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Comparison of Pyramidal and Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Cell Volume Responses to Osmotic Stress and Stroke - Like Stress
(2011-02-14)
Acute brain cell swelling (cytotoxic edema) can occur in the first minutes of stroke, presumably as a result of brain cells taking up water. In extreme hypo-osmotic situations such as excessive water-loading by patients, ...
Does ischemia cause acute neuronal damage by converting the Na+/K+ pump into a channel?
(2014-09-27)
The gray matter of the higher brain undergoes spreading depolarization in response to ischemia, which increases metabolic demand and so promotes acute neuronal injury. The molecular mechanism linking ischemic failure of ...
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Punishment Structure and Decision-Making of the Iowa Gambling Task
(2015-05-26)
The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) is a widely used decision-making task often used to assess decision-making impairment in clinical populations. During learning of the task, individuals receive consistent monetary rewards and ...
The Safety, Efficacy, and Tolerability of Microbial Ecosystem Therapeutic-2 in People with Major Depression and/or Generallzed Anxiety Disorder
Objective: The primary objective of this study is to assess subjective changes in mood and anxiety symptoms before, during, and after administration of the microbial therapeutic. The secondary objectives of this study are ...
Investigating the Sophistication of Long-Latency Stretch Responses During Postural Control of the Upper Limb
(2011-01-18)
A recent theory of motor control, based on optimal feedback control, posits that voluntary motor behaviour involves the sophisticated manipulation of sensory feedback. Although this theory can explain how people move in ...
The role of primate superior colliculus in naturalistic visual search behavior
(2010-12-22)
Primates, including humans, explore their visual environment with sequences of gaze fixations interrupted by saccadic eye movements that re-orient the fovea to objects of interest. This visual behavior is thought to involve ...
Gial cell line-derived neutrotrophic factor expression in proliferating intestinal smooth muscle cells is important for enteric neuron survival
(2012-09-28)
Normal intestinal functions are coordinated by enteric neurons within the enteric nervous system (ENS). In the embryonic and neonatal gut, enteric neuron survival is dependent on the expression of glial cell line-derived ...
Histamine Influences Depolarization-Induced Calcium Ion Influx in Sympathetic Neurons
(2011-09-08)
The superior mesenteric ganglion (SMG) provides sympathetic input to areas of the small intestine, colon, spleen, and mesenteric lymph nodes. Interactions between the nervous and immune systems in the SMG influence sympathetic ...
Children With Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Differ on Neuropsychological Tasks and Measures of Eye Movement Control
(2010-01-18)
Children with alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder differ on neuropsychological tasks and measures of eye movement control. M.Sc. Thesis, Queen’s University, Kingston, ...
Lateral Septal Regulation of Anxiety
(2012-09-26)
The lateral septum is heavily implicated in anxiety regulation, with lesions or
pharmacological inhibition of this region suppressing rats' defensive responses in various rat models of anxiety. My first objective was to ...