Luminance detectors in the olivary pretectal nucleus and their relationship to the pupillary light reflex in the rat. II. Studies using sinusoidal light.

abstract：:The possibility that effects of fornix stimulation on units in the medial preoptic region (MPO) may be via an interposed neuron in the dorsal septum was investigated using electrophysiological techniques. We found a reciprocal monosynaptic linkage between the MPO and the dorsal, medial and fimbrial septal nuclei. When...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Hubbard JI,Sirett NE,Mills RG,Hyland BI

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on joint attention has addressed both the effects of gaze following and the ability to share representations. It is largely unknown, however, whether sharing attention also affects the perceptual processing of jointly attended objects. This study tested whether attending to stimuli with another person from op...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Böckler A,Knoblich G,Sebanz N

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccadic adaptation maintains saccade accuracy and has been studied with the intrasaccadic target displacement procedure: displacing a target backwards (or forwards) during saccade execution gradually decreases (or increases) subsequent saccade amplitude. Adaptation has traditionally been studied with targeting saccad...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Lavergne L,Vergilino-Perez D,Collins T,Doré-Mazars K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticipatory pursuit is not exclusively based on the recent history of target motion ("temporal anticipation"): it can also use static visual cues ("non-temporal anticipation"). Large non-temporal anticipatory changes of the direction of smooth pursuit are observed when the future trajectory of the target can be infer...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Eggert T,Ladda J,Straube A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the ultrastructural features of sensory nerve fibers in the ciliary body and the iris and their parent trigeminal ganglion cells, using intra-axonally transported horseradish peroxidase as a tracer. Unmyelinated nerve fibers of ipsilateral trigeminal origin were found in stroma of both the ciliary body...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Lehtosalo JI,Uusitalo H,Palkama A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparation is described that permits the monitoring of activity from individual muscle afferent nerve fibres in an intact peripheral nerve in the forelimb of the cat. The nerve is a fine branch of the deep radial that supplies the indicis proprius muscle. When it is freed from nearby tissue over a length of 2-5 cm ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Mackie PD,Rowe MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study addressed whether the timing of muscle activation and the relative direction of limb movements are dissociable constraints that may affect learning and transfer of bimanual coordination patterns, either independently or in combination. Subjects were assigned to two experimental groups in which the to...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Temprado JJ,Swinnen SP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of single joint displacement on the pattern of leg muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity during locomotion. For the first time, unilateral rotational hip or knee joint displacements were applied by a driven orthotic device at three phases of swing during locomotion...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Dietz V,Colombo G,Müller R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two superimposed gratings, which differ in orientation and move independently, combine into a coherently moving plaid if the component gratings are similar. The effect on the plaid motion percept of the addition of texture to each grating was investigated. The texture disambiguates the motion of each component grating...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： van den Berg AV,van de Grind WA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foot is a critical interface between the body and supporting surface during walking, but there is no coherent framework on which to model the dynamics of the stance and swing phases. To establish this framework, we studied the rotational and translational dynamics of foot movement in three dimensions with a motion...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Osaki Y,Kunin M,Cohen B,Raphan T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent anatomical and physiological studies have suggested that parts of the cingulate cortex are involved in the control of movement. These areas have been collectively termed the cingulate motor area (CMA). Currently almost nothing is known, however, about how neurons in the CMA actually participate in the control o...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Backus DA,Ye S,Russo GS,Crutcher MD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the vestibular short-latency-evoked potential (VsEP) in response to the brief head acceleration stimulus is a compound action potential of neurons innervating the otolith organs. However, due to the lack of direct evidence, it is currently unclear whether the VsEP is primarily generate...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Chihara Y,Wang V,Brown DJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In convergent strabismus (esotropia) the spatial asynchrony of the two eye inputs unbalances the interocular interactions, leading to the functional advantage of the nondeviated eye and the inhibition of the esotropic eye. It may be argued that the strabismic suppression, if it is the effect of inhibitory interactions...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Di Stefano M,Gargini C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study showed an increase in total cholesterol level of the hippocampus after kainate-induced injury, but whether this is further metabolized to neurosteroids is not known. The first step in neurosteroid biosynthesis is the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by the enzyme cytochrome P450 side chain ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Chia WJ,Jenner AM,Farooqui AA,Ong WY

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sense of agency is a profoundly important human experience and is strongly linked to volitional action. The importance of this experience is underscored by the fact that many neurological and psychiatric disorders are partially characterized by an abnormal sense of agency (e.g., schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, d...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Obhi SS,Swiderski KM,Farquhar R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine and somatostatin-14 (SRIF) were incubated with a membrane fraction of rat caudate-putamen (CP) tissue in an adenylate cyclase assay in order to examine the D-1-receptor coupled adenylate cyclase activity 5 days and 3 weeks after unilateral ablation of the left frontal and lateral cortex. Five days after decor...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Moser A,Reavill C,Liebetrau A,Jenner P,Marsden CD,Cramer H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine whether characteristics of a motor action affect anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs). Standing subjects held a load between their hands with arms extended in front of their body. Next, subjects performed bilateral shoulder abduction movements (motor action) of three ampli...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Shiratori T,Aruin A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How do we achieve unitary perception of an object when it touches two parts of the sensory epithelium that are not contiguous? We investigated this problem with a simple psychophysical task, which we then used in an fMRI experiment. Two wooden rods were moved over two digits positioned to be spatially adjacent. The di...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Peelen MV,Rogers J,Wing AM,Downing PE,Bracewell RM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether repetitive electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve (CPN) is associated with changes in the motor response of the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle elicited by focal magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex. Motor evoked potentials (MEP) with a stimulation in...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Khaslavskaia S,Ladouceur M,Sinkjaer T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fear of falling can be manipulated by introducing a postural threat (e.g., an elevated support surface) during stance and gait. Under these conditions, balance parameters are altered in both young and elderly individuals. This study aimed to dissociate the physical and psychological aspects of the threat and show ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Dubreucq L,Mereu A,Blanc G,Filiatrault J,Duclos C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that unilateral ablation of the whole auditory cortex in the cat disrupts the precedence effect, and also interferes with the ability of the normal animal to discriminate in the Y-maze between a single sound on one side and a double sound consisting of a signal on both left and right sides...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Whitfield IC,Diamond IT,Chiveralls K,Williamson TG

更新日期：1978-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations of the µ-opioid receptor gene OPRM1 have been shown to modulate pain perception with some evidence pointing towards a modulation of not only physical but also "psychological pain". In line with suggestions of a common neural network involved in the processing of physical pain and negative and distressing st...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Bonenberger M,Plener PL,Groschwitz RC,Grön G,Abler B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that light contact with the finger tip on a fixed surface reduces centre of pressure (CoP) fluctuations in the frontal plane when standing in an unstable posture with the feet in line (tandem Romberg stance). Positive cross-correlations between horizontal finger forces and CoP fluctuations...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Clapp S,Wing AM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-latency electromyographic response evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (MEP) increases in size during fatigue, but the mechanisms are unclear. Because large changes occur in the muscle action potential, we tested whether changes in the response to stimulation of the peripheral motor nerve could fully...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Taylor JL,Butler JE,Gandevia SC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been suggested that time perception and motor timing are influenced by the presence of biological movements and animacy in the visual scene. Here, we investigated the interactions among timing, speed and animacy in two experiments. In Experiment 1, observers had to press a button in synchrony with the ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Carrozzo M,Lacquaniti F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a common experience, immediately after the removal of a cast or a splint, to feel motor awkwardness, which is usually attributed to muscular and joint immobilization. However, the same feeling may also be perceived after a brief period of immobilization. We provide evidence that this last effect stems from chang...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Bolzoni F,Bruttini C,Esposti R,Cavallari P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quick detection of changes in the sensory environment is very important for survival, resulting in automatic shifts of attention to the event and the facilitation of subsequent processes to execute appropriate behaviors. The abrupt onset or offset of a sensory stimulus should also activate the neural network detecting...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Yamashiro K,Inui K,Otsuru N,Kida T,Akatsuka K,Kakigi R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined c-fos protein expression in the brain and spinal cord of rats following permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) above the rhinal fissure. At 1 h after right-sided MCA occlusion, Fos-like immunoreactivity (Fos-LI) was detected in neurons not only in the ipsilateral cerebral cortex bu...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Wu YP,Tan CK,Ling EA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recognize objects even when they are partially degraded by visual noise. Using monkeys performing a sequential delayed match-to-sample task, we studied the relation between the amount of visual noise (5, 10, 15, 20 or 25%) degrading the eight black and white stimuli used here, and the accuracy and speed with which ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Shidara M,Richmond BJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the influence of vestibular stimulation by whole-body oscillation in the yaw plane on the cardiorespiratory responses after a change of posture from sitting to standing. Eighteen healthy subjects (21-70 years old) and six patients with bilateral vestibular loss (46-59 years old) were tested. For comparison...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Thurrell A,Jáuregui-Renaud K,Gresty MA,Bronstein AM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00