SK- and h-current contribute to the generation of theta-like resonance of rat substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons at hyperpolarized membrane potentials.

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：:The organization of the serotonergic system, one of the most important neurotransmitter systems in the brain, has been carefully analyzed in most vertebrate groups, and major shared characteristics have been described, although traits particular to each vertebrate class have also been found. The present study is the f...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： López JM,González A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The auditory midbrain (inferior colliculus, IC) plays an important role in sound processing, acting as hub for acoustic information extraction and for the implementation of fast audio-motor behaviors. IC neurons are topographically organized according to their sound frequency preference: dorsal IC regions encode low f...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： González-Palomares E,López-Jury L,García-Rosales F,Hechavarria JC

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of advanced network analysis techniques utilizing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (R-fMRI) has enabled a more comprehensive understanding of neurological disorders at a whole-brain level. However, inferring brain connectivity from R-fMRI is a challenging task, particularly when the ultima...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Wee CY,Yap PT,Zhang D,Wang L,Shen D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional specificity of brain areas is diminished with age and accompanied by the recruitment of additional brain regions in healthy older adults. This process has repeatedly been demonstrated within distinct functional domains, in particular the visual system. However, it is yet unclear, whether this phenomenon...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Roski C,Caspers S,Lux S,Hoffstaedter F,Bergs R,Amunts K,Eickhoff SB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences are widespread across vertebrate nervous systems. Such differences are sometimes reflected in the neural substrate via neuroanatomical differences in brain region volume. One brain region that displays sex differences in its associated functions and pathologies is the striatum, including the caudate-pu...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Wong JE,Cao J,Dorris DM,Meitzen J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala in mammals plays a key role in emotional processing and learning, being subdivided in pallial and subpallial derivatives. Recently, the cortical ring model and the pallial amygdalar radial model (Puelles et al. 2019; Garcia-Calero et al. 2020) described the pallial amygdala as an histogenetic field extern...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Garcia-Calero E,Puelles L

更新日期：2021-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Manual volumetric measurement of the brain's frontal lobe and its subregions from magnetic resonance images (MRIs) is an established method for researching neural correlates of clinical disorders or cognitive functions. However, there is no consensus between methods used to identify relevant boundaries of a given regi...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Cox SR,Ferguson KJ,Royle NA,Shenkin SD,MacPherson SE,MacLullich AM,Deary IJ,Wardlaw JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An account of work performed at the UNA laboratories since 1992 on the detection and description of interlaminar glial processes, is presented. The incidental observation (serendipity) of longer than expected glial processes in the superficial layers of the cerebral cortex in hemiparkinsonian Cebus apella monkeys, was...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Colombo JA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin is fundamental for the expression of maternal behaviour. In virgin female rats, prolactin administered upon steroid hormone priming accelerates the onset of maternal care. By contrast, the role of prolactin in mice maternal behaviour remains unclear. This study aims at characterizing central prolactin activi...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Salais-López H,Lanuza E,Agustín-Pavón C,Martínez-García F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SK2 (KCa2.2) channels are voltage-independent Ca2+-activated K+ channels that regulate neuronal excitability in brain regions important for memory formation. In this study, we investigated the distribution and expression of SK2 channels in human brain by Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. Immunoblot analy...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Willis M,Trieb M,Leitner I,Wietzorrek G,Marksteiner J,Knaus HG

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of neuronal properties is a necessary first step toward understanding how the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) neuronal network regulates slow-wave sleep (SWS). Indeed, the electrophysiological heterogeneity of VLPO neurons suggests the existence of subtypes that could differently contribute ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Dubourget R,Sangare A,Geoffroy H,Gallopin T,Rancillac A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic neuromodulation is critically important for brain and cognitive integrity. The DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism is associated with striatal dopamine (DA) D2 receptor availability. Some previous studies have found that the A allele of the Taq1A polymorphism influences brain structure, but the results are inco...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Li X,Papenberg G,Kalpouzos G,Bäckman L,Persson J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory locomotion in the rodent is robustly activated by unilateral infusions into the basal forebrain of type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor antagonists, such as bicuculline and picrotoxin. The present study was carried out to better localize the neuroanatomical substrate(s) underlying this effect. To accompl...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Zahm DS,Schwartz ZM,Lavezzi HN,Yetnikoff L,Parsley KP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using sinusoidal oscillations of linear acceleration along both the horizontal and vertical planes to stimulate otolith organs in the inner ear, we charted the postnatal time at which responsive neurons in the rat inferior olive (IO) first showed Fos expression, an indicator of neuronal recruitment into the otolith ci...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Li C,Han L,Ma CW,Lai SK,Lai CH,Shum DK,Chan YS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the embryonic head of vertebrates, neurogenic and non-neurogenic ectodermal placodes arise from the panplacodal primordium. Whether and how growth processes of the ectodermal layer, changes in the transcriptional precursor cell profile, or positional changes among precursor cells contribute to interplacodal boundar...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Washausen S,Knabe W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin neurons arise from the brainstem raphe nuclei and send their projections throughout the brain to release 5-HT which acts as a modulator of several neuronal populations. Previous electron microscopy studies in rats have morphologically determined the distribution of 5-HT release sites (boutons) in certain bra...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Belmer A,Klenowski PM,Patkar OL,Bartlett SE

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent views of information processing in the (human) brain emphasize the hierarchical structure of the central nervous system, which is assumed to form the basis of a functional hierarchy. Hierarchical predictive processing refers to the notion that higher levels try to predict activity in lower areas, while lower le...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Kellermann T,Scholle R,Schneider F,Habel U

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ly-6 superfamily of proteins, which affects diverse processes in the immune system, has attracted renewed attention due to the ability of some Ly-6 proteins to bind to and modulate the function of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). However, there is a scarcity of knowledge regarding the distribut...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Thomsen MS,Cinar B,Jensen MM,Lyukmanova EN,Shulepko MA,Tsetlin V,Klein AB,Mikkelsen JD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar volume declines with aging. Few studies have investigated age differences in regional cerebellar volume (RCV) and their association with motor and cognitive function. In 213 healthy older adults, we investigated the association of age with motor skills, cognition and RCV. Subsequently, we studied the associ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Koppelmans V,Hoogendam YY,Hirsiger S,Mérillat S,Jäncke L,Seidler RD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonergic neurons of the raphe nuclei exhibit anatomical, neurochemical and elecrophysiological heterogeneity that likely underpins their specific role in multiple behaviors. However, the precise organization of serotonin (5-HT) neurons to orchestrate 5-HT release patterns throughout the brain is not well understoo...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Fernandez SP,Cauli B,Cabezas C,Muzerelle A,Poncer JC,Gaspar P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tegmental pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a basal ganglia-related structure that has recently gained renewed interest as a potential surgical target for the treatment of several aspects of Parkinson's disease. However, the underlying anatomical substrates sustaining the choice of the PPN nucleus as a surgical ca...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Barroso-Chinea P,Rico AJ,Conte-Perales L,Gómez-Bautista V,Luquin N,Sierra S,Roda E,Lanciego JL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMIGO2, or amphoterin-induced gene and ORF (open reading frame) 2, belongs to the leucine-rich repeats and immunoglobulin superfamilies. The protein is a downstream target of calcium-dependent survival signals and, therefore, promotes neuronal survival. Here, we describe the mRNA distribution pattern of AMIGO2 through...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Laeremans A,Nys J,Luyten W,D'Hooge R,Paulussen M,Arckens L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox proteins are key regulators of animal development, providing positional identity and patterning information to cells along the rostrocaudal axis of the embryo. Although their embryonic expression and function are well characterized, their presence and biological importance in adulthood remains poorly investigated....

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Hutlet B,Theys N,Coste C,Ahn MT,Doshishti-Agolli K,Lizen B,Gofflot F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) input to the claustrum is required for top-down cognitive control of action. By virtue of its widespread cortical connectivity, the claustrum is anatomically situated to process and broadcast top-down signals from ACC to downstream cortices. To gain a deeper understanding of claustrum p...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： White MG,Mathur BN

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acoustic radiation is a compact bundle of fibers conveying auditory information from the medial geniculate nucleus of the thalamus to the auditory cortex. Topographical knowledge of this bundle in primates is scarce and in vivo diffusion-based tractography reconstructions in humans remains challenging, especially ...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Maffei C,Jovicich J,De Benedictis A,Corsini F,Barbareschi M,Chioffi F,Sarubbo S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What changes in cortical organisation characterise global and localised variation between humans and chimpanzees remains a topic of considerable interest in evolutionary neuroscience. Here, we examined regional variation in cortical thickness, gyrification and white matter in samples of human and chimpanzee brains. Bo...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Hopkins WD,Li X,Crow T,Roberts N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30-amino acid peptide Y-P30, generated from the N-terminus of the human dermcidin precursor protein, has been found to promote neuronal survival, cell migration and neurite outgrowth by enhancing the interaction of pleiotrophin and syndecan-3. We now show that Y-P30 activates Src kinase and extracellular signal-re...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Neumann JR,Dash-Wagh S,Jüngling K,Tsai T,Meschkat M,Räk A,Schönfelder S,Riedel C,Hamad MI,Wiese S,Pape HC,Gottmann K,Kreutz MR,Wahle P

更新日期：2015-07-01 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

abstract：:Recent research has shown that at least two tryptophan hydroxylase (Tph) genes are present in gnathostome vertebrates, but it is not known when the duplication of the ancestral Tph gene took place during evolution. By their position as an out-group of gnathostomes, lampreys (agnathans) are key models to understand mo...

journal_title：Brain structure & function

authors： Cornide-Petronio ME,Anadón R,Rodicio MC,Barreiro-Iglesias A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00