Submissions tagged with physiology
(3 documents)
The beauty of the mammalian vascular system
Beauty is a characteristic of objects that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure. In nature, aesthetic appreciation thereof has given rise to the mathematical search for good series (e.g. th…
Received 25 March 2009 12:40 UTC; Posted 25 March 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Chronic cocaine enhances release of neuroprotective amino acid taurine: a microdialysis study
Cocaine inhibits high-affinity neurotransmitter uptake at the presynaptic nerve terminals to increase synaptic levels of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin1. This increase of synaptic dopamin…
Received 22 September 2008 19:49 UTC; Posted 24 September 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Motion-Induced Blindness
Visual disappearance illusions – such as motion-induced blindness (MIB) – are commonly used to study the neural underpinnings of visual perception. In such illusions a salient visual target becomes…
Received 09 January 2008 19:37 UTC; Posted 09 January 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
