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Neuro Cartilla: El Sueño

mayo 28, 2021agosto 6, 2021 Joel Frohlich Adenosine, Alzheimer's, enfermedad de Alzheimer, ascending activating system, atonia, Brainstem, Caffeine, Coffee, Dreaming, dreams, general anesthesia, Hypnogram, locus coeruleus, NREM, Optic Chiasm, parasomnia, Raphe Nucleus, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep behavior disorder, Sleep, Sleep paralysis, suprachiasmatic nucleus, synchronization, tuberomammillary nucleus

Artículo original: Neuro Primer: Sleep, Joel Frohlich Traducido por Daniela Semerjian. ~~~ Es fácil preguntar: “¿Por qué dormir?” Pero también podemos darle la vuelta a la pregunta: “¿Por qué despertarse?”… Leer más

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Neuro Primer: Sleep

marzo 20, 2019mayo 31, 2021 Joel Frohlich Adenosine, Alzheimer's, enfermedad de Alzheimer, ascending activating system, atonia, Brainstem, Caffeine, Coffee, Dreaming, dreams, general anesthesia, Hypnogram, Hypothalamus, locus coeruleus, NREM, Optic Chiasm, parasomnia, Raphe Nucleus, rapid eye movement sleep, REM, REM sleep behavior disorder, Sleep, Sleep paralysis, suprachiasmatic nucleus, synchronization, tuberomammillary nucleus

Spanish Translation also available here: Neuro Cartilla: El Sueño ~~~ It’s easy to ask: “Why sleep?” But we can also turn the question on its head: “Why wake?” We need… Leer más

Aprendizaje y Memoria Movement Neuro News

The Departure of Skill Memories from Motor Cortex: Deeper Directions for Neuroscience

octubre 7, 2015marzo 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2015, Basal ganglia, Brainstem, Cerebellum, Episodic memory, Kawai, Aprendizaje, Memory, Motor cortex, Neurona, Olveczky, Procedural memory, Rat Lesion, Semantic memory, Skill learning, Thalamus

You probably have certain skills that I don’t. Each of us, having spent enough time practicing something new, can become an expert. A simple, ubiquitous example is driving a car… Leer más

Did You Know? Sleep

Messing with the ‘Flip-Flop’ Switch: Why Getting Sick Makes You Sleepy

agosto 26, 2015marzo 5, 2017 knowingneurons Brainstem, Cytokines, Flip-flop, Grossberg, Histamine, Hypothalamus, Imeri, Narcolepsy, Neurotensin, Nishino, Orexin, Raphe Nucleus, Saper, serotonin, Sick, Sickness, Sleep, Switch

We all know how it feels to be sick. The fatigue, increased sleep, and general malaise that accompany a cold are the primary reasons people stay bedridden when ill. Even… Leer más

Did You Know? Interviews Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

Science with a Touch of Art: A Conversation with David Ginty

noviembre 10, 2014marzo 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber @KnowingNeurons, Art, Brainstem, Creativity, Grad School, Intuition, Mechanosensory, Neuronas, Organization, Postdoc, Sense, Sensory, SfN14, Spinal cord, Touch

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/176184172″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] If you think about it, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. The dozens… Leer más