to environmental change remains an important challenge for evolutionary biology. The classroom example of a visible evolutionary response is industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia): the replacement, during the Industrial Revo ...
A homozygous single-base deletion in MLPH causes the dilute coat
... recombination fraction (θ) of 0.08 (Table 1). Based on comparative gene mapping to the human genome, FCA890 demonstrates conserved synteny to the genomic region on human chromosome 2 at 237.5 Mb, which is approximately 0.6 Mb from one of the dilute candidate genes, melanophilin (MLPH). Fine-mapping ...
... recombination fraction (θ) of 0.08 (Table 1). Based on comparative gene mapping to the human genome, FCA890 demonstrates conserved synteny to the genomic region on human chromosome 2 at 237.5 Mb, which is approximately 0.6 Mb from one of the dilute candidate genes, melanophilin (MLPH). Fine-mapping ...
Methods of Studying The Nervous System
... event is always measured during a specific interval of time • For example: an ERP of P300 (positive amplitude at 300 miliseconds) always occurs when a stimulus has semantic meaning to a subject Pinel's Biopsychology, 5th Ed. ...
... event is always measured during a specific interval of time • For example: an ERP of P300 (positive amplitude at 300 miliseconds) always occurs when a stimulus has semantic meaning to a subject Pinel's Biopsychology, 5th Ed. ...
Disorders of the Cerebellum and Its Connections
... The cerebellum, which lies just dorsal to the pons and medulla, consists of two highly convoluted lateral cerebellar hemispheres and a narrow medial portion, the vermis. It is connected to the brain by three pairs of dense fiber bundles called the peduncles. Although the structure and function of th ...
... The cerebellum, which lies just dorsal to the pons and medulla, consists of two highly convoluted lateral cerebellar hemispheres and a narrow medial portion, the vermis. It is connected to the brain by three pairs of dense fiber bundles called the peduncles. Although the structure and function of th ...
Isn`t it ironic? Neural Correlates of Irony Comprehension in
... and adopted a model put forward by Siever and Davis. Siever and Davis [58] suggested a model that strengthens the role for schizotypal personality traits in schizophrenia. Briefly, they suggested that individuals with elevated schizotypal traits and patients with schizophrenia share a temporal lobe ...
... and adopted a model put forward by Siever and Davis. Siever and Davis [58] suggested a model that strengthens the role for schizotypal personality traits in schizophrenia. Briefly, they suggested that individuals with elevated schizotypal traits and patients with schizophrenia share a temporal lobe ...
TESIS DOCTORAL Regulación de la plasticidad y de la capacidad
... MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that contribute to fine-tuning regulation of gene expression by mRNA destabilization and/or translational repression. Many approaches have been used to clarify the role of individual miRNAs but, recently, a new hypothesis about their mechanism of action p ...
... MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that contribute to fine-tuning regulation of gene expression by mRNA destabilization and/or translational repression. Many approaches have been used to clarify the role of individual miRNAs but, recently, a new hypothesis about their mechanism of action p ...
Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in Aplysia californica and Molecular
... 1.1 Ionotropic glutamate receptors in the nervous system The mechanisms underlying learning and memory are vastly complex and involve a multitude of molecular changes that may result in learned behaviors. Mammalian systems may be difficult to work use to understand learned behaviors due to highly co ...
... 1.1 Ionotropic glutamate receptors in the nervous system The mechanisms underlying learning and memory are vastly complex and involve a multitude of molecular changes that may result in learned behaviors. Mammalian systems may be difficult to work use to understand learned behaviors due to highly co ...
BRAIN - ESPN.com
... Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury can trigger the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegeneration characterized by the widespread deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) as neurofibrillary tangles (Corsellis and Brierley, 1959; Corsellis et al., 1973 ...
... Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury can trigger the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegeneration characterized by the widespread deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) as neurofibrillary tangles (Corsellis and Brierley, 1959; Corsellis et al., 1973 ...
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... Establishment of the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal function is dependent on the highly controlled and dynamic interactions between regulatory signals from the brain, pituitary and gonads, all of them leading to the attainment of reproductive capacity, where a coordinated and timely activation of ...
... Establishment of the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal function is dependent on the highly controlled and dynamic interactions between regulatory signals from the brain, pituitary and gonads, all of them leading to the attainment of reproductive capacity, where a coordinated and timely activation of ...
Kynurenines in CNS disease: regulation by inflammatory cytokines
... as well as a range of kynurenine metabolites such as kynurenic acid (KYNA), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), and quinolinic acid (QUIN). Enzymes involved in the metabolism of tryptophan along the kynurenine pathway (KP) are located thoughout the body and brain. Though the highest levels are found in the ...
... as well as a range of kynurenine metabolites such as kynurenic acid (KYNA), 3-hydroxykynurenine (3-HK), and quinolinic acid (QUIN). Enzymes involved in the metabolism of tryptophan along the kynurenine pathway (KP) are located thoughout the body and brain. Though the highest levels are found in the ...
Diverse functions of perineuronal nets
... 2008). At early postnatal stage, mammalian PNs contain mostly neurocan and versican 1 (Milev et al. 1998). In the adult CNS, other members of lectican family such as aggrecan, versican 2, and brevican prevail (for review see Zimmermann and DoursZimmermann 2008). In the rat cerebellum, proteoglycans ...
... 2008). At early postnatal stage, mammalian PNs contain mostly neurocan and versican 1 (Milev et al. 1998). In the adult CNS, other members of lectican family such as aggrecan, versican 2, and brevican prevail (for review see Zimmermann and DoursZimmermann 2008). In the rat cerebellum, proteoglycans ...