Evolutionary Neurotheology - UTK-EECS
... separately as a first approximation, so long as we don’t ignore sensory (and, more generally, phenomenal) integration, which is an essential part of conscious experience. The foregoing may be termed qualitative reduction because it separates phenomena that are different in kind; we now turn to quant ...
... separately as a first approximation, so long as we don’t ignore sensory (and, more generally, phenomenal) integration, which is an essential part of conscious experience. The foregoing may be termed qualitative reduction because it separates phenomena that are different in kind; we now turn to quant ...
A monument of inefficiency: The presumed course of the recurrent
... extant relatives of sauropods, sounds are generated by other regions of the respiratory tract that are not innervated by the ...
... extant relatives of sauropods, sounds are generated by other regions of the respiratory tract that are not innervated by the ...
Neuroanatomy and function of brain structures involved in the
... some cell groups in which cFos was activated by suckling stimulus. These cell groups were mainly found in the PPN and ventrolateral medulla (VLM) (Li et al 1999). In this study the tracer spread over the border of the ARC. Several neuropeptides and neurotransmitters were identified in the cell group ...
... some cell groups in which cFos was activated by suckling stimulus. These cell groups were mainly found in the PPN and ventrolateral medulla (VLM) (Li et al 1999). In this study the tracer spread over the border of the ARC. Several neuropeptides and neurotransmitters were identified in the cell group ...
The Peripheral Nervous System
... skeletal muscles, stimulates the sweat glands, and slows down the contractions of smooth muscles in the digestive system. ...
... skeletal muscles, stimulates the sweat glands, and slows down the contractions of smooth muscles in the digestive system. ...
A Cholinergic Mechanism for Reward Timing within Primary Visual Cortex Please share
... The first set of experiments utilized the behavioral protocol previously established in adult male Long-Evans rats by Shuler and Bear (2006) and was designed to distinguish between a requirement for local BF cholinergic input in the acquisition vs. the expression of reward timing activity. Water-res ...
... The first set of experiments utilized the behavioral protocol previously established in adult male Long-Evans rats by Shuler and Bear (2006) and was designed to distinguish between a requirement for local BF cholinergic input in the acquisition vs. the expression of reward timing activity. Water-res ...
Endogenous Stem Cells in the Adult Murine Spinal Cord
... present in the hypoxic adult murine spinal cord. BMP has been demonstrated to be a key inhibitor of neurogenesis in the SVZ of the brain (Lim et al., 2000). We hypothesize that BMP signaling will similarly act as an inhibitor of neurogenesis in the adult cord. zStrategy: As a first step in exploring ...
... present in the hypoxic adult murine spinal cord. BMP has been demonstrated to be a key inhibitor of neurogenesis in the SVZ of the brain (Lim et al., 2000). We hypothesize that BMP signaling will similarly act as an inhibitor of neurogenesis in the adult cord. zStrategy: As a first step in exploring ...
Spinal Kyphosis Causes Demyelination and Neuronal Loss in the
... The spinal cord histologic changes noted in this study are probably the results of both mechanical compression of the neurons as well as mechanical compression of the blood vessels creating vascular disturbances. COMMENTS FROM DAN MURPHY: Several chiropractic techniques, such as Spinal Stressology a ...
... The spinal cord histologic changes noted in this study are probably the results of both mechanical compression of the neurons as well as mechanical compression of the blood vessels creating vascular disturbances. COMMENTS FROM DAN MURPHY: Several chiropractic techniques, such as Spinal Stressology a ...
Embodied Cognition and Mirror Neurons
... whether the activity during retrieval of color knowledge (e.g., TAXI = yellow) was greater than that during a control task requiring subjects to evaluate whether a particular motor property was associated with an object (e.g., HAIR = combed). The authors found a greater signal for the color knowledg ...
... whether the activity during retrieval of color knowledge (e.g., TAXI = yellow) was greater than that during a control task requiring subjects to evaluate whether a particular motor property was associated with an object (e.g., HAIR = combed). The authors found a greater signal for the color knowledg ...
Stereotyped connectivity and computations in higher
... neurons: the former were broadly tuned, whereas the latter were more selective. We then focused specifically on the small numbers of type I and type II neurons defined by Mz671-Gal4 (referred to as Mz671 neurons) and NP6099-Gal4 (referred to as NP6099 neurons). We found that all three of the Mz671 n ...
... neurons: the former were broadly tuned, whereas the latter were more selective. We then focused specifically on the small numbers of type I and type II neurons defined by Mz671-Gal4 (referred to as Mz671 neurons) and NP6099-Gal4 (referred to as NP6099 neurons). We found that all three of the Mz671 n ...
Pathophysiology of Paresthesia
... intense and annoying paresthesia is due to a multiple symmetric peripheral neuropathy (polyneuropathy). Dysesthesia or allodynia is the term for abnormal sensations ordinarily evoked by a non- noxious stimuli. Paresthesias may be transient (following a prolonged crossing of patients leg) and not ass ...
... intense and annoying paresthesia is due to a multiple symmetric peripheral neuropathy (polyneuropathy). Dysesthesia or allodynia is the term for abnormal sensations ordinarily evoked by a non- noxious stimuli. Paresthesias may be transient (following a prolonged crossing of patients leg) and not ass ...
Predictive Coding: A Possible Explanation of Filling
... the learned statistical regularities, and send that prediction signal to the lower area by feedback connection. In response to this top-down information, lower area sends a residual error signal to the higher area, by feed-forward connection, to correct the next prediction. This idea is based on the ...
... the learned statistical regularities, and send that prediction signal to the lower area by feedback connection. In response to this top-down information, lower area sends a residual error signal to the higher area, by feed-forward connection, to correct the next prediction. This idea is based on the ...
Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Placement and Functional
... A critical aspect of this approach is the sparse labeling of only a subset of neurons so that accurate counting of synaptic distributions is feasible, in a way that is not possible with antibody staining. PSD95-GFP labeling in vivo shows that most stable spines have large PSD95 puncta, but a small p ...
... A critical aspect of this approach is the sparse labeling of only a subset of neurons so that accurate counting of synaptic distributions is feasible, in a way that is not possible with antibody staining. PSD95-GFP labeling in vivo shows that most stable spines have large PSD95 puncta, but a small p ...
Neural basis of sensorimotor learning: modifying
... suggesting it may be involved in remembering the association just executed until its consequence becomes available. Finally, the dorsal premotor area (PMd) and SEF seem to participate in the long-term retention and recall of the associated action for each arbitrary stimulus. The postlearning changes ...
... suggesting it may be involved in remembering the association just executed until its consequence becomes available. Finally, the dorsal premotor area (PMd) and SEF seem to participate in the long-term retention and recall of the associated action for each arbitrary stimulus. The postlearning changes ...
Thalamic Activity that Drives Visual Cortical Plasticity
... Readings for the week focus on sprouting, changing receptive fields and cortical remapping What patterns of neuronal activity follow a lesion? How do these changing patterns of activity play a role in plasticity? Specifically, what are the effects of depriving visual input from one eye on the LGN a ...
... Readings for the week focus on sprouting, changing receptive fields and cortical remapping What patterns of neuronal activity follow a lesion? How do these changing patterns of activity play a role in plasticity? Specifically, what are the effects of depriving visual input from one eye on the LGN a ...
Continuous attractor network models of grid cell firing based on
... 2015). There are two major populations of excitatory cells in this layer. Neurons positive for the marker reelin have stellate morphology and project to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus (Klink & Alonso, 1997; Varga et al. 2010), while neurons positive for calbindin have a more pyramidal morpholo ...
... 2015). There are two major populations of excitatory cells in this layer. Neurons positive for the marker reelin have stellate morphology and project to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus (Klink & Alonso, 1997; Varga et al. 2010), while neurons positive for calbindin have a more pyramidal morpholo ...
Corticofugal modulation of functional connectivity within the auditory
... a complex response pattern which can be modified in its time course and in its components by cooling of the auditory cortex (Villa et al., 1991). Corticofugal modulation could regulate the response properties of thalamic units by modifying their firing rate and bandwidth responsiveness to pure tones ...
... a complex response pattern which can be modified in its time course and in its components by cooling of the auditory cortex (Villa et al., 1991). Corticofugal modulation could regulate the response properties of thalamic units by modifying their firing rate and bandwidth responsiveness to pure tones ...
Radial Basis Networks:
... • Consists of 3 layers (input, hidden, output) • Input layer made up of nodes that connect network to environment • At input of each neuron (hidden layer), distance between neuron center & input vector is calculated • Apply RBF (Gaussian bell function) to form output of the neurons. • Output layer i ...
... • Consists of 3 layers (input, hidden, output) • Input layer made up of nodes that connect network to environment • At input of each neuron (hidden layer), distance between neuron center & input vector is calculated • Apply RBF (Gaussian bell function) to form output of the neurons. • Output layer i ...
Categorical perception of somesthetic stimuli: psychophysical
... stimulus speeds (categorical neurons). In a light instruction task, we tested the possibility that the categorical neurons (n = 71) were associated with the intention to press, or with the trajectory of the hand to one of the two target switches used to indicate categorization. In this situation, ea ...
... stimulus speeds (categorical neurons). In a light instruction task, we tested the possibility that the categorical neurons (n = 71) were associated with the intention to press, or with the trajectory of the hand to one of the two target switches used to indicate categorization. In this situation, ea ...
The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its
... communicative mouth actions this is of importance with regards to the hypothesis that the MNS is vital for the understanding of emotional states in others (which are mostly communicated by facial expression) ...
... communicative mouth actions this is of importance with regards to the hypothesis that the MNS is vital for the understanding of emotional states in others (which are mostly communicated by facial expression) ...
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... capabilities can improve the performance of an intelligent system over time. The most popular approaches to machine learning are artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms. This lecture is dedicated to neural networks. ...
... capabilities can improve the performance of an intelligent system over time. The most popular approaches to machine learning are artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms. This lecture is dedicated to neural networks. ...
Coding of Auditory-Stimulus Identity in the Auditory Non
... Submitted 26 September 2007; accepted in final form 7 November 2007 ...
... Submitted 26 September 2007; accepted in final form 7 November 2007 ...
Neural Mechanisms of Bias and Sensitivity in Hiroshi Nishida Muneyoshi Takahashi
... (FEF) of monkeys performing perceptual decisionmaking tasks. Such evidence comes from monkeys that are required to make a saccadic eye movement to target locations in visual space (e.g., a location that is determined by the direction of moving dots [15][16]; or a static target that differs from sever ...
... (FEF) of monkeys performing perceptual decisionmaking tasks. Such evidence comes from monkeys that are required to make a saccadic eye movement to target locations in visual space (e.g., a location that is determined by the direction of moving dots [15][16]; or a static target that differs from sever ...
5. Operationalizing FRs and NFRs Using Design Patterns
... implements the system. An example of product related requirements is that PIMS must be able to support large number of users (scalability NFR) that may be on-line exchanging presence status and instant messages (presence tracking and instant messaging delivery functionality). Therefore, it is necess ...
... implements the system. An example of product related requirements is that PIMS must be able to support large number of users (scalability NFR) that may be on-line exchanging presence status and instant messages (presence tracking and instant messaging delivery functionality). Therefore, it is necess ...
Modulation of premotor circuits controlling locomotor activity by
... nervous system generates a large repertoire of motor sequences, coordinate limbs and body orientation in an ever-changing environment while adapting to a myriad of sensory cues remains a central question in the field of systems neuroscience. The work presented here aims to understand how local senso ...
... nervous system generates a large repertoire of motor sequences, coordinate limbs and body orientation in an ever-changing environment while adapting to a myriad of sensory cues remains a central question in the field of systems neuroscience. The work presented here aims to understand how local senso ...