research statement
... complex neural systems, including neural models for knowledge representation and automatic creation of appropriate neural structures. Moreover, my research is focused on artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, soft-computing, machine learning, data mining, knowledge discovery and knowle ...
... complex neural systems, including neural models for knowledge representation and automatic creation of appropriate neural structures. Moreover, my research is focused on artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, soft-computing, machine learning, data mining, knowledge discovery and knowle ...
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... We will determine whether cilia loss precedes neuro-degeneration and if so, whether there is a causal relationship between cilia loss and neuron cell death. By observing cilia in mice with degenerative diseases, we can better understand the role of cilia in brain function and survival of neurons. ...
... We will determine whether cilia loss precedes neuro-degeneration and if so, whether there is a causal relationship between cilia loss and neuron cell death. By observing cilia in mice with degenerative diseases, we can better understand the role of cilia in brain function and survival of neurons. ...
The Nervous System
... • Dendrites- highly branched extensions that receive signals from other neurons. • Axons- extensions which are much longer than dendrites. Transmit signals to other cells. The cells that receive these signals may be neurons or effector cells (muscle or endocrine cells). ...
... • Dendrites- highly branched extensions that receive signals from other neurons. • Axons- extensions which are much longer than dendrites. Transmit signals to other cells. The cells that receive these signals may be neurons or effector cells (muscle or endocrine cells). ...
Psych 11Nervous System Overview
... Step 4: Neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft (a very short distance) and bind to receptor proteins on the postsynaptic membrane. Excitatory neurotransmitters cause sodium ions to move through receptor proteins depolarizing the membrane. Inhibitory neurotransmitters do not depolarize ...
... Step 4: Neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft (a very short distance) and bind to receptor proteins on the postsynaptic membrane. Excitatory neurotransmitters cause sodium ions to move through receptor proteins depolarizing the membrane. Inhibitory neurotransmitters do not depolarize ...
Neurons in red nucleus and primary motor cortex exhibit similar
... ‘‘mass distribution’’ of torque-related activity by assuming that activity changes linearly between sampled torque directions and that torque magnitude is equal for each torque direction. To use this method, the lowest activity across all trials was subtracted so that all values were greater or equa ...
... ‘‘mass distribution’’ of torque-related activity by assuming that activity changes linearly between sampled torque directions and that torque magnitude is equal for each torque direction. To use this method, the lowest activity across all trials was subtracted so that all values were greater or equa ...
Lamprey cranial neural crest migration (fore/midbrain)
... Compare “neural crest gene” expression, function & regulation in amphioxus, agnathan & gnathostomes ...
... Compare “neural crest gene” expression, function & regulation in amphioxus, agnathan & gnathostomes ...
Nerve
... neuron) plus all the Schwann cells that are associated with it. In myelinated fibers, each Schwann cell forms a segment of the elaborate wrapping (the myelin sheath) that surrounds each axon individually. Unmyelinated fibers in the PNS are still associated with Schwann cells, but there are multiple ...
... neuron) plus all the Schwann cells that are associated with it. In myelinated fibers, each Schwann cell forms a segment of the elaborate wrapping (the myelin sheath) that surrounds each axon individually. Unmyelinated fibers in the PNS are still associated with Schwann cells, but there are multiple ...
Morphological Basis of Learning and Memory: Vertebrates
... differential experience can modify the structure of synapses, suggesting that synaptic efficacy (or strength) also can change. These effects of experience on synaptic connections during development led to proposals that such changes might underlie adult learning as well. ...
... differential experience can modify the structure of synapses, suggesting that synaptic efficacy (or strength) also can change. These effects of experience on synaptic connections during development led to proposals that such changes might underlie adult learning as well. ...
Chapters 6-7 - Foundations of Human Social
... • Cortical neurons may be divided into two classes: • excitatory (E), usu. Pyramidal neurons • and inhibitory (I), usu. interneurons ...
... • Cortical neurons may be divided into two classes: • excitatory (E), usu. Pyramidal neurons • and inhibitory (I), usu. interneurons ...
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... A major challenge in the field of neuroscience is to link behavior with specific neuronal circuitries and cellular events. One way of facing this challenge is to identify unique cellular markers and thus have the ability to, through various mouse genetics tools, mimic, manipulate and control various ...
... A major challenge in the field of neuroscience is to link behavior with specific neuronal circuitries and cellular events. One way of facing this challenge is to identify unique cellular markers and thus have the ability to, through various mouse genetics tools, mimic, manipulate and control various ...
Cortex
... Reorganization of the visual cortex in adulthood, part 1 Plasticity of the adult cortex revealed by creating small and selective damage to a part of the normal inputs to the cortex (Gilbert & Wiesel,1992.) ...
... Reorganization of the visual cortex in adulthood, part 1 Plasticity of the adult cortex revealed by creating small and selective damage to a part of the normal inputs to the cortex (Gilbert & Wiesel,1992.) ...
MirrorBot Report 6
... pathways, we will wonder how these motor commands are encoded on a neural substrate, especially in the motor cortex. 2.1.1. Architecture of the motor control system A muscle is constituted of a large set of muscular fibres, innervated by neurons of the spinal cord called motoneurons. Each motoneuron ...
... pathways, we will wonder how these motor commands are encoded on a neural substrate, especially in the motor cortex. 2.1.1. Architecture of the motor control system A muscle is constituted of a large set of muscular fibres, innervated by neurons of the spinal cord called motoneurons. Each motoneuron ...
Lesson Plan - University of Washington
... Scientists and clinicians can take advantage of the input-output relationship by recording a neural response and reconstructing the stimulus that likely evoked that response. In the motor system, the activity of a group of neurons is what contracts muscles and allows us to move. If you record from t ...
... Scientists and clinicians can take advantage of the input-output relationship by recording a neural response and reconstructing the stimulus that likely evoked that response. In the motor system, the activity of a group of neurons is what contracts muscles and allows us to move. If you record from t ...
Exam 1 - usablueclass.com
... o Assessment and Plan- begins with a one to two sentence summary that encapsulates the main features of the diagnosis. In neuro this is separated into two parts: ...
... o Assessment and Plan- begins with a one to two sentence summary that encapsulates the main features of the diagnosis. In neuro this is separated into two parts: ...
Reelin and apolipoprotein E receptor 2 in the embryonic and mature
... discovered and more than a decade since the reelin gene was cloned, yet we still have no generally accepted explanation, in terms of molecular interactions, as to how reelin controls the layering of neurons in the mammalian embryonic cerebral cortex. We need to explain how reelin, secreted into the ...
... discovered and more than a decade since the reelin gene was cloned, yet we still have no generally accepted explanation, in terms of molecular interactions, as to how reelin controls the layering of neurons in the mammalian embryonic cerebral cortex. We need to explain how reelin, secreted into the ...
Inside the teenage brain
... showed less activity in a region of the frontal lobe responsible for mood regulation, supporting the theory that differences in brain development may be responsible for differences in behaviour between teenagers and adults. ...
... showed less activity in a region of the frontal lobe responsible for mood regulation, supporting the theory that differences in brain development may be responsible for differences in behaviour between teenagers and adults. ...
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... the discovery of the scalp-recorded movement-related potentials in man, studies of single neurons in monkeys trained to perform specific movements have contributed a substantial amount of information on the brain mechanisms underlying motor control. There is a close relationship between firing patte ...
... the discovery of the scalp-recorded movement-related potentials in man, studies of single neurons in monkeys trained to perform specific movements have contributed a substantial amount of information on the brain mechanisms underlying motor control. There is a close relationship between firing patte ...
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung / C / 31 (1976) - Max-Planck
... semi-schematic vertical elevation of the brain (lateral structures, indicated by thin lines: lobula plate and medulla; oval structure in the center: oesophagus), a. The north horizontal cell (NH) and the dorsal cen trifu gal horizontal cell (DCH). b. The heterolateral Hl-Cell (dendritic arborisation ...
... semi-schematic vertical elevation of the brain (lateral structures, indicated by thin lines: lobula plate and medulla; oval structure in the center: oesophagus), a. The north horizontal cell (NH) and the dorsal cen trifu gal horizontal cell (DCH). b. The heterolateral Hl-Cell (dendritic arborisation ...
Corticofugal modulation of frequency processing in bat auditory
... The bat uses velocity information carried by the 61-kHz component for hunting flying insects13,14. Accordingly, its auditory system, from the periphery to the cortex, contains many neurons that are sharply tuned to this frequency for fine frequency analysis15,16. The sharp frequency-tuning curves in ...
... The bat uses velocity information carried by the 61-kHz component for hunting flying insects13,14. Accordingly, its auditory system, from the periphery to the cortex, contains many neurons that are sharply tuned to this frequency for fine frequency analysis15,16. The sharp frequency-tuning curves in ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 17 months of age, whereas it was present as not only the mature enzyme but also the proenzyme at 30 months of age. On the other hand, CD was mainly present in the mature form throughout development, although its level in these tissues was also significantly increased with aging. The CE-positive cort ...
... 17 months of age, whereas it was present as not only the mature enzyme but also the proenzyme at 30 months of age. On the other hand, CD was mainly present in the mature form throughout development, although its level in these tissues was also significantly increased with aging. The CE-positive cort ...
Cayman ataxia protein caytaxin is transported by kinesin along
... clones). Considering the nuclear localization of these two proteins, it seemed implausible that they were interacting partners for caytaxin, which is a cytoplasmic protein (Buschdorf et al., 2006; Hayakawa et al., 2007). Another 17 genes were isolated only once. Quantitative two-hybrid -galactosida ...
... clones). Considering the nuclear localization of these two proteins, it seemed implausible that they were interacting partners for caytaxin, which is a cytoplasmic protein (Buschdorf et al., 2006; Hayakawa et al., 2007). Another 17 genes were isolated only once. Quantitative two-hybrid -galactosida ...
The Premotor Cortex and Mirror Neurons
... Furthermore, when monkeys had to perform more complex actions the activity of grasping neurons was modulated since its early phases, suggesting that this activity could depend from a neural mechanism, probably located in the prefrontal cortex, that allows one to select actions on the basis of the co ...
... Furthermore, when monkeys had to perform more complex actions the activity of grasping neurons was modulated since its early phases, suggesting that this activity could depend from a neural mechanism, probably located in the prefrontal cortex, that allows one to select actions on the basis of the co ...
The Basics of Brain Development | SpringerLink
... changes occurring at the cellular level. Neuron production in humans begins on embryonic day 42. E42, i.e. 42 days post conception (Bystron et al. 2008; Stiles 2008) and is largely complete by midgestation. As they are produced neurons migrate to different brain areas where they begin to make connec ...
... changes occurring at the cellular level. Neuron production in humans begins on embryonic day 42. E42, i.e. 42 days post conception (Bystron et al. 2008; Stiles 2008) and is largely complete by midgestation. As they are produced neurons migrate to different brain areas where they begin to make connec ...
No Slide Title - Computer Science Home
... • The brain is a highly complex, nonlinear, and parallel processor. • Brain is superior in performing pattern recognition, perception, and motor control), e.g., it takes a brain 100-200 msec to recognize a familiar face embedded in an unfamiliar scene (will take days for the computer to do the simil ...
... • The brain is a highly complex, nonlinear, and parallel processor. • Brain is superior in performing pattern recognition, perception, and motor control), e.g., it takes a brain 100-200 msec to recognize a familiar face embedded in an unfamiliar scene (will take days for the computer to do the simil ...
Optogenetics
Optogenetics (from Greek optikós, meaning ""seen, visible"") is a biological technique which involves the use of light to control cells in living tissue, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels. It is a neuromodulation method employed in neuroscience that uses a combination of techniques from optics and genetics to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons in living tissue—even within freely-moving animals—and to precisely measure the effects of those manipulations in real-time. The key reagents used in optogenetics are light-sensitive proteins. Spatially-precise neuronal control is achieved using optogenetic actuators like channelrhodopsin, halorhodopsin, and archaerhodopsin, while temporally-precise recordings can be made with the help of optogenetic sensors for calcium (Aequorin, Cameleon, GCaMP), chloride (Clomeleon) or membrane voltage (Mermaid).The earliest approaches were developed and applied by Boris Zemelman and Gero Miesenböck, at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and Dirk Trauner, Richard Kramer and Ehud Isacoff at the University of California, Berkeley; these methods conferred light sensitivity but were never reported to be useful by other laboratories due to the multiple components these approaches required. A distinct single-component approach involving microbial opsin genes introduced in 2005 turned out to be widely applied, as described below. Optogenetics is known for the high spatial and temporal resolution that it provides in altering the activity of specific types of neurons to control a subject's behaviour.In 2010, optogenetics was chosen as the ""Method of the Year"" across all fields of science and engineering by the interdisciplinary research journal Nature Methods. At the same time, optogenetics was highlighted in the article on “Breakthroughs of the Decade” in the academic research journal Science. These journals also referenced recent public-access general-interest video Method of the year video and textual SciAm summaries of optogenetics.