Sensory – Knowing Neurons

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Autism Book Club #1: A Tale of Two Autisms

agosto 18, 2022agosto 28, 2022 Lauren Wagner Asperger, Autismo, Inteligencia, Kanner, neurodivergent, overstimulation, psiquiatría, scientific discovery, Sensory, symptoms

By Lauren Wagner The Neuroscience of Autism, edited by Rajesh Kana, is the most recently published textbook on the history, characterization, and neuroscience of autism spectrum disorder. In Knowing Neurons’… Leer más

Did You Know? Sensation and Perception

Why Mosquitoes Love Us

febrero 8, 2017junio 30, 2017 Megumi Sano Antenna, Chemosensation, Drosophila, Flies, Fruit fly, GFP, Glomerulus, Green fluorescent protein, gustatory, Labial Palp, Leslie Vosshall, Maxillary Palp, microbioma, Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Multimodal Sensory Integration, Odor, Odorant, Olfaction, olfactory, Percepción, Proboscis, Sense, Sensilla, Sensory, SEZ, Smell, subesophageal zone, taste

From that evil itch on your arm to torturous diseases such as malaria, Zika, dengue, and yellow fever, mosquito bites can have unpleasant consequences. But have you ever wondered why… Leer más

Movement Neuro News Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

What Zebrafish Teach Us About Touch

noviembre 12, 2014marzo 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2014, Corollary discharge, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Glycine, Interneuron, Laura Kngloer, Motor, Movements, Neurona, Reflex, Sensory, SfN14, Zebrafish

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… 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

Brain Basics Did You Know? Sensation and Perception

A Tale of Two Aphasias

agosto 13, 2014marzo 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber Aphasia, Arcuate fasciculus, Broca, Conduction aphasia, Frontal lobe, language, Left hemisphere, Motor, Sensory, Temporal Lobe, Wernicke

It’s 1861, and the French neurologist Paul Broca is examining a new patient. Dr. Broca is puzzled because all the patient can say is “tan.” When Dr. Broca asks him… Leer más

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Hearing is Believing: Cells that Enable Hearing after Birth

marzo 11, 2013marzo 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 2013, Audition, auditory, cochlea, Deaf, Desarrollo, Hair Cell, Hearing, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Heller, Inner Ear, Jan, Nusse, Progenitor Cell, Sensory, Sound, Supporting Cell, Tympanic Border Cell, Tympanic border cells are Wnt-responsive and can act as progenitors for postnatal mouse cochlear cells, Wnt

The sense of hearing is a critical part of how we experience life and the world around us. It is so important, in fact, that the ears are fully formed… Leer más

Brain Basics Did You Know? Aprendizaje y Memoria Popular Articles Sensation and Perception

The amygdala: a full brain integrator in the face of fear

febrero 27, 2013marzo 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber Adrenalin, Amygdala, Corteza, Fear, Hippocampus, Long Route, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Sensory, Short Route, Sympathetic Nervous System, Thalamus

You are sitting at your computer quietly reading this article when – BOOM! – there is a sharp loud noise behind you! You instinctively stop what you are doing, jump… Leer más