abstract：:Gabapentin's main clinical use is in the treatment of neuropathic pain where its binding to neuronal alpha-2/delta subunits of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) is critical to its mechanism of action. Over the past 10 years, there have been several reports of gabapentin also having anti-nausea and anti-emetic eff...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Guttuso T Jr

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, tactile distractor processing has primarily been investigated by focusing on the spatial characteristics of distractors and the impact of their presentation on the orienting of attention. In two experiments, we examined the influence of tactile distractors when the location of stimulus presentation was kept c...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Mast F,Frings C,Spence C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haptic guidance has been shown to have both facilitatory and interfering effects on motor learning. Interfering effects have been hypothesized to result from the particular dynamic environment, which supports a passive role of the learner, and they should be attenuated by fading guidance. Facilitatory effects, in part...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Heuer H,Lüttgen J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the 90° arm abduction force counteracting external adduction loads appeared to be smaller under teeth clenching condition than under non-clenching condition. To elucidate the physiological mechanism underlying the possible inhibitory effect of teeth clenching on the arm abduction, we have att...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Sato H,Kawano T,Saito M,Toyoda H,Maeda Y,Türker KS,Kang Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, responses to looming visual stimuli have been shown to depend on the emotional content of the stimulus. A threatening stimulus is judged to arrive sooner compared to a neutral stimulus, possibly buying the organism time to prepare defensive actions. Here, we explored the underlying mechanism. We found that t...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Brendel E,Hecht H,DeLucia PR,Gamer M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many daily situations, balance control is associated with a cognitive activity such as reading or a simple calculation. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between these two specific human activities, especially the influence of visual cues and support surface stability on body sway duri...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Ceyte H,Lion A,Caudron S,Kriem B,Perrin PP,Gauchard GC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changing direction during walking is a common task humans encounter every day. This destabilizing event requires the central nervous system (CNS) to quickly produce an appropriate response, maintain stability, and propel the body in the intended direction. Previous research has demonstrated that 'individuals with mult...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Denommé LT,Mandalfino P,Cinelli ME

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goal-directed movements are commonly used to allow humans to interact with their environment. When making a goal-directed movement in a natural environment, there are many competing stimuli. It is therefore important to understand how making a goal-directed movement could be impacted by the need to divide attention be...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Long H,Ma-Wyatt A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning in perceptual tasks is typically highly specific to the trained stimulus parameters. However, can learning be specific to a stimulus parameter that is perceptually indistinguishable from another? We assessed this question using a perceived sound location task in which the perceived sound location was created ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Sand A,Nilsson ME

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) applied over the occipital lobe approximately 100 ms after the onset of a stimulus decreases its visibility if it appears in the location of the phosphene. Because phosphenes can also be elicited by stimulation of the parietal regions, we asked if the same procedure that is used...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Tapia E,Mazzi C,Savazzi S,Beck DM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight illusions--where one object feels heavier than an identically weighted counterpart--have been the focus of many recent scientific investigations. The most famous of these illusions is the 'size-weight illusion', where a small object feels heavier than an identically weighted, but otherwise similar-looking, larg...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Buckingham G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the neuromuscular control of goal-directed movements is different for young and older adults with the upper and lower limbs. Twenty young (25.1 ± 3.9 years) and twenty older adults (71.5 ± 4.8 years) attempted to accurately match the displacement of their limb to a sp...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kwon M,Chen YT,Fox EJ,Christou EA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both human and animal research indicate that rapid eye movement sleep (REM) plays an important role in the processing of emotional information. REM is altered after fear conditioning in rats, but this alteration can be mitigated by exposure to a naïve conspecific. In addition, both the housing condition (isolated vs p...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Hunter AS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma band activity participates in sensory perception, problem solving, and memory. This review considers recent evidence showing that cells in the reticular activating system (RAS) exhibit gamma band activity, and describes the intrinsic membrane properties behind such manifestation. Specifically, we discuss how cel...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Garcia-Rill E,Kezunovic N,D'Onofrio S,Luster B,Hyde J,Bisagno V,Urbano FJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between emotional or neutral declarative memory consolidation and sleep architecture was investigated. Thirty university students (21 females) viewed negative, neutral, or positive pictures and rated their valence and arousal in the evening. Participants performed a recognition test 1 h later and then...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Ward MP,Peters KR,Smith CT

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is extensive evidence that emotional information is better remembered than neutral information across long delays, especially if the delay interval contains an opportunity for sleep. However, as prior studies have focused on memory for negative stimuli, it is unclear whether positive memories benefit from time a...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Chambers AM,Payne JD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional memory consolidation has been associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and recent evidence suggests that increased electroencephalogram spectral power in the theta (4-8 Hz) frequency range indexes this activity. REM sleep has been implicated in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as in emotio...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Cowdin N,Kobayashi I,Mellman TA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects exposed to a rotating environment that perturbs their postural sway show adaptive changes in their voluntary spatially directed postural motion to restore accurate movement paths but do not exhibit any obvious learning during passive stance. We have found, however, that a variable known to characterize the de...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Bakshi A,DiZio P,Lackner JR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the contribution of both hemispheres in a lateralised lexical decision paradigm with emotional and neutral words in healthy volunteers. In a first experiment, high-density EEG analysis using source imaging methods revealed early specific participation of the temporoparietal junctions (TPJ) in both hemis...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Rochas V,Rihs TA,Rosenberg N,Landis T,Michel CM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vection is the illusion of self-motion in the absence of real physical movement. The aim of the present study was to analyze how multisensory inputs (visual and auditory) contribute to the perception of vection. Participants were seated in a stationary position in front of a large, curved projection display and were e...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Keshavarz B,Hettinger LJ,Vena D,Campos JL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to further our understanding of action-blindsight, four hemianopic patients suffering from visual field loss contralateral to a unilateral occipital lesion were compared to six healthy controls during a double task of verbally reported target detection and saccadic responses toward the target. Three oculomoto...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Fayel A,Chokron S,Cavézian C,Vergilino-Perez D,Lemoine C,Doré-Mazars K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study assessed the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to use echoic information from sensory substitution devices (SSDs) to rotate the shoulders and safely pass through apertures of different width. Ten visually normal participants performed this task with full vision, or blindfolded using an SSD to obtai...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kolarik AJ,Timmis MA,Cirstea S,Pardhan S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was conducted to investigate the difference between Han Chinese and Caucasians on various parameters measured from responses to transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS). Sixteen subjects were studied in each group. A circular coil at the vertex was used for stimulation, whilst recording surface electrom...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Yi X,Fisher KM,Lai M,Mansoor K,Bicker R,Baker SN

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) has the most diverse set of receptors in comparison with any other neurotransmitter or hormone in the body. To date, seven families of 5-HT receptors have been characterized. A great number of studies have been published regarding the role of 5-HT and its receptors in seizures. However, with...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Gharedaghi MH,Seyedabadi M,Ghia JE,Dehpour AR,Rahimian R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directional preferences have previously been demonstrated during horizontal arm movements. These preferences were characterized by a tendency to exploit interaction torques for movement production at the shoulder or elbow, indicating that the preferred directions depend on biomechanical, and not on visual perception-b...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Dounskaia N,Wang W,Sainburg RL,Przybyla A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have demonstrated attenuated verbal working memory (WM) under articulatory suppression. However, performance is not completely abolished, suggesting a less efficient, non-articulatory mechanism for the maintenance of verbal information. The neural causes for the reduced efficiency of such a putative compl...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Trapp S,Mueller K,Lepsien J,Krämer B,Gruber O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor learning results from repeated exposure to the same movement and allows a mover to increase movement optimality. Typically, this has only been considered in single-step movements. In sequential movements, an initial reach movement is tailored to the demands of the onward movement. However, the exact role of moto...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Wilmut K,Barnett AL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that recreational use of cocaine is associated with significant impairments in the same cognitive control functions that are affected by chronic use. Here we tested whether recreational cocaine use can impact the emergence and resolution of response conflict in conflict-inducing tasks. Recreatio...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Sellaro R,Hommel B,Colzato LS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Quiet standing" is standing without intended movement. To the naked eye, a person "quiet standing" on a rigid surface of support is stationary. In the laboratory quiet standing is indexed by behavior (at the millimeter scale) of the center of pressure (COP), the point location of the vertical ground reaction force ve...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kinsella-Shaw JM,Harrison SJ,Carello C,Turvey MT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient daily navigation is underpinned by path integration, the mechanism by which we use self-movement information to update our position in space. This process is well understood in adulthood, but there has been relatively little study of path integration in childhood, leading to an underrepresentation in account...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Smith AD,McKeith L,Howard CJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human walking dynamics are typically framed in the context of mechanics and energetics rather than in the context of neuromuscular control. Dynamic walking principles describe one helpful theoretical approach to characterize efficient human walking mechanics over many steps. These principles do not, however, address h...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Toney ME,Chang YH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast cyclic movements and discrete motor acts are controlled differently, presumably because fast cyclic tasks are more automated, thereby depending on different circuits. If fast cyclic movements are made less predictable (e.g., by mixing frequencies), one would predict that their control will be less automated, requ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Koenraadt KL,Duysens J,Meddeler BM,Keijsers NL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The executive functions, which depend on the adequate maturation and functioning of the prefrontal cortex and its connection to posterior zones, follow a process of development as age increases. This work studied changes in the absolute power (AP) of EEG activity recorded in the prefrontal and parietal areas during th...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Guevara MÁ,Hernández González M,Rizo Martínez LE,Robles Aguirre FA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a long time, a controversy has been proposed that whether the process of theory of mind is a result of domain-specific or domain-general changes (Wellman in The handbook of childhood cognitive development. Blackwell Publication, New Jersey, 2011). This event-related potential study explored the neural time course ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Zhang T,Zhang Q,Li Y,Long C,Li H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the link between action planning and motor imagery in 6- and 8-year-old children. Action planning efficiency was assessed with a bar transport task. Motor imagery and visual imagery abilities were measured using a hand mental rotation task and a number (i.e., non-body stimuli) mental rotation task, respect...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Toussaint L,Tahej PK,Thibaut JP,Possamai CA,Badets A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desire to increase rewards and minimize punishing events is a powerful driver in behaviour. Here, we assess how the value of a location affects subsequent deployment of goal-directed attention as well as involuntary capture of attention on a trial-to-trial basis. By tracking eye position, we investigated whether t...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Camara E,Manohar S,Husain M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of voltage-gated K(+) channels (Kv) can be dynamically modulated by several events, including neurotransmitter stimulated biochemical cascades mediated by G protein-coupled receptors such as 5-HT2 receptors (5-HT2Rs). Activation of 5-HT2A/CR inhibits the Shaker-like K(+) channels Kv1.1 and Kv1.2, and this...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： D'Adamo MC,Servettini I,Guglielmi L,Di Matteo V,Di Maio R,Di Giovanni G,Pessia M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grasping using two forelimbs in opposition to one another is evolutionary older than the hand with an opposable thumb (Whishaw and Coles in Behav Brain Res 77:135-148, 1996); yet, the mechanisms for bimanual grasps remain unclear. Similar to unimanual grasping, the localization of matching stable grasp points on an ob...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Le A,Niemeier M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientific interest has increased the influence of temperature in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, and according to the monoamine hypothesis, depression is a neurochemical disorder arising from hypofunctioning of brain monoamine systems. Here, in vivo flow-oxymetry is applied to verify relationships betwee...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Crespi F

更新日期：2013-10-01 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