Neurons born in the adult dentate gyrus develop, mature, and connect over a long interval that can last from six to eight weeks. It has been proposed that, during this period, developing neurons play a relevant role in ...

A major challenge in current neuroscience is to understand the concerted functioning of distinct neurons involved in a particular behavior. This goal first requires achieving an adequate characterization of the behavior ...

Data were recorded on the mean nucleolar areas of neurons from the megacolon of chagasic patients, and neurons from the colon of non-chagasic subjects. The significant differences obtained were indicative of a higher level ...

Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopaminergic (DA) neurons have been implicated in several brain functions such as attention, memory, behavioral reinforcement and motivation. Dysfunction of these neurons has been associated ...

This thesis combines image and signal processing to obtain virtual neuron distribution maps in a Microelectrode Array (MEA), which are devices designed for non-invasive electrophysiological signal recording for in vitro ...

The A5 area at the ventrolateral pons contains noradrenergic neurons connected with other medullary areas involved in the cardiorespiratory control. Its contribution to the cardiorespiratory regulation was previously ...

1. The striatum is part of a multisynaptic loop involved in translating higher order cognitive activity into action. The main striatal computational unit is the medium spiny neuron, which integrates inputs arriving from ...

Dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are involved in several functions such as behavioural reinforcement and motivation. The activity of VTA dopaminergic neurons is controlled by intrinsic membrane ...

In just over 10 years, the use of optogenetic technologies in neuroscience has become widespread, having today a tremendous impact on our understanding of brain function. An extensive number of studies have implemented a ...