Histochemical characterization, distribution and morphometric analysis of NADPH diaphorase neurons in the spinal cord of the agouti.

abstract：:Most studies in mammals and birds have demonstrated common patterns of hypothalamic development highlighted by the combination of developmental regulatory genes (genoarchitecture), supporting the notion of the hypothalamus as a component of the secondary prosencephalon, topologically rostral to the diencephalon. In ou...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Domínguez L,González A,Moreno N

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic spines are key components of a variety of microcircuits and they represent the majority of postsynaptic targets of glutamatergic axon terminals in the brain. The present article will focus on the discovery of dendritic spines, which was possible thanks to the application of the Golgi technique to the study o...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： DeFelipe J

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamus has been a central topic in neuroanatomy because of its important physiological functions, but its mature organization remains elusive. Deciphering its embryonic and adult organization is crucial in an evolutionary approach of the organization of the vertebrate forebrain. Here we studied the molecular...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Santos-Durán GN,Menuet A,Lagadec R,Mayeur H,Ferreiro-Galve S,Mazan S,Rodríguez-Moldes I,Candal E

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects about 1.5% of the global population over 65 years of age. A hallmark feature of PD is the degeneration of the dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and the consequent striatal DA deficiency. Yet, the pathogenesis of PD re...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Blesa J,Przedborski S

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin, a neuropeptide and peptide hormone, is produced by neurons in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary to control breastfeeding and labor. Recent studies have revealed that oxytocin in the central nervous system is also involved in modulating social interaction. To understand the potential ro...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Liao PY,Chiu YM,Yu JH,Chen SK

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent concept of neural genoarchitecture (or genoarchitectonics) is examined from several angles, aiming to clarify the rationale for this new approach in causal and descriptive neuroanatomy. Gene expression patterns can be used as topographic stains revealing architectonic borders that may clarify, dispute, or c...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Puelles L,Ferran JL

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical calretinin (CR)-expressing interneurons represent a heterogeneous subpopulation of about 10-30% of GABAergic interneurons, which altogether total ca. 12-20% of all cortical neurons. In the rodent neocortex, CR cells display different somatodendritic morphologies ranging from bipolar to multipolar but the bipo...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Cauli B,Zhou X,Tricoire L,Toussay X,Staiger JF

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard stereotaxic reference systems play a key role in human brain studies. Stereotaxic coordinate systems have also been developed for experimental animals including non-human primates, dogs, and rodents. However, they are lacking for other species being relevant in experimental neuroscience including sheep. Here,...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Nitzsche B,Frey S,Collins LD,Seeger J,Lobsien D,Dreyer A,Kirsten H,Stoffel MH,Fonov VS,Boltze J

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural circuits involved in mediating complex behaviors are being rapidly elucidated using various newly developed and powerful anatomical and molecular techniques, providing insights into the neural basis for anxiety disorders, depression, addiction, and dysfunctional social behaviors. Many of these behaviors and...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Santos FN,Pereira CW,Sánchez-Pérez AM,Otero-García M,Ma S,Gundlach AL,Olucha-Bordonau FE

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in several species have identified direct projections to the medial geniculate nucleus (MG) from cells in subcollicular auditory nuclei. Moreover, many cochlear nucleus cells that project to the MG send collateral projections to the inferior colliculus (IC) (Schofield et al., 2014). We conducted three expe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Schofield BR,Mellott JG,Motts SD

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in cortical neuroscience is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how pyramidal neuron heterogeneity across different areas and species underlies the functional specialization of individual neurons, networks, and areas. Comparative studies have been important in this endeavor, providing data relevan...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Luebke JI

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic development in mammals has evolved a platform for genomic conflict between mothers and embryos and, by extension, between maternal and paternal genomes. The evolutionary interests of the mother and embryo may be maximized through the promotion of sex-chromosome genes and imprinted alleles, resulting in the r...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Lewitus E,Kalinka AT

更新日期：2013-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the links and interactions between development and motor learning has noticeable implications for the understanding and management of neurodevelopmental disorders. This is particularly relevant for the cerebellum which is critical for sensorimotor learning. The olivocerebellar pathway is a key pathway con...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Manto MU,Jissendi P

更新日期：2012-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The thalamocingulate tract is a key component of the Papez circuit that connects the anterior thalamic nucleus (ATN) to the cingulum bundle. While the other white matter connections, consisting of the fornix, cingulum bundle and mammillothalamic tract, were well defined in Papez's original 1937 paper, the anatomy of t...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Weininger J,Roman E,Tierney P,Barry D,Gallagher H,Murphy P,Levins KJ,O'Keane V,O'Hanlon E,Roddy DW

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Onuf's nucleus is a small group of neurons located in the ventral horns of the sacral spinal cord. The motor neurons (MNs) of Onuf's nucleus innervate striated voluntary muscles of the pelvic floor and are histologically and biochemically comparable to the other somatic spinal MNs. However, curiously, these neurons al...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Schellino R,Boido M,Vercelli A

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical training can induce the functional and structural changes of the hippocampus. The hippocampus is not a homogeneous structure which can be divided into anterior and posterior parts along its longitudinal axis, and the whole-brain structural covariances of anterior (aHC) and posterior hippocampus (pHC) show dist...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Guo P,Li Q,Wang X,Li X,Wang S,Xie Y,Xie Y,Fu Z,Zhang X,Li S

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaze changes involving the eyes and head are orchestrated by brainstem gaze centers found within the superior colliculus (SC), paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF), and medullary reticular formation (MdRF). The mesencephalic reticular formation (MRF) also plays a role in gaze. It receives a major input from t...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Perkins E,May PJ,Warren S

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Most terrestrial animals demonstrate an autonomic reflex that facilitates survival during prolonged submersion under water. This diving response is characterized by bradycardia, apnea and selective increases in peripheral vascular resistance. Stimulation of the nose and nasal passages is thought to be primarily respon...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： McCulloch PF,Lahrman KA,DelPrete B,DiNovo KM

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive in vivo neuroimaging techniques provide a wide array of possibilities to study human brain function. A number of approaches are available that improve our understanding of the anatomical location of brain activation patterns, including the development of probabilistic conversion tools to register individu...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Alkemade A,Groot JM,Forstmann BU

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual transneuronal tracing is a novel viral tracing methodology which employs two recombinant viruses, each expressing a different reporter protein. Peripheral injection of recombinant pseudorabies viruses has been used as a powerful method to define neurons that coordinate outputs to various peripheral targets of mot...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Ohara S,Inoue K,Yamada M,Yamawaki T,Koganezawa N,Tsutsui K,Witter MP,Iijima T

更新日期：2009-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotions depend upon the integrated activity of neural networks that modulate arousal, autonomic function, motor control, and somatosensation. Brainstem nodes play critical roles in each of these networks, but prior studies of the neuroanatomic basis of emotion, particularly in the human neuropsychological literature,...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Venkatraman A,Edlow BL,Immordino-Yang MH

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In the olfactory bulb (OB) a sophisticated neuronal network mediates the primary processing of sensory information and extensive investigations over the past decades have greatly improved our understanding of the morphology and neuronal organization of the OB. However, efforts have mostly been focused on the different...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Maier AM,Breer H,Strotmann J

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 60 years, the spotlight of research has periodically returned to the cerebellum as new techniques and insights have emerged. Because of its simple homogeneous structure, limited diversity of cell types and characteristic behavioral pathologies, the cerebellum is a natural home for studies of cell specifi...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Basson MA,Wingate RJ

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 140 years have seen considerable advances in knowledge of central nervous system tumors. However, the main tumor types had already been described during the early years of the twentieth century. The studies of Dr. Pío del Río Hortega have been ones of the most exhaustive histology and cytology-based studies o...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Ramon Y Cajal Agüeras S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), the enzyme synthesizing acetylcholine (ACh), has an exon-skipping splice variant which is expressed preferentially in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and thus termed peripheral ChAT (pChAT). A rabbit antiserum previously produced against rat pChAT (rpChAT) has been used for immuno...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Bellier JP,Yuan PQ,Mukaisho K,Tooyama I,Taché Y,Kimura H

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansion microscopy and light sheet imaging (ExLSM) provide a viable alternative to existing tissue clearing and large volume imaging approaches. The analysis of intact volumes of brain tissue presents a distinct challenge in neuroscience. Recent advances in tissue clearing and light sheet microscopy have re-addresse...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Düring DN,Rocha MD,Dittrich F,Gahr M,Hahnloser RHR

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Why do neurons have dendritic spines? This question-the heart of what Yuste calls "the spine problem"-presupposes that why-questions of this sort have scientific answers: that empirical findings can favor or count against claims about why neurons have spines. Here we show how such questions can receive empirical answe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Malanowski S,Craver CF

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (28 kDa calbindin) was investigated in cat lumbar and sacral spinal cord segments (L1-S3). We observed specific multi-dimensional distributions over the spinal segments for small immunopositive cells in Rexed laminae II-III and medium-to-large cells of va...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Merkulyeva N,Veshchitskii A,Makarov F,Gerasimenko Y,Musienko P

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 99 in vol. 9, PMID: 26300740.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Hernández LF,Redgrave P,Obeso JA

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysialic acid (polySia) is a complex sugar that in the nervous system appears mainly as a posttranslational modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM). PolySia plays important roles during brain development, but also in its plasticity during adulthood. Two polysialyltransferases (polyST), ST8SIA2 and S...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroanatomy

authors： Curto Y,Alcaide J,Röckle I,Hildebrandt H,Nacher J

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00