abstract：:Globally, it is estimated that nearly 10 million people sustain severe brain injuries leading to hospitalization and/or death every year. Amongst survivors, traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in a wide variety of physical, emotional and cognitive deficits. The most common cognitive deficit associated with TBI is mem...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sebastian V,Diallo A,Ling DS,Serrano PA

更新日期：2013-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The habenular complex linking forebrain and midbrain structures is subdivided into the medial (mHb) and the lateral nuclei (lHb). The mHb is characterized by the expression of specific nicotinic acetylcholine receptor isoforms and the release of acetylcholine to the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN), the sole output regio...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kobayashi Y,Sano Y,Vannoni E,Goto H,Suzuki H,Oba A,Kawasaki H,Kanba S,Lipp HP,Murphy NP,Wolfer DP,Itohara S

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ability of observers to detect the 3D curvature of motion paths when binocular disparity and motion information were present. On each trial, two displays were observed through shutter-glasses. In one display, a sphere moved along a linear path in the horizontal and depth dimensions. In the other displa...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Pierce RS,Bian Z,Braunstein ML,Andersen GJ

更新日期：2013-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MANY FLYING INSECTS EXHIBIT AN ACTIVE FLIGHT AND GAZE STRATEGY: purely translational flight segments alternate with quick turns called saccades. To generate such a saccadic flight pattern, the animals decide the timing, direction, and amplitude of the next saccade during the previous translatory intersaccadic interval...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lindemann JP,Egelhaaf M

更新日期：2013-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats use their whiskers to extract a wealth of information about their immediate environment, such as the shape, position or texture of an object. The information is conveyed to mechanoreceptors located within the whisker follicle in the form of a sequence of whisker deflections induced by the whisker/object contact i...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Boubenec Y,Shulz DE,Debrégeas G

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:One function of glucocorticoids is to restore homeostasis after an acute stress response by providing negative feedback to stress circuits in the brain. Loss of this negative feedback leads to elevated physiological stress and may contribute to depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. We investigated t...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Griffiths BB,Schoonheim PJ,Ziv L,Voelker L,Baier H,Gahtan E

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 25 years, visual processing has been discussed in the context of the dual stream hypothesis consisting of a ventral ("what") and a dorsal ("where") visual information processing pathway. Patients with brain damage of the ventral pathway typically present with signs of visual agnosia, the inability to ide...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Huberle E,Rupek P,Lappe M,Karnath HO

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been known for decades that the drug nicotine can improve cognitive function, the nature of its effects and the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Nicotine activates nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (nAChRs) that normally are activated by endogenous ACh, presumably "hijacking" the ch...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Metherate R,Intskirveli I,Kawai HD

更新日期：2012-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive evidence indicates that glucocorticoid hormones act in a variety of brain regions to enhance the consolidation of memory of emotionally motivated training experiences. We previously reported that corticosterone, the major glucocorticoid in the rat, administered into the dorsal striatum immediately after inhi...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sánchez-Resendis O,Medina AC,Serafín N,Prado-Alcalá RA,Roozendaal B,Quirarte GL

更新日期：2012-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed whole-cell recordings from basal forebrain (BF) cholinergic neurons in transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) under the control of the choline acetyltransferase promoter. BF cholinergic neurons can be differentiated into two electrophysiologically identifiable subtypes: early...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Unal CT,Golowasch JP,Zaborszky L

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoid compounds may influence both emotional and cognitive processes depending on the level of environmental aversiveness at the time of drug administration. However, the mechanisms responsible for these responses remain to be elucidated. The present experiments investigated the effects induced by the endocannab...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Campolongo P,Ratano P,Manduca A,Scattoni ML,Palmery M,Trezza V,Cuomo V

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous reports indicate that learning and memory of conditioned responses are accompanied by genesis of dendritic spines in the hippocampus, although there is a conspicuous lack of information regarding spine modifications after behavioral extinction. There is ample evidence that treatments that typically produce am...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Garín-Aguilar ME,Díaz-Cintra S,Quirarte GL,Aguilar-Vázquez A,Medina AC,Prado-Alcalá RA

更新日期：2012-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used extensively in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. The therapeutic benefits of SSRIs typically require several weeks of continuous treatment. Intriguingly, according to clinical reports, symptoms of anxiety may actually increase during the early s...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Ravinder S,Pillai AG,Chattarji S

更新日期：2011-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological role of synaptic zinc has remained largely enigmatic since its initial detection in hippocampal mossy fibers over 50 years ago. The past few years have witnessed a number of studies highlighting the ability of zinc ions to regulate ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways implicated in neuro...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sindreu C,Storm DR

更新日期：2011-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:DARPP-32 (PPP1R1B) was discovered as a substrate of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) enriched in dopamine-innervated brain areas. It is one of three related, PKA-regulated inhibitors of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1). These inhibitors seem to have appeared in early vertebrate ancestors, possibly Gnathostomes. DARPP-32...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Yger M,Girault JA

更新日期：2011-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In animals, emotional memory is classically assessed through pavlovian fear conditioning in which a neutral novel stimulus (conditioned stimulus) is paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus. After conditioning, the conditioned stimulus elicits a fear response characterized by a wide range of behavioral and physi...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Hegoburu C,Shionoya K,Garcia S,Messaoudi B,Thévenet M,Mouly AM

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Although habituation is possibly the simplest form of learning, we still do not fully understand the neurobiological basis of habituation in any organism. To advance the goal of a comprehensive understanding of habituation, we have studied long-term habituation (LTH) of the gill-withdrawal reflex (GWR) in the marine s...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Esdin J,Pearce K,Glanzman DL

更新日期：2010-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Invertebrates are used extensively as model species to investigate neuro-endocrine processes regulating behaviors, and many of these processes may be extrapolated to vertebrates. However, when it comes to reproductive processes, many of these model species differ notably in their mode of reproduction. A point in case ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Koene JM

更新日期：2010-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasticity in the honeybee brain has been studied using the appetitive olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension reflex, in which a bee learns the association between an odor and a sucrose reward. In this framework, coupling behavioral measurements of proboscis extension and invasive recordings of neural activ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Roussel E,Sandoz JC,Giurfa M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetoreception can play a substantial role in long distance navigation by animals. I hypothesize that locomotion guided by a magnetic compass sense could also play a role in short distance navigation. Animals identify mates, prey, or other short distance navigational goals using different sensory modalities (olfacti...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Wyeth RC

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this short review is to highlight rewarding aspects of social interactions for humans and discuss their neural basis. Thereby we report recent research findings to illustrate how social stimuli in general are processed in the reward system and highlight the role of Theory of Mind as one mediating proc...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Krach S,Paulus FM,Bodden M,Kircher T

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear leak currents have been implicated in the regulation of neuronal excitability, generation of neuronal and network oscillations, and network state transitions. Yet, few studies have directly tested the dependence of network oscillations on leak currents or explored the role of leak currents on network activity. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Zhao S,Golowasch J,Nadim F

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to validate the psychometric properties of a recently developed paradigm that aims to measure salience attribution processes proposed to contribute to positive psychotic symptoms, the Salience Attribution Test (SAT). The "aberrant salience" measure from the SAT showed good face validity in previous results, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Schmidt K,Roiser JP

更新日期：2009-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence is widespread throughout the natural world, prominent examples being predatory violence between species, seasonal violent competition for mating rights and territories within species and food competition both within and between species. These interactions are generally between unrelated individuals with no so...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Broom M

更新日期：2009-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest the involvement of prefrontal cortex in time interval estimation. The underlying neural processes are poorly understood, however, in part because of the paucity of physiological studies. The goal of this study was to establish an interval timing task for physiological recordings in ra...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kim J,Jung AH,Byun J,Jo S,Jung MW

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Early studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reported that abnormal function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system was associated with the disorder. However, subsequent studies attempting to identify a specific aspect of HPA dysfunction that characterizes PTSD have been marked by considera...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Radant AD,Dobie DJ,Peskind ER,Murburg MM,Petrie EC,Kanter ED,Raskind MA,Wilkinson CW

更新日期：2009-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of early institutional care on memory and executive functioning. Subjects were participants in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) and included institutionalized children, children with a history of institutionalization who were assigned to a foster care intervention, an...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bos KJ,Fox N,Zeanah CH,Nelson Iii CA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subchronic treatment with the psychotomimetic phencyclidine (PCP) has been proposed as a rodent model of the negative and cognitive/executive symptoms of schizophrenia. There has, however, been a paucity of studies on this model in mice, despite the growing use of the mouse as a subject in genetic and molecular studie...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Brigman JL,Ihne J,Saksida LM,Bussey TJ,Holmes A

更新日期：2009-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotionally arousing experiences and stress influence cognitive processes and vice versa. Understanding the relations and interactions between these three systems forms the core of this study. We tested two inbred mouse strains (BALB/c, C57BL/6J; male; 3-month-old) for glucocorticoid stress system markers (expression ...

journal_title：Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience

authors： Brinks V,van der Mark M,de Kloet R,Oitzl M

更新日期：2007-12-30 00:00:00