Sentences with phrase «identified neurons»

At the outset, the research team was able to identify the neurons responsible for reacting to a specific individual.

Tonegawa, Steve Ramirez, a graduate student, and their colleagues identified the neurons there that were associated with experiential learning.

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.

«This study not only establishes a novel pathway for fear learning, but also identifies neurons that actively participate in fear conditioning,» says Li.

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.

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.

This allowed researchers to visually identify the neurons that made up the engram for that specific fear memory.

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.

Scientists from University of North Carolina School of Medicine identified neurons in the brain responsible for triggering social attraction towards the opposite sex in mice.

This «parts list» for the brain would identify neurons not only by their shape — which is the most common means of classification — but also by their electrical activity and genetic profile.

Following in the footsteps of her mentor, Dr. Li is Janelia's immunogold expert, developing protocols that enable researchers to analyze connectivity between identified neurons at the EM level.

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.

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.

According to Hoon, identifying the neurons that act as «specialized gatekeepers» for this system may eventually lead to drugs that offer relief for people suffering from psoriasis, eczema and other difficult - to - treat forms of chronic itch.

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

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.

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

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.

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