miR - 124 regulates diverse aspects of
rhythmic behavior in Drosophila.
Not exact matches
Body rocking and head banging are normal
behaviors in toddlers, who seem to find the
rhythmic movements soothing and sleep inducing.
Rhythmic behavior has recently been observed
in other animals, including parrots, budgerigars, sea lions, rhesus monkeys, and chimpanzees, although
in the majority of these cases animals were explicitly trained to synchronize.
They found that cells
in the pars intercerebralis (PI) are essential for
rhythmic behavior, and PI cells are connected to the clock cells through a circuit of at least two synapses.
Amita Sehgal, PhD, a professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, describes
in Cell a circuit
in the brain of fruit flies that controls their daily,
rhythmic behavior of rest and activity.
Animals learned to move their eyeballs once every second, a completely internal timing feat made possible by the
rhythmic behavior of small groups of nerve cells, researchers propose online October 30
in PLOS Biology.
An electrocardiograph heart scan carried out by your veterinarian may reveal unusual
rhythmic behavior, as well as any swelling or abnormalities
in the heart.