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The team then extended their work from birds to reptiles and identified IT neurons in a similar place in the alligator DVR.

Researchers have identified the neurons in monkeys that are dampened by scratching, a finding that could lead to new ways of alleviating itching in humans.

The team were also able to identify the neurons that reacted to the pheromones and kept the flies awake, showing a causal link between sexual arousal and sleep.

Recently, Prof. Yoko Yazaki - Sugiyama and Dr. Shin Yanagihara from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have, for the first time, identified the neurons in the brain that are associated with the auditory memory of the father's song in zebra finches, which could lead to insight into human speech development.

Red staining on a section through the forebrain of a mouse identifies the neurons that carry sensory information directly into primary areas.

Researchers from UZH identified these neurons and their connections.

«Identifying the neurons that make up these circuits is the first step in understanding how chronic pain stems from dysfunctional neural processing.»

Egg - laying behavior in Aplysia is mediated by a set of peptides, including egg - laying hormone (ELH), which are released by a cluster of identified neurons, the bag cells.

Previous studies have identified neurons that only fire up when an animal points its head in a certain direction — some for east, others for south, for example — but reports of neurons that respond to changes in an animal's speed are sparse and largely anecdotal, says Jeffrey Taube, a neuroscientist at Dartmouth College who was not involved in the work.

Blue corresponds to cell nuclei, and green to fluorescence emitted by a green - fluorescent protein that identifies neurons having received the virus that can genetically abolish the expression of lipoprotein lipase protein.

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified the neurons in the brain that determine if a mouse will learn to cope with stress or become depressed.

And it should continue like this, since the scientists are already turning to the next mammoth challenge: they would now like to identify the neurons that deliver the input signals to the elementary motion detectors.

By implanting electrodes into the somatosensory cortex — the brain region that registers touch — Brecht and his team have identified the neurons that activate physical responses to tickling (Science, doi.org/bsxv).

Here, in samples of mouse hypothalamus — the brain center that detects and regulates internal temperature — Kun Song and colleagues identified neurons that were uniquely activated in response to warming at temperatures above the physiological set point of 37 °C.

Lee and Bonin began by identifying neurons in the mouse visual cortex that responded to particular visual stimuli, such as vertical or horizontal bars on a screen.

Recording Electrical Activity from Identified Neurons in the Intact Brain of Transgenic Fish.

Dr. O'Keefe's research identified neurons in the hippocampus, called place cells, which respond selectively to an animal's location.

In the worm, we are developing tools to monitor neuromodulation at cellular resolution in an intact brain and using them to directly measure endogenous peptide release and binding to receptors on identified neurons using real - time approaches for imaging neuropeptide signaling, in order to understand the dynamics of this process in a living animal.

Finally, we will identify neurons that release hormonal signals that modulate aging, as a step towards identifying the hormones themselves.

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When looking into mechanisms that might affect the levels of SMN protein in neurons, the researchers scanned a genomic database called the UCSC Genome Browser and identified two genetic sequences that matched the opposite DNA strand of the SMN gene.

In 2005 neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga published a paper identifying single neurons that would light up in an individual's brain every time that person saw a particular celebrity — Jennifer Aniston and Michael Jordan were two examples.

In a new study published in Cell Reports, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamus.

The goal of early SMA drug discovery programs has been to identify small molecules that induce the SMN gene to produce sufficient levels of protein to improve motor neuron functioning in affected patients.

In a study published in Neuron, an interdisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has identified a new explanation for this phenomenon.

Next, Anderson and his colleagues used a set of genetic tools to identify exactly which neurons were responsible for the effect on aggression and to see if the gene that encodes for Tk also controls aggressive behavior by acting in that cell.

Having identified that neuron, the team was then able to modify its gene expression.

Male - specific neurons controlling courtship behavior had previously been identified in flies, but this was the first time a male - specific neuron was found that specifically controls aggression.

The company had identified a molecule, CGP3466B, that in laboratory tests protected neurons from degeneration by inhibiting apoptosis, and had tested it in clinical trials on patients with Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

The ~ 200 GB of data for each brain was then analyzed with machine learning algorithms that identify individual neurons by type, according to parameters «learned» from human experts.

Within the hypothalamus, scientists have identified two key groups of neurons that regulate appetite, known as AgRP neurons and POMC neurons.

The learning is expressed in the intracellularly recorded activity of identified motor neurons mediating three different defensive behaviors: escape locomotion, inking, and siphon withdrawal.

In work published today in The Journal of Neuroscience, Li and his team identify a group of long - range neurons that extend from the central amygdala.

Further, they identify a specific biochemical signaling mechanism inside amygdala neurons that can mediate this transition to generalized fear, which could potentially serve as a target for designing new treatments against PTSD.

The team identifies where neurons are firing by injecting the brain with dyes or using genetically engineered proteins that bind to calcium molecules.

The researchers also identified the specific neuron responsible for detecting high pH. They did this by showing that when a specific sensing neuron, called the ASH neuron, was destroyed by laser microsurgery, the worms no longer avoided high pH. Going another step further, the researchers also identified some of the proteins involved in the response to high alkalinity, which make up a calcium channel.

Researchers from UC Davis School of Medicine and Shriners Hospitals for Children — Northern California have identified a group of cells in the brain that they say plays an important role in the abnormal neuron development in Down syndrome.

Duke University biologist Pelin Volkan and colleagues have identified a set of genetic control switches that interact early in a fly's development to generate dozens of types of olfactory neurons, specialized nerve cells for smell.

By tweaking different fly genes and counting how many neuron types were produced as the flies matured, the team identified a network of five genes that work together like coordinated control switches to guide the precursor cells» transformation to mature neurons.

Since 1956, scientists have identified reward systems involving dopamine neurons in rats, dolphins, monkeys, and humans, among other mammals.

Identifying changes in the mitochondrial DNA in PPN cholinergic neurons has the potential to allow the development of more effective treatments targeted to specific cell - types.

The continuation of this line of research is opening new avenues to identify what specific signals are used to promote this increased neurogenic response, with views focused in targeting neurogenesis as a therapeutic approach to promote the regeneration of lost neurons.»

«Our study sets the stage for further research to identify which additional cues could induce these neurons to fully mature and incorporate into functional circuits, thereby allowing this approach to potentially be used in the clinic,» Berninger says.

«These three findings identify for the first the neurons and connections that underlie the Gate Control Theory of pain,» sums up Zeilhofer.

Now, researchers have identified a hormone in mice that delivers itchy sensations to neurons in the spinal cord, which then relays the signal to the brain.

They also applied it to human brain tissue collected by the Genotype - Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project, finding that they could a) identify expression signatures unique to neurons, glial cells, and other cell types in the brain (including rare types), and b) differentiate between closely related cell subtypes.

Using machine learning algorithms, they identified which parts of the data seemed to be the timing control signal between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala and zeroed in on the individual neurons involved in that circuit.

In a paper published June 11 in the early - online edition of Neuron, researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the University of California, Berkeley have identified a serotonin receptor, HTR7, as a key mediator of eczema and other forms of itch.

We obtained intracelllular recordings from identified gill motor neurons in the abdominal ganglionz of a semi-intact preparation of Aplysia wlhile we simultaneously recorded behavior responises of the gill.

Described in the January 7th issue of Neuron, the technique uses «deep,» highly sensitive whole - genome sequencing of single neurons and a new technology that identifies inserted bits of DNA caused by retrotransposons, one of several kinds of so - called somatic mutations that can arise as the brain develops.

The comparison revealed very specific differences in how these neurons behave and communicate with each other, and identified striking differences in how the neurons respond to lithium, the most common treatment for bipolar disorder.