• In the visual system, these feedforward pathways define the classical feedforward receptive field (ffRF), the area in space in which visual stimuli excite a neuron 1 . (nature.com)
  • What stimuli excite a neuron, and how can we find them? (plos.org)
  • In addition to activating Osterhout's neurons, LPS activated thousands of other neurons throughout the brain, any of which could be responsible for eliciting a fever. (bigthink.com)
  • And the roots and the branches and the leaves and the vines, all of that can be compared to the tangled network formed between your brain cells because many of your neurons are in fact wired to tens of thousands of other neurons. (npr.org)
  • The researchers have identified a small group of neurons in the brain of mice that can induce symptoms of sickness, including fever, appetite loss, and warm-seeking behavior. (bigthink.com)
  • When the researchers activated the fever-generating neurons, the mice gravitated toward warmer regions of their cage and ate less food, indicating that the neurons also influenced appetite-loss and warm-seeking behavior. (bigthink.com)
  • In collaboration with researchers at Chinese Academy of Science, this study demonstrates use of colloidal self-assembled patterns (cSAPs) as a novel biomaterial to support cell reprogramming of human fibroblasts into neurons. (rcbwonglab.org)
  • In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, researchers present the first synthetic biological intelligence able to adapt its behavior on a real time basis. (courthousenews.com)
  • Although the study was conducted with mouse brain cells, researchers also utilized an ethical method to generate stem cells from human skin or blood cells, known as induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC). (courthousenews.com)
  • Researchers have mapped all 302 neurons that make up the C. elegans nervous system. (rockefeller.edu)
  • In an equally wonderful truthful account, the neurons in this region did, in fact, fire when the monkeys merely watched researchers handle food. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • to my surprise, many researchers discussed, without prompting, the role mirror neurons play in explaining why viewers connect so strongly with on-screen emotions. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • To many researchers, these and similar findings suggest that mirror neurons play a large role in empathy. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Led by David Ginty, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US, researchers performed RNA sequencing of eight well-known, physiologically distinct subtypes of DRG neurons in mice. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Guided by these findings, the researchers performed electrophysiological recordings in dissociated mouse DRG neurons and found that the expression of different potassium (Kv) channels shaped specific firing patterns of the different DRG subtypes. (iasp-pain.org)
  • The researchers began by using available genetic mouse lines that separately label eight subtypes of DRG neurons, including the major classes of nociceptors and touch receptors that innervate the skin. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Researchers used the nanowires to record the electrical activity of neurons that were isolated from mice and derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. (nanowerk.com)
  • When researchers first identified hippocampal hyperactivity as an early Alzheimer's symptom , they assumed it was compensatory, a way to turn up the volume on weak communication between neurons. (the-scientist.com)
  • Researchers now understand that this loss of inhibition is like background static that interferes with memory retrieval, and clues point to inhibitory neurons as essential players in the chain of events that occurs as Alzheimer's progresses. (the-scientist.com)
  • Perhaps, if researchers figure out how to target the inhibitory neurons involved in each illness, they could develop more sophisticated ways of helping hundreds of millions of people around the world who suffer from these debilitating brain diseases. (the-scientist.com)
  • Neuroscience researchers show how astrocytes control the generation of new neurons in the brain. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Researchers solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: how progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, the seat of cognition and executive function in the mature brain. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Researchers mobilize the brain's native stem cells to replenish medium spiny neurons which are lost in Huntington's disease. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Researchers believe that overstimulation of certain neurons in the brain triggers the abnormal brain activity associated with seizures. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Unfortunately, the effects on other types of cell, such as neurons, are less explored, and our results are certainly cause for alarm", says Fredrik Johansson at Lund University, one of the researchers behind the study. (lu.se)
  • To gather this evidence, they used techniques that allowed them to specifically remove or activate these neurons while leaving other cells unaffected. (bigthink.com)
  • Upon further examination, Osterhout and her colleagues also found that the fever-generating neurons were capable of detecting immune signals secreted by non-neuronal cells that were near both the blood-brain barrier and the fever-generating cells. (bigthink.com)
  • This poster highlights how human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can be precision reprogrammed to generate a highly pure population of GABAergic neurons for a more accurate model of neuronal circuits. (technologynetworks.com)
  • Do bone marrow cells generate neurons? (elsevierpure.com)
  • Bone marrow-derived cells display the capacity to change their fate, differentiating into hepatocytes, endothelial cells, muscle cells, and cardiomyocytes, and even neurons. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The findings that bone marrow cells differentiate into neurons in vitro and in vivo challenge previous assumptions that tissue-specific stem cells give rise only to cells of their organ of origin and do not cross lineages. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'Do bone marrow cells generate neurons? (elsevierpure.com)
  • Given the increasing role of adult-generated new neurons in the function of the dentate gyrus, we also compare the response of newborn and mature granule cells following lesioning of the perforant path. (frontiersin.org)
  • This classic lesion provided some of the first evidence for structural plasticity following injury in the CNS, and also provides an opportunity to examine the injury response of some of the most highly plastic neurons in the brain, adult-generated newborn granule cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • Recent studies with adult-generated granule cells indicate that these cells are highly dynamic following denervation, surprisingly developing dendritic spines in the denervated zone in the absence of functional input. (frontiersin.org)
  • Direct neuronal reprogramming of somatic cells into induced neurons (iNs) has been recently established as a promising approach to generating neuron cells. (rcbwonglab.org)
  • The neuron doctrine is the concept that the nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells, a discovery due to decisive neuro-anatomical work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and later presented by, among others, H. Waldeyer-Hartz. (wikipedia.org)
  • The term neuron (spelled neurone in British English) was itself coined by Waldeyer as a way of identifying the cells in question. (wikipedia.org)
  • The matter was finally resolved in the 1950s with the development of electron microscopy by which it was unambiguously demonstrated that nerve cells were individual cells interconnected through synapses to form a nervous system, thereby validating the neuron theory. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neurons are cells These individual units are cells as understood from other tissues in the body. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cell division Nerve cells are generated by cell division. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the first report of successfully generating gene expressing de novo HAC in hESc, and is a significant step towards the genetic manipulation of stem cells and potential therapeutic applications. (nih.gov)
  • A panel of electrodes recorded spikes in activity as neurons from mouse and human cells learned how to play the game based on stimulation feedback from either successful hits or misses. (courthousenews.com)
  • Testing showed that not only were the cells able to learn in real time how to better play the game, but it was also able to self-organize in specific conditions, indicating, according to the study, the true adaptability of neurons to respond to varied stimuli. (courthousenews.com)
  • My next guests are both decoding the brain's inner workings by observing how we learn and how we speak, by eavesdropping on how individual neurons, the neurons, the cells, speak to one another. (npr.org)
  • Mar. 1, 2023 Some areas of the adult brain contain quiescent, or dormant, neural stem cells that can potentially be reactivated to form new neurons. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In addition to the olfactory neurons, the epithelium is composed of supporting cells, Bowman glands and ducts unique to the olfactory epithelium, and basal cells that allow for the regeneration of the epithelium, including the olfactory sensory neurons. (medscape.com)
  • Basket cells have a relatively simple job: they act as gatekeepers, allowing excitatory neurons to fire or preventing them from doing so. (the-scientist.com)
  • For example, the methods used to generate nerve cells from patient fibroblasts tend to yield low numbers of cells, and those that are produced are not fully functional. (genengnews.com)
  • To date, these cells-induced neurons-have been poor substitutes for cortical neurons, which could model stroke, or motor neurons, which could model motor neuron disease. (genengnews.com)
  • A new method of generating mature nerve cells from skin cells, however, has been developed. (genengnews.com)
  • In addition, it could eventually generate mature nerve cells for transplantation into patients with a range of neurodegenerative diseases. (genengnews.com)
  • Dr. Philpott and her collaborators are aware that the protein control mechanisms that promote neuron maturation are similar to those involved in the maturation of important cells in other tissues such as pancreatic islets, the cell type that fails to function effectively in type 2 diabetes. (genengnews.com)
  • Glial cells generate neurons - new views. (yasni.de)
  • SEATTLE, Feb. 13, 2012 - Light from electrons confined by quantum dots has been used to activate and control targeted brain neurons, demonstrating a noninvasive method for studying cell communication and learning how specific cells may contribute to brain disorders. (photonics.com)
  • the light excited electrons within the quantum dots, generating electrical fields that triggered spiking in the cells. (photonics.com)
  • It is possible to excite neurons and other cells and control their activities remotely using light," Lin said of the experiment. (photonics.com)
  • Apparently, the stem cells "listen in" on the chemical communication among nearby neurons to get an idea about what is stressing the system and when they need to act. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • In the brain, astrocytes control how many new neurons are formed from neural stem cells and survive to integrate into the existing neuronal networks. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • The transport of these ions helps generate and transmit electrical signals between nerve cells (neurons). (medlineplus.gov)
  • The resulting cells are nonproliferating and present an alternative to induced pluripotent stem cells for obtaining patient- and disease-specific neurons to be used for disease modeling and for development of cell therapy. (lu.se)
  • A neuron generates and propagates an action potential along its axon, then transmits this signal across a synapse by releasing neurotransmitters, which trigger a reaction in another neuron or an effector cell (eg, muscle cells, most exocrine and endocrine cells). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Andreas' research focuses on generating brain cells, specifically interneurons, in the lab, which has significant implications for the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. (lu.se)
  • Using this type of direct conversion approach rather than making them from induced pluripotent stem cells, where they revert into a naïve state, helps to retain the epigenetic age of the patient in the generated interneurons. (lu.se)
  • CRT aims to replace neurons that have degenerated in PD, with donor cells that have the potential to functionally re-integrate into the host circuitry. (lu.se)
  • This involves transplantation of developing midbrain cells from aborted fetuses, (the part that form mesDA neurons), into the striatum of a PD patient. (lu.se)
  • A potentially pre-clinical aspect of this thesis is detailed in paper №4 where I describe a robust protocol for the generation of functional mesDA neurons from human embryonic stem cells that are functional in a rat model of PD. (lu.se)
  • Mainly the silver particles were shown to affect the stem cells that generate neurons in the brain and retina. (lu.se)
  • In both cases, these changes are manifested at the level of circuits and individual neurons as a reordering of gene expression profiles, synaptic strength, and circuit connectivity. (frontiersin.org)
  • This in vitro study showed phasic signal transfer at the retinotectal synapse and binary dendritic responses to synaptic inputs that interact in a mutually exclusive manner in the postsynaptic tectal neuron. (nature.com)
  • Figure 2: Response of SGC-I neurons to synaptic and direct stimulation of dendritic endings. (nature.com)
  • Importantly, however, the responses of descending neurons are not always directly deducible from the responses of their presumed pre-synaptic counterparts (Wu et al. (springer.com)
  • The MEG (and EEG) signals derive from the net effect of ionic currents flowing in the dendrites of neurons during synaptic transmission. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additive impairment of synaptic signaling in cultured cortical neurons by exogenously-applied oligomerized amyloid-beta and airborne nanoparticle s generated during photocopying. (cdc.gov)
  • Neurotransmitters diffuse across the synaptic cleft and bind briefly to specific receptors on the adjoining neuron or effector cell. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Membrane fusion generates an opening through which the molecules are expelled into the synaptic cleft via exocytosis. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found. (bigthink.com)
  • Nuclear migration of newly born neurons is essential for cortex formation in the brain. (biologists.com)
  • 3) We will perform a whole-brain-analysis of a novel model organism, the Etruscan shrew, in which we will record the activity of all neurons in the shrew s brain. (europa.eu)
  • The human brain contains some 100 billion neurons, which together form a network of Internet-like complexity. (npr.org)
  • Your brain has nearly 100 billion neurons, and one of my next guests compares that complexity to the Amazon rainforest. (npr.org)
  • In fact, he says there about as many trees in the Amazon as there are neurons in your brain. (npr.org)
  • And over the last 50 years, particularly in animals but also in humans, we've been able to look at actually the stuff out of which the brain is made, those many tangled neurons that Ira was just mentioning. (npr.org)
  • Single-neuron studies in animals remain indispensable nevertheless," Rauschecker says, "if one really wants to understand in sufficient detail how our brain processes such highly complex sounds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Mirror neurons - the tiny neurological structures that fire both when we perceive action and take it, exposing the true social nature of the brain - had been identified. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • The striking implication of mirror neurons is that the same brain region that controls action also supports perception, writes Günther Knoblich, Rutgers University, in the June 2006 Current Directions in Psychological Science. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Many insects have an anterior, cephalic brain which is largely devoted to processing sensory information, and more posterior ganglia in the thorax and abdomen, which generate the motor commands that control, e.g. neck, wing and leg movements. (springer.com)
  • In flies, three paired thoracic ganglia are fused with the abdominal ganglion to form the ventral nerve cord (Power 1948 ), which is connected to the anterior brain via the cervical connective containing both ascending and descending neurons. (springer.com)
  • Ascending neurons provide sensory and motor feedback to the brain, whereas descending neurons carry sensory and motor-related information from the brain to central pattern generators in the posterior ganglia. (springer.com)
  • Descending neurons can thus initiate and modify behavior based on sensory input, and other higher order processing that takes place in the brain. (springer.com)
  • Importantly, whereas the anterior brain of an adult Drosophila contains about 100,000 neurons (Zheng et al. (springer.com)
  • But the brain is an electric organ, its currency the impulses that fly across thousands of miles of neurons. (the-scientist.com)
  • A single basket cell can control and synchronize the output of hundreds or even thousands of excitatory neurons, switching them on and off with precise timing and setting up a rhythmic tug-of-war that creates brain waves. (the-scientist.com)
  • When inhibitory neurons stop working well, this delicate balance between excitation and inhibition degrades, and brain waves become less coherent. (the-scientist.com)
  • A second angle of attack is to manipulate the brain waves generated by inhibitory neurons. (the-scientist.com)
  • A third tack, currently being tested in mice, is to transplant genetically enhanced inhibitory neurons into the brain. (the-scientist.com)
  • Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • the generation of new neurons in the hippocampus which allows the brain to react flexibly to new information. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Further studies are needed to confirm if the lesions noticed in mice brain simulate the brain lesions in humans since gross motor-neuron symptoms are similar in mice as well as humans. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the insect world, this essential navigational process is facilitated by specific neurons within a brain region known as the central complex (CX). (lu.se)
  • This regulation is sive loss of neurons and white matter that believed to positively impact these diseases can lead to brain atrophy and different by promoting normal aging and delaying types of disability. (bvsalud.org)
  • When an excitatory neuron receives enough input from other excitatory neurons, it fires, passing that signal along its axon to partners downstream. (the-scientist.com)
  • Title : Motor Behavior Mediated by Continuously Generated Dopaminergic Neurons in the Zebrafish Hypothalamus Recovers After Cell Ablation Personal Author(s) : McPherson, Adam D.;Barrios, Joshua P.;Luks-Morgan, Sasha J.;Manfredi, John P.;Bonkowsky, Joshua L.;Douglass, Adam D.;Dorsky, Richard I. (cdc.gov)
  • 2) We will obtain rich information about single neurons by whole-cell recordings in awake behaving animals. (europa.eu)
  • 7. Gelbard-Sagiv H, Mukamel R, Harel M, Malach R, Fried I. Internally generated reactivation of single neurons in human hippocampus during free recall. (bvsalud.org)
  • Feedback projections may therefore enable neurons to use context to estimate information that is missing from the ffRF and to report differences in stimulus features across visual space, regardless of whether excitation occurs inside or outside the ffRF. (nature.com)
  • Neurotransmitters enable neurons to communicate with each other. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Previous classification efforts using similar methods have taken unbiased approaches to determine gene expression differences in sensory neuron populations. (iasp-pain.org)
  • The research team developed an artificial tactile neuron device with a simple structure that combines a pressure sensor and an ovonic threshold switch device to produce such sensory neuron characteristics. (reachmd.com)
  • Luksch, H., Karten, H.J., Kleinfeld, D. & Wessel, R. Chattering and differential signal processing in identified motion sensitive neurons of parallel visual pathways in chick tectum. (nature.com)
  • The best-studied inhibitory neuron is called a basket cell, so named because its axon splits into many filaments and wraps like a basket around the cell body of other neurons, the point where it can exert maximum control. (the-scientist.com)
  • Second there is generally insufficient information about the individual neuron(s) under study. (europa.eu)
  • The C. elegans has just 302 neurons, so it's one of the few animals where you can look at each individual neuron," says Liu, a research assistant professor in Bargmann's lab who set out to measure how all of these neurons respond to stimulation. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Biphasic GABA A -mediated postsynaptic responses can be readily evoked in CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampal slices by high-frequency stimulus (HFS) trains in the presence of ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists. (jneurosci.org)
  • To understand the underlying mechanisms of this generalization of stimulus attributes, we have examined the cellular properties of avian wide-field tectal neurons that are sensitive to a variety of moving stimuli but not to static stationary stimuli. (nature.com)
  • The computation that is independent of stimulus detail is initiated by tectal neurons and is completed by rotundal neurons that integrate outputs from multiple tectal neurons in a directionally selective manner. (nature.com)
  • Helmed by Cortical Labs , a biotechnology startup based in Melbourne, the study tests the DishBrain system's ability of its neurons to organize and respond to electrical stimulus in real time to successfully play Pong, learning eventually how to correctly move the game paddle to hit the virtual ball. (courthousenews.com)
  • Failure to block the ball would result in a critique from the Cortical Labs' SpikeStream program, from which the neurons would adjust its playstyle to minimize that stimulus. (courthousenews.com)
  • To reconcile robust computations with variable neuronal activity, we here propose a conceptual change of perspective by employing variability of activity as the basis for stimulus-related information to be learned by neurons, rather than merely being the noise that corrupts the mean signal. (plos.org)
  • Here, the generated spike pattern varies based on the external stimulus information. (reachmd.com)
  • For example, higher stimulus intensity causes higher generated spike frequency. (reachmd.com)
  • A particular neuron generates the same action potential after each stimulus, conducting it at a fixed velocity along the axon. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Seeking an answer, her team set out to measure the electrical behavior of C. elegans neurons-every single one of them, if necessary. (rockefeller.edu)
  • A short while later I read an article in Time magazine that said mirror neurons might form the basis for empathy, social behavior, and even language. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • In addition, they provide an understanding of the neurophysiology of visual neurons that are likely to affect behavior. (springer.com)
  • Indeed, orchestrating complex behavior using only 1100 descending neurons (Hsu and Bhandawat 2016 ), requires efficient integration of sensory input and motor output, as well as higher-order processing, such as learning. (springer.com)
  • They removed the suspected fever-generating neurons and injected the mice with LPS. (bigthink.com)
  • Taken together, these findings reveal that KFDV induces apoptosis of neurons in the cerebrum and hippocampus of KFDV infected mice. (bvsalud.org)
  • I also describe the development of a novel behavioural task that is predictive of mesDA neuron cell loss in mice. (lu.se)
  • By viral expression of neural fate determinants, it is possible to directly reprogram mouse and human fibroblasts into functional neurons, also known as induced neurons. (lu.se)
  • In this study, we show that transplanted human fibroblasts and human astrocytes, which are engineered to express inducible forms of neural reprogramming genes, convert into neurons when reprogramming genes are activated after transplantation. (lu.se)
  • After hypoxia, immature cortical astroglia underwent a shift toward neuronal fate and generated cortical excitatory neurons that appeared synaptically integrated into the circuitry. (jneurosci.org)
  • Our data support a dynamic interaction between two fundamental modes of epigenetic repression during postnatal maturation of excitatory neurons, which together confer robustness on neuronal regulation. (elifesciences.org)
  • Peripheral sensory neurons have previously been characterized and classified based on their molecular characteristics, but this study is the first effort to link molecular characteristics of DRG neuronal subtypes to physiological properties. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Whether the maintenance of the functionality of neurons generated throughout adult life is linked to resilience to cognitive aging remains completely unexplored. (drperlmutter.com)
  • Using the immediate early gene Zif268, we analyzed the activation of dentate granule neurons born in adult (3‐month‐old), middle‐aged (12‐month‐old), or senescent (18‐month‐old) rats (n = 96) in response to learning when animals reached 21 months of age. (drperlmutter.com)
  • We show that adult‐born neurons can survive up to 19 months and that neurons generated 4, 10, or 19 months before learning, but not developmentally born neurons, are activated in senescent rats with good learning abilities. (drperlmutter.com)
  • In conclusion, we propose that resilience to cognitive aging is associated with responsiveness of neurons born during adult life. (drperlmutter.com)
  • These data add to our current knowledge by showing that the aging of memory abilities stems not only from the number but also from the responsiveness of adult‐born neurons. (drperlmutter.com)
  • At the genomic level, loss of Dnmt3a abolished postnatal accumulation of CG and non-CG DNA methylation, leaving adult neurons with an unmethylated, fetal-like epigenomic pattern at ~222,000 genomic regions. (elifesciences.org)
  • In paper №2, I describe how mesDA neurons transplanted in the adult SN of a PD mouse model, extended axons across millimetres into the striatum, functionally reforming the nigrostriatal pathway. (lu.se)
  • These papers together use different approaches that point to a converging picture of Alzheimer's disease where the affected neurons have defects in their 3D genome, and that is causal to a lot of the disease phenotypes we see. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Another clue is that seizures, which occur when excitatory neurons fire uncontrollably, are more common in people with Alzheimer's than without, are thought to accelerate its progression, and may appear in the early stages-perhaps even before other signs of disease. (the-scientist.com)
  • Many neurological pathologies are caused by malfunction of telencephalic neurons, as a result of neurodegenerative processes (e.g. (intechopen.com)
  • But in a recent study, Rockefeller scientist Cori Bargmann and her colleagues, Qiang Liu, Phil Kidd, and May Dobosiewicz, discovered, among other things, a C. elegans olfactory neuron that produces action potentials. (rockefeller.edu)
  • As humans age, the number of olfactory neurons steadily decreases. (medscape.com)
  • It is the first demonstration of goal-directed learning from neurons and provides a basis for future research into how drugs and diseases affect neurons, as well as future development of machines integrated with biomaterial that can do work that may be dangerous or hard to access for humans. (courthousenews.com)
  • This is going to answer questions that are fundamental to how we think about ourselves as humans, because yes, you can use neurons as a material, but also how we became the intelligent thinking creatures that we are," Kagan said. (courthousenews.com)
  • However, the mechanisms that generate excitation to stimuli outside the ffRF are unclear. (nature.com)
  • Discoveries span from disrupted gene patterns and epigenomic changes to the significance of microglia and DNA damage in neurons. (scitechdaily.com)
  • While stimulating AWA, a neuron that processes smell signals, he observed that the cell's electrical voltage rose very rapidly before dramatically plummeting. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Sensory neurons receive external stimuli through sensory receptors and convert them into electrical spike signals. (reachmd.com)
  • Sometimes signals between neurons occur in the reverse direction (called retrograde neurotransmission). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Ginty has studied how the anatomical structure of receptors in the skin determines the function of DRG neurons and the sense of touch ( Abraira and Ginty 2013 ). (iasp-pain.org)
  • One difference is that, due to the high quality of the RNA sequencing, the authors found a [new] subcluster among the Aβ touch receptors," said Ernfors, referring to the Calbindin-expressing neurons. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Neurotransmitters that are released bind to receptors on another neuron. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The cerebral cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus that control the motor neuron activities and muscle tone were primarily affected, possibly correlating with the gross symptoms of hind quarter paralysis, ataxia, and other motor neuron dysfunctions noticed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Here we show that feedback projections onto excitatory neurons in the mouse primary visual cortex generate a second receptive field that is driven by stimuli outside the ffRF. (nature.com)
  • We describe how the neurons can be identified based on their receptive field properties, and how they respond to moving targets, looming stimuli and to widefield optic flow. (springer.com)
  • Follicle-innervating Aδ-low threshold mechanoreceptive neurons form receptive fields through homotypic competition. (ohsu.edu)
  • To address this deficiency, we describe motion vision sensitive descending neurons in the hoverfly Eristalis tenax . (springer.com)
  • The technique we describe provides an alternative tool for exciting neurons in a spatially and temporally controllable manner," Rieke said. (photonics.com)
  • Xiao W, Kreiman G (2020) XDream: Finding preferred stimuli for visual neurons using generative networks and gradient-free optimization. (plos.org)
  • A longstanding question in sensory neuroscience is what types of stimuli drive neurons to fire. (plos.org)
  • This paper provides a resource of transcriptome profiles as well as distinct in vitro physiological properties of eight functionally and genetically defined somatosensory neuron subtypes," said co-first author Yang Zheng, who has since left the Ginty lab for a postdoc position in Elizabeth Hong's group at Caltech, Pasadena, US. (iasp-pain.org)
  • We found that conditional loss of the de novo DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3a in mouse excitatory neurons altered expression of synapse-related genes, stunted synapse maturation, and impaired working memory and social interest. (elifesciences.org)
  • Using a transgenic mouse model to specifically direct expression of reprogramming genes to parenchymal astrocytes residing in the striatum, we also show that endogenous mouse astrocytes can be directly converted into neural nuclei (NeuN)-expressing neurons in situ. (lu.se)
  • Parkinson's Disease is a neurodegenerative disorder where the dopamine producing neurons in the ventral mesencephalon (VM) progressively die and result in symptoms such as resting tremors, muscle rigidity, slowness and difficulties in initiating movements. (lu.se)
  • A new method termed XDream (E X tending D eepDream with r eal-time e volution for a ctivation m aximization) combined a generative neural network and a genetic algorithm in a closed loop to create strong stimuli for neurons in the macaque visual cortex. (plos.org)
  • Despite the progress made in understanding visual cortex by testing limited sets of hand-chosen stimuli, these experiments could be missing the true feature preferences of neurons. (plos.org)
  • The nanowire technology developed in Dayeh's laboratory is nondestructive and can simultaneously measure potential changes in multiple neurons -- with the high sensitivity and resolution achieved by the current state of the art. (nanowerk.com)
  • The developed artificial tactile neuron device is a high-response, high-sensitivity device that allows the pressing force to generate faster electrical spikes while improving the pressure sensitivity, which focuses on the fact that stiffer materials result in faster pressure sensing when pressed. (reachmd.com)
  • About 80 years later, scientists discovered that the preoptic area contains thermoregulatory neurons that regulate body temperature by sensing ambient warmth and activating circuits to decrease body temperature. (bigthink.com)
  • Our project aims to investigate how goal-oriented movements are generated by the neural circuits within the CX noduli. (lu.se)
  • A model of the tectal circuitry predicts that these two cellular properties mediate sensitivity to a wide range of dynamic spatiotemporal stimuli, including moving stimuli, but not to static stationary stimuli in a tectal neuron. (nature.com)
  • However, the descending neurons, which connect the optic lobes with the motor command centers of the ventral nerve cord, remain less studied. (springer.com)
  • We discuss their similarities with previously published visual neurons, in the optic lobes and ventral nerve cord, and suggest that they can be classified as target-selective, looming sensitive and optic flow sensitive, based on these similarities. (springer.com)
  • All of these genetic changes affect the ability of the channels to transport sodium ions into neurons. (medlineplus.gov)
  • As we uncover how these neurons work for their biomaterial properties, we also learn what it means for us in the human sense. (courthousenews.com)
  • Mirror neurons, it seems, are of the utmost importance in human mind, and on the tip of the collective psychological tongue. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • 10 in Nano Letters ( 'High Density Individually Addressable Nanowire Arrays Record Intracellular Activity from Primary Rodent and Human Stem Cell Derived Neurons' ). (nanowerk.com)
  • In paper №3, I also identify the specific mesDA population (A9) that is critical for functional recovery, with transplants that lack A9 neurons failing to improve motor recovery. (lu.se)
  • The descending neurons thus constitute a bottleneck for information conveyed to motor command centers. (springer.com)
  • Motor cortex analogue neurons in songbirds utilize Kv3 channels to generate ultranarrow spikes. (ohsu.edu)
  • The cause of these motor symptoms is the selective loss of mesencephalic dopaminergic (mesDA) neurons, located in the substantia nigra (SN). (lu.se)
  • The neuron doctrine, as it became known, served to position neurons as special cases under the broader cell theory evolved some decades earlier. (wikipedia.org)
  • An action potential occurs when the cell reaches this threshold, at which point the neuron is said to "fire" or "spike" as an electrical impulse ripples through its extremity. (rockefeller.edu)
  • It is also limited to analyzing only one cell at a time, making it impractical for studying large networks of neurons, which are how they are naturally arranged in the body. (nanowerk.com)