• The term limbic system was introduced in 1952 by Paul MacLean to describe the set of structures that line the deep edge of the cortex (Latin limbus meaning border): These include the hippocampus, cingulate cortex, olfactory cortex, and amygdala. (wikipedia.org)
  • The convergence of two types of excitatory inputs onto GABAergic granule cells provides a novel mechanism for regulating the degree of interglomerular processing of sensory input in the olfactory bulb through piriform cortex/olfactory bulb synaptic interactions. (jneurosci.org)
  • Today, the structure is just called the hippocampus, with the term cornu Ammonis (that is, 'Ammon's horn') surviving in the names of the hippocampal subfields CA1-CA4. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hippocampal volume refers to the overall size of the hippocampus , a brain structure below the cerebral cortex. (ucdavis.edu)
  • In PND8, ex vivo analysis of hippocampal and frontal cortex slices evaluated cell viability and susceptibility to in vitro glutamate challenge. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Neonatal Isoflurane Exposure in Rats Impairs Short-Term Memory, Cell Viability, and Glutamate Uptake in Slices of the Frontal Cerebral Cortex, But Not the Hippocampus, in Adulthood. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Percent inhibition was 66% and 79% in the diaphragm, 83 and 96% in plasma, and 60 and 76% in the hippocampus in rats and rabbits, respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we show that activities of several PMRS enzymes are selectively decreased in plasma membranes from the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of 3xTgAD mice, an animal model of AD. (ewha.ac.kr)
  • We therefore used optical fluorescence imaging to trace longitudinal calcium FC in the awake, resting-state mouse cortex in the same mice at 5 developmental time points beginning at postnatal day 15 (P15) and ending in early adulthood (P60), resulting in over 500 imaging epochs with both calcium and hemodynamics available as a resource for the field. (biorxiv.org)
  • [ 1 ] Moreover, volumetric studies of the hippocampus and 2-[18F]fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) with or without amyloid imaging have been employed for early detection and differentiating dementia etiologies. (medscape.com)
  • Lee SH, Blake R, Heeger DJ (2005) Traveling waves of activity in primary visual cortex during binocular rivalry. (yale.edu)
  • Compared with the IUI group, zinc, alone or combined with taurine, improved motor behavior and reduced nitrosative stress by increasing SOD, CAT, and GPx activities and decreasing the GSSG/GSH ratio in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. (hindawi.com)
  • This result suggests that taurine improves pyruvate, lactate, and glutamate metabolism, thus decreasing IUI-caused cerebral damage and relieving motor behavior impairment. (hindawi.com)
  • The frontal lobe is the part of the cerebral cortex responsible for voluntary movement and attention as well as goal-directed behavior. (medscape.com)
  • Mea-sur-ing people's changes in cog-ni-tive abil-i-ties is a bet-ter pre-dic-tor of Alzheimer's dis-ease than changes in bio-mark-ers, researchers from the Ben-ito Men-ni Com-plex Assis-ten-cial en Salut Men-tal, Barcelona, Spain, report-ed in Archives of Gen-eral Psy-chi-a-try, a JAMA journal. (sharpbrains.com)
  • Translation of the overexpressed transgenes appears to be restricted to the central nervous system, notably in Alzheimer's disease-relevant areas including the hippocampus and cerebral cortex. (mmrrc.org)
  • An examination was also undertaken of the muscarinic receptor function in rat and rabbit brain by measuring the accumulation of inositol phosphates in cerebral cortex slices following stimulation by the cholinergic agonist carbachol. (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately 15% to 20% of newborns affected with HIE die in the postnatal period, and 25% suffer from childhood disabilities such as epilepsy, visual and motor impairment, cerebral palsy, cognitive, and behavioral alterations [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • However, the combined effect of prophylactic zinc administration and therapeutic taurine treatment on intrauterine ischemia- (IUI-) induced cerebral damage remains unknown. (hindawi.com)
  • In AD, plaques develop in the hippocampus, a structure deep in the brain that helps to encode memories, and in other areas of the cerebral cortex that are involved in thinking and making decisions. (medscape.com)
  • The right hippocampus changed as well as the areas on the left side of the brain, in the brain cortex. (lu.se)
  • In several language areas, the thickness of the cerebral cortex increased among the student interpreters compared to the control group. (lu.se)
  • However, in students who had difficulty completing the programme, the researchers saw greater development in areas where the motor skills are located, rather than in the hippocampus. (lu.se)
  • And the highest levels of zinc in the body are found in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, though these levels can be variable. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • [1] Neuroscientists have found that during the day, memories are stored in the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with long-term memory. (listverse.com)
  • Studies have also found that before memories are transferred to the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus seems to replay our day, sometimes in reverse! (listverse.com)
  • Abnormal patterns of stress protein expression are found in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of Alzheimer (AD) subjects. (iospress.com)
  • Johan Mårtensson compares the smoot shape of a rat brain to the human brain which looks like a crumpled up piece of paper, allowing us to fit as much cortex as possible, where our most advanced higher functions can be found. (lu.se)
  • In students who found it easier to acquire a new foreign language, the growth of the hippocampus was greater, that is, the part of the brain that helps with associative learning on which this language programme was largely based. (lu.se)
  • The biggest changes in the motor cortex were found in the struggling students. (lu.se)
  • The hippocampus was then described as pes hippocampi major, with an adjacent bulge in the occipital horn, described as the pes hippocampi minor and later renamed as the calcar avis. (wikipedia.org)
  • The study also suggests a functional role for the hippocampus in appetitive control and provides new evidence for the adverse neurocognitive effects of a WS-diet. (saveourbones.com)
  • IUI alters cerebral metabolism because it causes a deficiency of oxygen and nutrients essential for maturing the neurochemical circuitry in the neonatal phase, particularly the glutamatergic and GABAergic pathways in the cerebral cortex [ 8 , 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Traditionally, research has shown that a smaller hippocampus is implicated in depression, but this study showed that a larger hippocampus may indicate a greater ability for adolescents to take advantage of the support in their environments and overcome fear, anxiety and depression. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Research has already shown that intensive studies make the hippocampus - which serves as a junction point between the different parts of the brain - grow. (lu.se)
  • These results collectively indicate the chronicity of oxidative stress and an inadequate antioxidant response after a cerebral hypoxia-ischemia event and have motivated the development of preventive and therapeutic approaches against oxidative stress. (hindawi.com)
  • "We thought that if any group is able to change their hippocampus through language learning, it would be the prospective interpreters within the Armed Forces, as they undergo intensive language learning of 350-400 words a week. (lu.se)
  • Each cerebral hemisphere is divided into 4 lobes, delineated by deep fissures on the surface of the brain. (medscape.com)
  • In addition we report the presence of specific markers of TRLs of hepatic and intestinal origin in human CSF thus suggesting a potential means of cerebral Aβ delivery. (iospress.com)