$16.3M grant will fund program to develop mouse models for neurological research
...es as muscular strength, balance and coordination, sensory function, learning, anxiety, seizure susceptibility, hearing defects, ingestive behavior, activity, and metabolic performance. The ability to measure phenotypes over time will enable a unique feature of the new program: finding models for mid-to-late...Helping to better understand the development and maturation of the auditory pathway
...n appears to provide a feedback mechanism onto the sensory organ that may turn the system on and off. Scienti...s signals back through the pathway to regulate the sensory information," she added. In the past, scientists found no evidence that these synapses have a p...Brain contains cocaine-like chemical
... influences hunger, stress, endocrine control, and sensory processing. In addition to Kuhar, the study's authors include Drs. Heather Kimmel and Wenhe Gong, Stephanie Dall Vechia, and Richard G. Hunter. A nationally-known expert on the biological underpinnings of drug addiction, Kuhar has also been instrume...UCSF researchers identify regulator of critical brain messenger, hinting at therapy
...lutamate carries out such fundamental processes as sensory perception, learning and memory, changes in its role contribute to many brain diseases. The release of too much glutamate causes excessive excitation in the nervous system that leads to seizures, contributes to injury after stroke, the perception of ...Parents' escape drinking evokes children's negative response to alcohol smell
...tend earlier knowledge that young children acquire sensory learning about alcohol and suggest that their resp...lcohol smell evoked a behavioral response and that sensory learning based on smell is keenly selective, she said. In today's study, 83 girls and 67 boys were ...Deadly for bacteria, great for consumers
...ality as heat can, according to Hung. Trained sensory panelists "found there was no significant effect of the treatment on the quality," he said. They were "unable to find any differences in color, appearance or smell" between produce washed with electrolyzed water and produce washed with tap water. ...Foods puffed up with air can aid weight management
...eful. "You see a bigger portion, and you get more sensory stimulation as you consume it," the authors write. "Try whipped foods in moderation such as low-fat frozen desserts. Get creative with blender drinks. Choose air-popped popcorn; its energy density is not low, but it takes three cups to give you 90...Tiny microchips have big promise in fighting serious diseases
... changes in blood flow. "Smart stents would have a sensory role," Goldschmidt said. "They would gather information on how blood flows through the organ, without the need for a physician to directly examine the blood vessels."...Californian wins neuroscience prize endowed by UNC scientist
...heir function. "Although Ed showed that a class of sensory neurons respond exclusively to painful stimuli, no.... "And people had known that capsaicin applied to sensory neurons causes them to be electrically active. Yet attempts to identify, clone or purify a receptor ......ed one of the molecular components that may form a sensory receptor for light touch in mammals," said Maggie ...ver, they soon found that BNC1 was also present in sensory nerves. These cells send out long nerve fibers that end just below the skin. The team showed that ...Researchers identify molecule that senses osmotic pressure in vertebrates
... a cascade of intracellular events. In the case of sensory cells and nerve cells, this is converted into elec...nd a more general concept, VR-OAC could be part of sensory cells' mechanosensitive molecular apparatus, an exciting possibility," says Liedtke. "We are very ea...Singing silently during sleep helps birds learn songs
...ind this correspondence in single cells of matched sensory and motor patterns. Forming this mapping of sound and action is the process of learning," said Margoliash. During undisturbed sleep, the researchers discovered, the neurons spontaneously fired the same complex song production patterns in bursts. I...Instant replay: study finds potential mechanism for building long-term memory
...s characteristic allows the brain to associate two sensory inputs, such as a voice and a face. In earlier studies, Tsien impaired learning and memory in mice by removing the NMDA receptor, and enhanced those abilities by augmenting the receptor. (The NMDA-enhanced mice have often been referred to as "smart m...How much of the world do we really see?
...rtain action, it would produce a certain change in sensory input. "Sensation is not something that we feel, but sensation is something that we do," says O'Regan. According to this idea, the sensation of "redness" arises from knowing that moving your eyes onto a red patch will produce a certain change in...Neuroscience contest prompts 'thinking about thinking'
...s reveal insights into fundamental questions about sensory perception Princeton, N.J. -- Concluding an u...theory he developed about how the brain interprets sensory perceptions, from touch to hearing. Hopfield did not, however, publish his insights immediately. Ins...Brain damage in autism: not what scientists once thought
...the relentless responses autistic children make to sensory stimulation, according to Melissa Goldberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. "The stimulation we see autistic kids seeking out when they're spinni...Scientists identify the gene for familial dysautonomia, a degenerative neurological disorder
...e show poor development of and degeneration of the sensory and autonomic nervous systems. The symptoms in these affected individuals include: abnormal sweating, hypertension, difficulty feeding and sucking, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and insensitivity to pain. FD is fatal; only 50% of patients reach age...Elephants pick up good vibrations - through their feet
...capabilities, adding a powerful component to their sensory perception."...Electrophysiological differences of individuals at high risk for alcoholism
...negative waves that are linked in time to specific sensory or cognitive events, and are extremely sensitive within a fraction of a second to ongoing processing in the brain. Mismatch negativity (MMN) is an ERP component that occurs when a series of repetitive standard stimuli (such as tones of a certain fre......of aromas. "The worm can solve amazingly complex sensory problems with few olfactory nerves," said senior i...sms including humans solve the same problem: how a sensory system or another part of the brain can process a nearly limitless number of environmental cues with...