Jiang, Shuang Honnuraiah, Suraj Stuart, Greg J.
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The superior colliculus is a critical brain region involved in processing visual information. It receives visual input directly from the retina, as well as via a projection from primary visual cortex. Here we determine which cell types in the superficial superior colliculus receive visual input from primary visual cortex in mice. Neurons in the sup...
Khan, Samia Carrasco, Dario I. Isaacson, Robin English, Arthur W.
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Introduction Recovery from peripheral nerve injuries is poor because axon regeneration is slow and inefficient. Experimental therapies that increase signaling of neuronal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through its TrkB receptor or through its downstream effectors enhance axon regeneration, increasing the number of motor and sensory neuron...
Lynton, Zorana Suárez, Rodrigo Fenlon, Laura R.
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The corpus callosum is the largest axonal tract in the human brain, connecting the left and right cortical hemipheres. This structure is affected in myriad human neurodevelopmental disorders, and can be entirely absent as a result of congenital or surgical causes. The age when callosal loss occurs, for example via surgical section in cases of refra...
Stone, Jonathan Mitrofanis, John Johnstone, Daniel M. Robinson, Stephen R.
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As human longevity has increased, we have come to understand the ability of the brain to function into advanced age, but also its vulnerability with age, apparent in the age-related dementias. Against that background of success and vulnerability, this essay reviews how the brain is protected by (by our count) 12 mechanisms, including: the cranium, ...
Kumarasami, Ramdayalan Verma, Richa Pandurangan, Karthika Ramesh, Jivitha Jyothi Pandidurai, Sathish Savoia, Stephen Jayakumar, Jaikishan Bota, Mihail Mitra, Partha Joseph, Jayaraj
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Understanding and mapping the human connectome is a long-standing endeavor of neuroscience, yet the significant challenges associated with the large size of the human brain during cryosectioning remain unsolved. While smaller brains, such as rodents and marmosets, have been the focus of previous connectomics projects, the processing of the larger h...
Tapia-González, Silvia DeFelipe, Javier
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The principal aim of the present work was to chemically characterize the population of neurons labeled for the calcium binding protein secretagogin (SCGN) in the human frontal and temporal cortices (Brodmann’s area 10 and 21, respectively). Both cortical regions are involved in many high cognitive functions that are especially well developed (or un...
Montano, Nicola Rapisarda, Alessandro D'Alessandris, Quintino Giorgio D'Ercole, Manuela Izzo, Alessandro
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Skandalakis, Georgios P. Barrios-Martinez, Jessica Kazim, Syed Faraz Rumalla, Kavelin Courville, Evan N. Mahto, Neil Kalyvas, Aristotelis Yeh, Fang-Cheng Hadjipanayis, Constantinos G. Schmidt, Meic H.
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The model of the four streams of the prefrontal cortex proposes 4 streams of information: motor through Brodmann area (BA) 8, emotion through BA 9, memory through BA 10, and emotional-related sensory through BA 11. Although there is a surge of functional data supporting these 4 streams within the PFC, the structural connectivity underlying these ne...
Mier Quesada, Zacnite Portillo, Wendy Paredes, Raúl G.
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Olfaction is fundamental in many species of mammals. In rodents, the integrity of this system is required for the expression of parental and sexual behavior, mate recognition, identification of predators, and finding food. Different anatomical and physiological evidence initially indicated the existence of two anatomically distinct chemosensory sys...
De Rosa, Andrea Mosteiro, Alejandra Guizzardi, Giulia Roldán, Pedro Torales, Jorge Matas Fassi, Jessica Cavallo, Luigi Maria Solari, Domenico Prats-Galino, Alberto Di Somma, Alberto
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Objective Starting from an anatomic study describing the possibility of reaching the temporal region through an endoscopic transorbital approach, many clinical reports have now demonstrated the applicability of this strategy when dealing with intra-axial lesions. The study aimed to provide both a qualitative anatomic description of the temporal reg...
