An fMRI comparison of neural activity associated with recognition of familiar melodies in younger and older adults.

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease, the pathological features of which include the presence of Lewy bodies and the neurodegeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. However, until recently, research on the pathogenesis and treatment of PD have progressed slowl...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Wang J,Wang F,Mai D,Qu S

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that various endocrine modulators, including leptin and ghrelin, have neuroprotective roles in neurological diseases. Leptin is a hormone produced by adipocytes and was originally identified as a gene related to obesity in mice. The leptin receptors in the hypothalamus are the main target for the homeostat...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Fujita Y,Yamashita T

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most sought-after applications of neuroengineering is the communication between the arm and an artificial prosthetic device for the replacement of an amputated hand or the treatment of peripheral nerve injuries. For that, an electrode is placed around or inside the median nerve to serve as interface for rec...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Delgado-Martínez I,Badia J,Pascual-Font A,Rodríguez-Baeza A,Navarro X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is the most complex organ in the body, controlling our highest functions, as well as regulating myriad processes which incorporate the entire physiological system. The effects of prospective therapeutic entities on the brain and central nervous system (CNS) may potentially cause significant injury, hence, CN...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Grainger AI,King MC,Nagel DA,Parri HR,Coleman MD,Hill EJ

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Central sleep apnea is a sudden arrest of breathing during sleep caused by the central commands to the thoracoabdominal muscles. It is a widespread phenomenon in both healthy and diseased people, as well as in some animals. However, there is an ongoing debate whether it can be considered as a pathological deviation of...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Limanskaya AV,Busygina II,Levichkina EV,Pigarev IN

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is increasingly used in both research and therapeutic settings, but its precise mechanisms remain largely unknown. At a neuronal level, tDCS modulates cortical excitability by shifting the resting membrane potential in a polarity-dependent way: anodal stimulation increase...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Varoli E,Pisoni A,Mattavelli GC,Vergallito A,Gallucci A,Mauro LD,Rosanova M,Bolognini N,Vallar G,Romero Lauro LJ

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the visual motion area (MT) is considered as a brain region specialized for visual motion perception. However, accumulating evidence showed that MT is also related to various functions, suggesting that it is a complex functional area and different functional subregions might exist in this area. To delin...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Gao J,Zeng M,Dai X,Yang X,Yu H,Chen K,Hu Q,Xu J,Cheng B,Wang J

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout development, neural stem cells (NSCs) give rise to differentiated neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes which together modulate perception, memory, and behavior in the adult nervous system. To understand how NSCs contribute to postnatal/adult brain remodeling and repair after injury, the lateral ventric...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Adlaf EW,Mitchell-Dick A,Kuo CT

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine system plays a pivotal role in specific kinds of substance use disorders (SUD, i. e., cocaine and methamphetamine use disorders). Many studies addressed whether dopamine-involved craving could be alleviated by non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques. Nevertheless, the outcomes were highly inconsisten...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Ma T,Sun Y,Ku Y

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was to explore the mechanisms underlying 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCE) induced brain edema by focusing on alteration of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in rat astrocytes induced by 2-chloroethanol (2-CE), an intermediate metabolite of 1,2-DCE in vivo. Protein and mRNA levels of MMP-2, and the phosphorylat...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Sun Q,Liao Y,Wang T,Tang H,Wang G,Zhao F,Jin Y

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:An associative brain-computer-interface (BCI) that correlates in time a peripherally generated afferent volley with the peak negativity (PN) of the movement related cortical potential (MRCP) induces plastic changes in the human motor cortex. However, in this associative BCI the movement timed to a cue is not detected ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Mrachacz-Kersting N,Aliakbaryhosseinabadi S

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Our sense of balance and spatial orientation strongly depends on the correct functionality of our vestibular system. Vestibular dysfunction can lead to blurred vision and impaired balance and spatial orientation, causing a significant decrease in quality of life. Recent studies have shown that vestibular implants offe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Handler M,Schier PP,Fritscher KD,Raudaschl P,Johnson Chacko L,Glueckert R,Saba R,Schubert R,Baumgarten D,Baumgartner C

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Our team has been a pioneer in harvesting extracellular vesicles (EVs) enriched for neuronal origin from peripheral blood and using them as a biomarker discovery platform for neurological disorders. This methodology has demonstrated excellent diagnostic and predictive performance for Alzheimer's and other neurodegener...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Mustapic M,Eitan E,Werner JK Jr,Berkowitz ST,Lazaropoulos MP,Tran J,Goetzl EJ,Kapogiannis D

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is a compelling tool for investigating the structure and geometry of brain tissue based on indirect measurement of the diffusion anisotropy of water. Recent developments in global top-down tractogram optimizations enable the estimation of streamline weights, which characteri...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Sommer S,Kozerke S,Seifritz E,Staempfli P

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthetized rodent models are ubiquitous in pre-clinical neuroimaging studies. However, because the associated cerebral morphology and experimental methodology results in a profound negative brain-core temperature differential, cerebral temperature changes during functional activation are likely to be principally dri...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Harris SS,Boorman LW,Das D,Kennerley AJ,Sharp PS,Martin C,Redgrave P,Schwartz TH,Berwick J

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor neurons (MN) degeneration is a main feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurological disorder with a progressive course. The diagnosis of ALS is essentially a clinical one. Most common symptoms include a gradual neurological deterioration that reflect the impairment and subsequent loss of muscle fu...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Forostyak S,Sykova E

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) requires the timely degradation of misfolded proteins and their aggregates by protein quality control (PQC), of which molecular chaperones are an essential component. Compared with other cell types, PQC in neurons is particularly challenging because they have a unique cellular struct...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Ciechanover A,Kwon YT

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with a polygenetic predisposition that seems to be triggered by multiple environmental factors during embryonic and/or early postnatal life. While significant advances have been made in identifying the neuronal structures and cells affected, a unifying theory that co...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Markram H,Rinaldi T,Markram K

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently renewed focus on the human exploration of outer space has boosted the interest toward a variety of questions regarding health of astronauts and cosmonauts. Among the others, sleep has traditionally been considered a central issue. To extend the research chances, human sleep alterations have been investiga...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Zivi P,De Gennaro L,Ferlazzo F

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we present the first description of an isolation syndrome in a patient who suffered prolonged cardiac arrest and underwent a standard therapeutic hypothermia protocol. Two years after the arrest, the patient demonstrated no motor responses to commands, communication capabilities, or visual tracking at the bedsid...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Forgacs PB,Fridman EA,Goldfine AM,Schiff ND

更新日期：2016-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Tapping in time to a metronome beat (hereafter beat synchronization) shows considerable variability in child populations, and individual differences in beat synchronization are reliably related to reading development. Children with developmental dyslexia show impairments in beat synchronization. These impairments may ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Colling LJ,Noble HL,Goswami U

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) on the auricular branch of the vagus nerve has been receiving attention due to its therapeutic potential for neuropsychiatric disorders. Although the mechanism of tVNS is not yet completely understood, studies have demonstrated the potential role of vagal afferent nerve st...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Jin Y,Kong J

更新日期：2017-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconsolidation of memories has mostly been studied at the behavioral and molecular level. Here, we put forward a simple extension of existing computational models of synaptic consolidation to capture hippocampal slice experiments that have been interpreted as reconsolidation at the synaptic level. The model implement...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Kastner DB,Schwalger T,Ziegler L,Gerstner W

更新日期：2016-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure in vivo (EXP) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment aimed at reducing pain-related fear in chronic pain, and has proven successful in reducing pain-related disability in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). The current longitudinal study aimed to reveal the neural correlates of changes in pain-related fe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Timmers I,de Jong JR,Goossens M,Verbunt JA,Smeets RJ,Kaas AL

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Although, cochlear implants (CI) traditionally have been used to treat individuals with bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss, a recent trend is to implant individuals with residual low-frequency hearing. Notably, many of these individuals demonstrate an air-bone gap (ABG) in low-frequency, pure-tone threshold...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Koka K,Saoji AA,Attias J,Litvak LM

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Wireless electroencephalography (EEG) of small animal subjects typically utilizes miniaturized EEG devices which require a robust recording and electrode assembly that remains in place while also being well-tolerated by the animal so as not to impair the ability of the animal to perform normal living activities or exp...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Vogler EC,Flynn DT,Busciglio F,Bohannan RC,Tran A,Mahavongtrakul M,Busciglio JA

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout the past decade, silicon-based neural probes have become a driving force in neural engineering. Such probes comprise sophisticated, integrated CMOS electronics which provide a large number of recording sites along slender probe shanks. Using such neural probes in a chronic setting often requires them to be ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Chauvière L,Pothof F,Gansel KS,Klon-Lipok J,Aarts AAA,Holzhammer T,Paul O,Singer WJ,Ruther P

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We used amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as a model of prefrontal dysfunction in order to re-assess the potential neuronal substrates of two sub processes of working memory, namely information storage and filtering. To date it is unclear which exact neuronal networks sustain these two processes and the prefrontal c...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Vellage AK,Veit M,Kobeleva X,Petri S,Vielhaber S,Müller NG

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal and cortical mechanisms provide for persistence of visual information across intervals of many hundreds of milliseconds, which supports the integration of partial shape cues. The present experiments displayed unknown shapes in a match recognition task, wherein a target shape was quickly followed by a compariso...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Geoly A,Greene E

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracortical electrodes for brain-machine interfaces rely on intimate contact with tissues for recording signals and stimulating neurons. However, the long-term viability of intracortical electrodes in vivo is poor, with a major contributing factor being the development of a glial scar. In vivo approaches for evaluat...

journal_title：Frontiers in neuroscience

authors： Gilmour A,Poole-Warren L,Green RA

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00