Reliability and stability of tactile perception in the whisker somatosensory system
Frontiers in NeuroscienceRodents rely on their whiskers as vital sensory tools for tactile perception, enabling them to distinguish textures and shapes. Ensuring the reliability and constancy of tactile perception under varying stimulus conditions remains a fascinating and ...
Hariom Sharma, Rony Azouz
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Perceiving and expressing feelings through actions in relation to individual differences in empathic traits : the Action and Feelings Questionnaire (AFQ) [PDF]
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Braadbaart, Lieke +4 more
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Parallel and convergent processing in grid cell, head-direction cell, boundary cell, and place cell networks. [PDF]
, 2013 The brain is able to construct internal representations that correspond to external spatial coordinates. Such brain maps of the external spatial topography may support a number of cognitive functions, including navigation and memory.
Brandon, Mark P +2 more
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Molecular Imaging, 2019 MET , the gene encoding the tyrosine kinase receptor for hepatocyte growth factor, is a susceptibility gene for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Genetically altered mice with a kinase-inactive Met offer a potential model for understanding neural circuit ...
Shiyu Tang PhD +5 more
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More than skin deep: body representation beyond primary somatosensory cortex [PDF]
, 2010 The neural circuits underlying initial sensory processing of somatic information are relatively well understood. In contrast, the processes that go beyond primary somatosensation to create more abstract representations related to the body are less clear.
Azanon, E. +2 more
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Linking pain and the body: neural correlates of visually induced analgesia [PDF]
, 2012 The visual context of seeing the body can reduce the experience of acute pain, producing a multisensory analgesia. Here we investigated the neural correlates of this “visually induced analgesia” using fMRI.
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Frontiers in NeuroscienceIntroductionCarpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common nerve entrapment neuropathy, which causes numbness and pain in the thumb, the index and middle fingers and the radial side of the ring finger. Regular hand exercises may improve the symptoms and
Mehmet Akif Akdağ +5 more
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Nociceptive neuropeptide increases and periorbital allodynia in a model of traumatic brain injury. [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: This study tests the hypothesis that injury to the somatosensory cortex is associated with periorbital allodynia and increases in nociceptive neuropeptides in the brainstem in a mouse model of controlled cortical impact (CCI) injury.
Amenta, Peter S. +4 more
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Nociceptive-Evoked Potentials Are Sensitive to Behaviorally Relevant Stimulus Displacements in Egocentric Coordinates. [PDF]
, 2016 Feature selection has been extensively studied in the context of goal-directed behavior, where it is heavily driven by top-down factors. A more primitive version of this function is the detection of bottom-up changes in stimulus features in the ...
DI STEFANO, Giulia +5 more
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Global and local neuronal coding of tactile information in the barrel cortex
Frontiers in NeuroscienceDuring tactile sensation in rodents, the whisker movements across surfaces give rise to intricate whisker motions that encompass discrete and transient stick–slip events, effectively conveying valuable information regarding surface properties.
Hariom Sharma, Rony Azouz
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