The neocortex of cetartiodactyls: I. A comparative Golgi analysis of neuronal morphology in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

abstract：:Pitch is a primary perceptual dimension of sounds and is crucial in music and speech perception. When listening to melodies, most humans encode the relations between pitches into memory using an ability called relative pitch (RP). A small subpopulation, almost exclusively musicians, preferentially encode pitches using...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Leipold S,Brauchli C,Greber M,Jäncke L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are Zn(2+)-dependent endopeptidases considered to be essential for normal brain development and neuroplasticity by modulating extracellular matrix proteins, receptors, adhesion molecules, growth factors and cytoskeletal proteins. Specifically, MMP-3 has recently been implicated in syna...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Aerts J,Nys J,Moons L,Hu TT,Arckens L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fornix is the primary efferent pathway of the hippocampus and plays a central role in memory circuitry. Diffusion tensor imaging has shown changes in the fornix with typical development and aging. Here, the fornix was investigated in 903 healthy young adult participants aged 22-36 years old from the high-spatial r...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Cahn AJ,Little G,Beaulieu C,Tétreault P

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Achievement motivation can be defined as a recurrent need to improve one's past performance. Despite previous functional imaging studies on motivation-related functional activation, the relationship between regional gray matter (rGM) morphology and achievement motivation has never been investigated. We used voxel-base...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Takeuchi H,Taki Y,Nouchi R,Sekiguchi A,Kotozaki Y,Miyauchi CM,Yokoyama R,Iizuka K,Hashizume H,Nakagawa S,Kunitoki K,Sassa Y,Kawashima R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optokinetic eye movements are crucial for keeping a stable image on the retina during movements of the head. These eye movements can be differentiated into a cortically generated response (optokinetic look nystagmus) and the highly reflexive optokinetic stare nystagmus, which is controlled by circuits in the brainstem...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Ruehl RM,Hinkel C,Bauermann T,Eulenburg PZ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal replacement in the pallial song control nucleus HVC of adult zebra finches constitutes an interesting case of homeostatic plasticity; in spite of continuous addition and attrition of neurons in ensembles that code song elements, adult song remains remarkably invariant. New neurons migrate into HVC and later s...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Tokarev K,Boender AJ,Claßen GA,Scharff C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, through its different receptors, has pleiotropic functions in mammalian brain. Melatonin is secreted mainly by the pineal gland and exerts its effects via receptor-mediated and non-receptor-mediated actions. With recent advancement in neuroanatomical mapping, we may now understand better the localizations o...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Ng KY,Leong MK,Liang H,Paxinos G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood is defined by the development of cognitive abilities as well as brain growth and function. While prior neuroimaging studies have investigated early development fragmentally, we studied the typical development of functional network connectivity continuously from infancy to childhood (average of 24 months) in ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Bruchhage MMK,Ngo GC,Schneider N,D'Sa V,Deoni SCL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early-life sleep deprivation (ESD) is a serious condition with severe metabolic sequelae. The pineal hormone melatonin plays an important role in homeostatic regulation of metabolic function. Considering norepinephrine-mediated Ca(2+) influx and subsequent protein kinase A (PKA) activation is responsible for downstrea...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Chen LY,Tiong C,Tsai CH,Liao WC,Yang SF,Youn SC,Mai FD,Chang HM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using T 1-weighted MRI at two different magnetic field strengths, the enhanced longitudinal relaxivity due to paramagnetic manganese ions in mouse brain in vivo is shown to reflect reduced intracellular mobility. One day after systemic administration of manganese chloride, increases of the longitudinal relaxation rate...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Watanabe T,Frahm J,Michaelis T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a stomach-derived hormone that regulates a variety of biological functions such as food intake, gastrointestinal function and blood glucose metabolism, among others. Ghrelin acts via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR), a G-protein-coupled receptor located in key brain areas that mediate specifi...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Cornejo MP,De Francesco PN,García Romero G,Portiansky EL,Zigman JM,Reynaldo M,Perello M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are highly interconnected telencephalic areas critical for cognitive processes, including associative learning and decision making. Both structures strongly innervate the lateral hypothalamus (LHA), an important component of the networks underlying the control of feedin...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Reppucci CJ,Petrovich GD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoproteins are complex molecules of the cell surface and the extracellular matrix (ECM) playing a fundamental role in the migration, guidance and synapse formation of neurons. In the present study, the glycosylated protein composition and localization were investigated in the adult and developing CNS of an aquatic ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Serfozo Z,Elekes K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How can the components of visual comprehension be characterized as brain activity? Making sense of a dynamic visual world involves perceiving streams of activity as discrete units such as eating breakfast or walking the dog. In order to parse activity into distinct events, the brain relies on both the perceptual (bott...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Hanson SJ,Hanson C,Halchenko Y,Matsuka T,Zaimi A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neocortical layer VI is critically involved in thalamocortical activity changes during the sleep/wake cycle. It receives dense projections from thalamic nuclei sensitive to the wake-promoting neuropeptides orexins, and its deepest part, layer VIb, is the only cortical lamina reactive to orexins. This convergence of wa...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Hay YA,Andjelic S,Badr S,Lambolez B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G protein signaling 14 (RGS14) is a multifunctional signaling protein primarily expressed in mouse pyramidal neurons of hippocampal area CA2 where it regulates synaptic plasticity important for learning and memory. However, very little is known about RGS14 protein expression in the primate brain. Here, we...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Squires KE,Gerber KJ,Pare JF,Branch MR,Smith Y,Hepler JR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress impacts differently in distinct brain regions. However, so far few studies have focused on the differential responses triggered by stressful stimuli on the intrinsic functional heterogeneity of the hippocampal axis. In this study, we assessed the functional and structural alterations caused by exposure to a chr...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Pinto V,Costa JC,Morgado P,Mota C,Miranda A,Bravo FV,Oliveira TG,Cerqueira JJ,Sousa N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in diffusion-weighted MRI (dMRI) and tractography have enabled identification of major long-range white matter tracts in the human brain. Yet, our understanding of shorter tracts, such as those within the parietal lobe, remains limited. Over a century ago, a tract connecting the superior and inferior p...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Uesaki M,Takemura H,Ashida H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the superior parietal lobule (SPL), the anterior part (area PE) is known to process somatosensory information, while the caudalmost part (areas V6Av and V6) processes visual information. Here we studied the visual and somatosensory properties of the areas PEc and V6Ad located in between the somatosensory and visual...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Gamberini M,Dal Bò G,Breveglieri R,Briganti S,Passarelli L,Fattori P,Galletti C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that mental imagery and perception share similar neural substrates, however, there are still ambiguities according to different auditory imagery content. In addition, there is still a lack of information regarding the underlying neural correlation between the two modalities. In t...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Gu J,Zhang H,Liu B,Li X,Wang P,Wang B

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that extracellular matrix molecules of perivascular basal laminae help orchestrate the molecular assemblies at the gliovascular interface. Specifically, laminin and agrin are thought to tether the dystrophin-associated protein (DAP) complex to the astrocytic basal lamina. This complex includes α-synt...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Hoddevik EH,Rao SB,Zahl S,Boldt HB,Ottersen OP,Amiry-Moghaddam M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor histology holds great promise for quantitative characterization of structural connectivity in mouse models of neurological and psychiatric conditions. There has been extensive study in both the clinical and preclinical domains on the complex tradeoffs between the spatial resolution, the number of samp...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Wang N,Anderson RJ,Badea A,Cofer G,Dibb R,Qi Y,Johnson GA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisensory integration does not only recruit higher-level association cortex, but also low-level and even primary sensory cortices. Here, we will describe and quantify two types of anatomical pathways, a thalamocortical and a corticocortical that possibly underlie short-latency multisensory integration processes in ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Henschke JU,Noesselt T,Scheich H,Budinger E

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striosome (or patch) was first identified with anatomical techniques as neurons organized in a three-dimensional labyrinth inserted in and interdigitating the rest of neostriatum: the matrix. Striosome and matrix rapidly became known as two neuronal compartments expressing different biochemical markers, embryonic ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Lopez-Huerta VG,Nakano Y,Bausenwein J,Jaidar O,Lazarus M,Cherassse Y,Garcia-Munoz M,Arbuthnott G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the neocortex, large layer 5B pyramidal neurons implement a high-density firing code. In contrast, other subtypes of pyramidal neurons, including those in layer 2/3, are functionally characterized by their sparse firing rate. Here, we investigate the synaptic basis of this behavior by comparing the properties of th...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Sempere-Ferràndez A,Martínez S,Geijo-Barrientos E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral cortex conveys major input to the granule cell layer of the cerebellar hemispheres by way of the pontine nuclei. Cerebrocortical projections terminate in multiple, widely distributed clusters in the pontine nuclei. This clustered organization is thought to provide the transition between the different orga...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Bolstad I,Leergaard TB,Bjaalie JG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basal ganglia of the laboratory rat consist of a few core regions that are specifically interconnected by efferents and afferents of the central nervous system. In nearly 800 reports of tract-tracing investigations the connectivity of the basal ganglia is documented. The readout of connectivity data and the collat...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Schmitt O,Eipert P,Kettlitz R,Leßmann F,Wree A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient prefrontal cortex (PFC) GABA function is hypothesized to play a role in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. In rodents, PFC GABAA receptor antagonism produces cognitive and behavioral changes relevant to these disorders, including impaired spatial memory assessed with the traditional working/refer...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Auger ML,Meccia J,Galea LAM,Floresco SB

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain metabolites offers unique access to compartment-specific microstructural information on neural tissue. Here, we investigated in detail the diffusion characteristics of the neuronal/axonal markers N-acetylaspartate + N-acetyl aspartyl glutamate (tNAA) in a sma...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Ronen I,Budde M,Ercan E,Annese J,Techawiboonwong A,Webb A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several novel approaches for hippocampal subregion delineation have been developed, they need to be applied prospectively and may be limited by long scan times, the use of high field (>3T) imaging systems, and limited reliability metrics. Moreover, the majority of MR imaging data collected to date has employe...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Rhindress K,Ikuta T,Wellington R,Malhotra AK,Szeszko PR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00