2014 Archives - Knowing Neurons

Jillian L. Shaw February 4, 2015March 5, 2017 2014, Brain mapping, EEG, Episodic, Gamma, Inferior temporal lobe, intracranial EEG, Johns Hopkins, Map, Memory, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Theta, Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, Yaffe

Intracranial EEG and Mental Time Travel

A familiar progression of chords blares out of your speakers as the red lights of the surrounding traffic fade into the memory of a dark stage illuminated by pulsing neon lights.… Read More

Aging Learning and Memory Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber January 21, 2015March 5, 2017 2014, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Dendrite, glutamate, Glutamatergic, Hippocampus, Long-term potentiation, LTP, Memory, Morrison, Neuroplasticity, Pereira, PNAS, Prefrontal Cortex, Riluzole, Spine

Keeping Memories Fresh by Keeping Glutamate In Check

We are another year older, perhaps a little wiser, and probably more forgetful. Indeed, making memories is quite a process in the brain: specific synaptic connections are strengthened and new… Read More

Movement Neuro News Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

knowingneurons November 12, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Corollary discharge, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Glycine, Interneuron, Laura Kngloer, Motor, Movements, Neuron, Reflex, Sensory, SfN14, Zebrafish

What Zebrafish Teach Us About Touch

Unlike the sense of vision, which is perceived only by light-sensitive photoreceptors in our eyes, the mechanoreceptors that respond to light touch are located in sensory neurons all over the… Read More

(Transneuronal) Attack of the Mutant Huntingtin! Knowing Neurons

Did You Know?Movement Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Jillian L. Shaw September 17, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Autosomal dominant, Botulinum neurotoxin, CAG, Chorea, Disorder, DNA, gene, Genetics, HD, HTT, Huntingtin, Huntington’s disease, mHTT, Movement, Nature Neuroscience, Trinucleotide repeat disorder

(Transneuronal) Attack of the Mutant Huntingtin!

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an incredibly debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. Currently, there is no treatment that effectively reverses the progression of the disease or delays its onset. Huntington’s is a particularly… Read More

Oh Rats Theyll Regret This Knowing Neurons

Brain Basics Neuro News

Anita July 30, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, A David Redish, Adam P Steiner, Behavioral Neuroscience, Brain, Decision, Decision-making, Food Preference, Nature Neuroscience, Neuroscience, OFC, Orbitofrontal cortex, Regret, Restaurant Row, Reward, Risk, Ventral striatum

Oh, Rats! They’ll Regret This.

We often find ourselves in decision-making dilemmas along the day. For instance, to reach work on time, would you rather take the shorter, faster route or the longer, scenic route?… Read More

Itching to Understand Dynorphin Knowing Neurons

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Jillian L. Shaw July 16, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Bernard, Bhlhb5, Dynorphin, Inflammation, Itch, Kappa, Kardon, Limbic system, Mu, Neuron, Opioid, Pain, Spinal cord, Spinal dorsal horn

Itching to Understand Dynorphin

Bzzzzzz! Splat! Ugh! Anyone who has ever been around a campfire during the summer months is familiar with this progression of noises. Mosquito bites and the resulting welts provide unwelcome… Read More

Movement Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber April 23, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Bidaye, Central pattern generator, Circuit, CpG, Dickson, Drosophila, Fruit fly, Kinematics, MAN, MDN, Michael Jackson, Moonwalk, Neuronal Control of Drosophila Walking Direction, Proprioception, Science, TrpA1, Walk

How To Do The Moonwalk

Walking around in the real world, as opposed to the uncluttered hallways of your school, requires flexible and adaptive fine-tuning of the basic alternating stepping pattern of our two legs.… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Jillian L. Shaw April 2, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Alzheimer's, Chromatin, degeneration, DNA, Drosophila, Euchromatin, Feany, Frost, Fruit fly, H3K9me2, Heterochromatin, HP1a, Hyperphosphorylated, Nature Neuroscience, Neurotoxicity, Nucleus, Tau, Tau promotes neurodegeneration through global chromatin relaxation, Tauopathy

The Tenets of Tauists

For the labs working tirelessly to understand the underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease, there are often two camps: BAPtists and tau-ists. … Read More

Mapping the Information Highway in the Brain Knowing Neurons

Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

knowingneurons March 26, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Anterograde, Bowman, Brain, Cell, Circuits, Coinjection, Connectomics, Dong, Imaging, Mapping, Mouse Connectome Project, Networks, Neural Networks of the Mouse Neocortex, Neural tracer, Retrograde, Toga, University of Southern California, USC, Zingg

Mapping the Information Highway in the Brain

It’s hard to imagine life without Google Maps nowadays. We use the interactive map daily to find out how to get from point A to point B. Wouldn’t it be… Read More

Tangerines, Tomatoes, and Neuroinflammation! Oh My! Knowing Neurons

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

knowingneurons March 17, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Alzheimer’s disease, Antineuroinflammatory effects of lycopene via activation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase-α1/heme oxygenase-1 pathways, Flu, Immune, Kuang, Lin, Lu, Microglia, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Parkinson's Disease, Shu, Tangeretin exerts anti-neuroinflammatory effects via NF-κB modulation in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated microglial cells, Vitamin C

Tangerines, Tomatoes, and Neuroinflammation! Oh My!

While we are still in the midst of the flu season, we all try to stay as healthy as possible by consuming large quantities of Vitamin C. Whether it’s chewable… Read More

Brain Awareness Week 2014 Knowing Neurons

Brain Basics Neuro News

Kate Fehlhaber March 11, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, BAW, Brain, Brain Awareness Week, CrashCourse, Dana, Education, Fun, Global, Neuroscience, Physchology, Research

This Week is Brain Awareness Week

Every year, people all over the world get together to celebrate the brain! During Brain Awareness Week, scientists, families, schools, and communities work to raise public awareness about the progress… Read More

Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber March 5, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Blind, Cis, DENAQ, Dirk Trauner, Endorphins, G-protein coupled receptor, Ganglion cell, Gene therapy, GPCR, Neuron, Pain, Photoisomerization, Photoreceptor, Photoswitch, Retinal, Retinal prosthesis, Richard Kramer, See, Senses, Stem cell, Trans, Vision

Turning On A “Photoswitch” Helps Blind Mice See The Light

Our senses connect us to the world. Your visual system lets you know that there is a yellow car ahead of you, and your auditory system lets you know that… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Popular Articles Sensation and Perception

Jillian L. Shaw February 27, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Autism, Cross-modal plasticity, Learning, Nature Neuroscience, Oxytocin, Oxytocin mediates early experience–dependent cross-modal plasticity in the sensory cortices, Sensory cortex, Sensory deprivation, Visual cortex, Yu, Zheng

Heightened Senses: Cross-Modal Neuroplasticity

Envision this scenario. It’s the end of a grueling hike and you’re racing back to civilization along a trail in the mountains as darkness falls. You’ve become separated from your… Read More