Sentences with phrase «on cells in the hippocampus»

A month after H7N7 or H3N2 infection, mice had fewer nerve cell connectors called dendritic spines on cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory.

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Biologist Ann Cornell - Bell of Viatech Imaging in Ivoryton, Connecticut, put on display star - shaped cells, called astrocytes, from the rat hippocampus, a brain region associated with long - term memory.

The scientists zeroed in on the cells from the hippocampi of the cadavers, examining the switch for the stress hormone gene they had studied in rats.

In the hippocampus, activity patterns of nerve cells associated with a particular experience, such as running a maze, reoccur but at a faster pace on replay.

It was already known that a few weeks after an ECT procedure or after taking an effective antidepressant that stem cells in the hippocampus turn on and make more copies of hippocampal neurons.

In contrast, hippocampal engram cells were activated by natural cues on the second day after receiving a foot shock, but not on day 13 — indicating engrams in the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» statIn contrast, hippocampal engram cells were activated by natural cues on the second day after receiving a foot shock, but not on day 13 — indicating engrams in the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» statin the hippocampus become active immediately, but gradually fade into a «silent» state.

The new study from Tonegawa's group builds on previous research demonstrating that episodic memories are physically represented in populations of cells in parts of the hippocampus.

O'KEEFE: I'd have to say there was quite a bit of skepticism on several grounds when we first started reporting that we could show very specific correlates to the activity of cells in the hippocampus, and specifically, that they were related to where the animal was in the environment.

In addition to cultured cells, Ts1 - coupled nanoparticles were tested on complex brain tissue using thin slices of mouse hippocampus.

The CBM now forms the core of the new Kavli Institute at Trondheim, which was inaugurated in August 2007 and where research continues on grid cells, as well as areas such as understanding the role of the hippocampus in shaping memory.

Gundersen V, Holten AT, Storm - Mathisen J (2004) GABAergic synapses in hippocampus exocytose aspartate on to NMDA receptors: quantitative immunogold evidence for co-transmission Mol Cell Neurosci, 26 (1), 156 - 65 PubMed 15121187

Other rodent experiments have showed increased neurogenesis in brains of rats maintained on an alternate - day fasting diet, as evident by increased number of newly generated neural cells in the hippocampus (21).

For his thesis, Rose posited, based on animal studies and slides of the human brain, that between ages 5 and 7, when children in most cultures start schooling, new cells are being developed in the hippocampus.