Book Review: Neural Connections and Receptive Field Properties in the Primary Visual CortexNeuroscientist - Tập 8 Số 5 - Trang 443-456 - 2002
José‐Manuel Alonso
A cubic millimeter of primary visual cortex contains about 100,000 neurons that
are heavily interconnected by intrinsic and extrinsic afferents. The effort of
many neuroanatomists over the past has revealed the general outline of these
connections; however, their function remains a mystery. Recently, combined
physiological and anatomical approaches are beginning to reveal the role of
these connect... hiện toàn bộ
Gait and Balance Dysfunction: A Model of the Interaction of Age and DiseaseNeuroscientist - Tập 7 Số 2 - Trang 178-183 - 2001
Leslie Wolfson
This article reviews age-associated changes in gait, balance, and sensorimotor
function and contrasts them to the changes that occur as a result of disease.
Strength peaks in the mid-20s but declines only modestly until the fifth decade,
after which there is rapid decline. All aspects of sensory function diminish
with age, resulting in modest sensory changes in older patients. Gait speed is
stable... hiện toàn bộ
Amyloid Plaques of Alzheimer’s Disease as Hotspots of Glutamatergic ActivityNeuroscientist - Tập 25 Số 4 - Trang 288-297 - 2019
Saak V. Ovsepian, Valerie B. O’Leary, László Záborszky, Vasilis Ntziachristos, J. Oliver Dolly
Deposition of amyloid plaques in limbic and associative cortices is amongst the
most recognized histopathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. Despite
decades of research, there is a lack of consensus over the impact of plaques on
neuronal function, with their role in cognitive decline and memory loss
undecided. Evidence has emerged suggesting complex and localized axonal
pathology around amylo... hiện toàn bộ
Alzheimer’s Disease: From Amyloid to Autoimmune HypothesisNeuroscientist - Tập 26 Số 5-6 - Trang 455-470 - 2020
Yuri I. Arshavsky
Although Alzheimer’s disease (AD) was described over a century ago, there are no
effective approaches to its prevention and treatment. Such a slow progress is
explained, at least in part, by our incomplete understanding of the mechanisms
underlying the pathogenesis of AD. Here, I champion a hypothesis whereby AD is
initiated on a disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) caused by either
genetic... hiện toàn bộ
Intracellular Ca2+Release and Synaptic Plasticity: A Tale of Many StoresNeuroscientist - Tập 25 Số 3 - Trang 208-226 - 2019
Zahid Padamsey, William J. Foster, Nigel J. Emptage
Ca2+is an essential trigger for most forms of synaptic plasticity. Ca2+signaling
occurs not only by Ca2+entry via plasma membrane channels but also via
Ca2+signals generated by intracellular organelles. These organelles, by
dynamically regulating the spatial and temporal extent of Ca2+elevations within
neurons, play a pivotal role in determining the downstream consequences of
neural signaling on s... hiện toàn bộ
Sensory Experience and Cortical RewiringNeuroscientist - Tập 16 Số 2 - Trang 186-198 - 2010
Samuel J. Barnes, Gerald T. Finnerty
Adult primary sensory cortex is not hard wired, but adapts to sensory
experience. The cellular basis for cortical plasticity involves a combination of
functional and structural changes in cortical neurons and the connections
between them. Functional changes such as synaptic strengthening have been the
focus of many investigations. However, structural modifications to the
connections between neuron... hiện toàn bộ
Structural Brain Imaging: A Window into Chronic PainNeuroscientist - Tập 17 Số 2 - Trang 209-220 - 2011
Arne May
Structural imaging is turning our attention regarding the effects of chronic
pain on the brain as a possible source of chronicity. Several independent
studies have suggested a decrease in gray matter in pain-transmitting areas in
patients with constant pain. Most of these data are discussed as representing
damage or loss of brain gray matter, reinforcing the idea of chronic pain as a
progressive d... hiện toàn bộ
Sodium Channel β Subunits: Anything but AuxiliaryNeuroscientist - Tập 7 Số 1 - Trang 42-54 - 2001
Lori L. Isom
Voltage-gated sodium channels are glycoprotein complexes responsible for
initiation and propagation of action potentials in excitable cells such as
central and peripheral neurons, cardiac and skeletal muscle myocytes, and
neuroendocrine cells. Mammalian sodium channels are heterotrimers, composed of a
central, pore-forming α subunit and two auxiliary β subunits. The α subunits
form a gene family w... hiện toàn bộ
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Genetic StudiesNeuroscientist - Tập 21 Số 6 - Trang 599-615 - 2015
Ji He, Marie Mangelsdorf, Dongsheng Fan, Perry F. Bartlett, Matthew A. Brown
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease of obscure
etiology. Multiple genetic studies have been conducted to advance our
understanding of the disease, employing a variety of techniques such as linkage
mapping in families, to genome-wide association studies and sequencing based
approaches such as whole exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing and a few
epigenetic anal... hiện toàn bộ
The Lateral Superior Olive: A Functional Role in Sound Source LocalizationNeuroscientist - Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 127-143 - 2003
Daniel J. Tollin
Sound location in azimuth is signaled by differences in the times of arrival
(interaural time difference, ITDs) and the amplitudes (interaural level
differences, ILDs) of the stimuli at the ears. Psychophysical studies have shown
that low- and high-frequency sounds are localized based on ITDs and ILDs,
respectively, suggesting that dual mechanisms mediate localization. The
anatomical and physiolog... hiện toàn bộ