Sentences with phrase «mouse identifies the neurons»

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

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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.

In a paper published in the journal Neuron, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) identified specific neural circuitry responsible for rousing the brain of mice in simulated apnea conditions.

Their end goal is to identify specific populations of neurons in the fruit fly brain that are necessary for emotion primitives — and whether these functions are conserved in higher organisms, such as mice or even humans.

The findings, made in mice, explain why most but not all motor neurons are affected by the disease and identify a potential therapeutic target for this still - incurable neurodegenerative disease.

A specific kind of neuron found only in male mice and that detects a pheromone in female urine has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

They have identified the group of neurons in the brain that determines how a mouse responds to stress — whether with resilience or defeat.

Now researchers have identified a previously unstudied set of spinal neurons in mice that communicates only itch.

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.

When the researchers used optogenetics, a biological technique which involves the use of light to control neurons, to inhibit the key social - spatial pathway they had identified in the brain, the test mouse wandered freely through the space.

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.

In the model, the team used the technique to identify, label, and manipulate a population of neurons in the motor cortex that fired when a mouse pushed a lever to receive a reward in response to a stimulus.

Once the neurons of interest were identified and labeled, his team presented the stimulus to the mouse while optogenetically inhibiting the group of neurons.

This is the first time cannabinoid receptors have been identified in the central nucleus of the amygdala in a mouse model, they report in the current issue of the journal Neuron.

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.

The George lab has made seminal contributions to the field including: discovering a novel population of neurons in the brain of humans, rats and mice that are involved in nicotine dependence, identifying neuronal ensembles responsible for nicotine and alcohol addiction, and unveiled the cellular and molecular changes associates with long term use of nicotine, cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol use on the brain.

The present study was aimed at identifying behavioral tests that are most sensitive to the emergence of behavioral / neurological deficits in SOD1 - G93A (SOD1) mice in a cross comparison with the newly proposed hPFN1G118V (PFN1)(Fil et al., 2016) mouse model of motor neuron disorder.

The present study was aimed at identifying behavioral tests that are most sensitive to the emergence of behavioral / neurological deficits in SOD1 - G93A (SOD1) mice in a cross comparison with the newly proposed hPFN1G118V (PFN1)(Dr. Mahmoud Kiaei, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) mouse model of motor neuron disorder.

Together, our results identify SCYL1 as a key regulator of motor neuron survival, and Scyl1 -LRB-- / --RRB- mice share pathological features with many human neurodegenerative conditions.

The researchers have shown that a robotic arm guided by a cell - detecting computer algorithm can identify and record from neurons in the living mouse brain with better accuracy and speed than a human experimenter.

The research conducted by Wright State University involved identifying and measuring size changes of motor neuron types in a mouse model of familial ALS.

In addition, PLXDC2 was identified as a BACE1 substrate in primary mouse neurons in two independent studies (Kuhn et al, 2012; Zhou et al, 2012).