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The sound of concepts: The link between auditory and conceptual brain systems
Concepts in long-term memory are important building blocks of human cognition and are the basis for object recognition, language and thought. While it is well accepted that concepts are comprised o…
Received 10 October 2007 08:42 UTC; Posted 11 October 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Selective loss of GABAB receptors in orexin/hypocretin-producing neurons results in disrupted sleep/wakefulness architecture
We generated mice with a selective loss of GABAB receptors in orexin neurons. Orexin neurons in these GABAB1-/-(orexin) mice showed reduced responsiveness to GABAA receptor ag…
Received 29 September 2007 00:53 UTC; Posted 01 October 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Workshop report: 1st INCF Workshop on Mouse and Rat Brain Digital Atlasing Systems
The goal of this workshop was to survey current activities and plans related to development of mouse and rat brain digital atlasing systems. The workshop discussed needs for and types of coordinate…
Received 19 September 2007 09:29 UTC; Posted 19 September 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
Decrease of vanillin sucrose intake by victorious and defeated mice: development of anhedonia?
Hedonic reactions to various rewards play a key role in various forms of motivated behavior. The influence of repeated experience of social victories or defeats in daily agonistic interactions betw…
Received 13 September 2007 06:02 UTC; Posted 13 September 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Mushroom-bodies mediate hierarchical interactions between fact- and skill-learning in Drosophila
Different brain circuits mediate the acquisition of skills and habits (via operant/instrumental learning) and the acquisition of facts (via classical/Pavlovian learning). Realistic learning situati…
Received 04 September 2007 09:03 UTC; Posted 04 September 2007
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Meta-Potentiation: Neuro-Astroglial Interactions Supporting Perceptual Consciousness
Conscious perceptual processing involves the sequential activation of cortical networks at several brain locations, and the onset of oscillatory synchrony affecting the same neuronal population. Ho…
Received 17 August 2007 19:13 UTC; Posted 20 August 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
The folding fingerprint of visual cortex reveals the timing of human V1 and V2
Primate neocortex contains over 30 visual areas. Recent techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have successfully identified many of these areas in the human brain, but have…
Received 14 August 2007 18:17 UTC; Posted 14 August 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Roots and Emergence of Cognition in Evolution
Trying to understand when and how the cognitive phenomena arise in evolution continues being a hard problem of confronting. One important task is to find the ways in which we will be able to arrive…
Received 12 July 2007 23:44 UTC; Posted 13 July 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience, Evolutionary Biology
Reducing the Probability of False Positive Research Findings by Pre-Publication Validation – Experience with a Large Multiple Sclerosis Database
ObjectiveWe have assessed the utility of a pre-publication validation policy in reducing the probability of publishing false positive research findings. Study design and settingThe large …
Received 12 July 2007 06:25 UTC; Posted 12 July 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
The Freezing Rotation Illusion
The freezing rotation illusion arises when a figure is continuously rotating in front of a back and forth rotating ground. The term “freezing rotation” designates the decrease in the perceived rota…
Received 06 July 2007 07:31 UTC; Posted 08 July 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
