Questions tagged [neurophysiology]
The study of the physiology of the nervous system, with emphasis on transcellular communication, and cellular and molecular processes involved in neural communication.
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anorexiant αMSH
I came across https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2020NutritionStrategicPlan_508.pdf curious after a lecture in nutritional genomics.
The 2020–2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research
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Are there any technologies that can evoke cognitive sensations?
I was wondering if there is any early stage research or theorizarion about being able to electrically stimulate the brain to instantiate a particular cognitive sensation (for example, a particular ...
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Why can't MEG distinguish EPSPs and IPSPs?
I see this fact stated in many places that discuss the basis of the MEG signal but it's never been made completely clear why MEG can't distinguish IPSPs and EPSPs. Please could someone elaborate?
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Effect of number of post-synaptic neurons, and of inhibitory neuron/synapse, on post-synaptic neuron potential
I need to know which of the following statements are correct, if any:
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[pre]------>[post]
Single postsynaptic neuron: when [pre] fires, [post] fires, too (a ...
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Evolutionary explanation for the neural structures generating representations (visual subset) [duplicate]
From my interpretation of the descriptions of individuals with specific types of brain damage (see the example in the next paragraph), it seems that in some cases part of the movie of consciousness ...
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What does the current literature say on the relationship of psychedelic drugs and neuroplasticity?
The majority of my understanding of the current literature comes from this paper found in Nature.
The purpose of the paper is to examine "specific questions about the effects of psychedelics on ...
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Are there any papers on the neurobiology/ neuroscience of hyper-industriousness?
I'm quite intrigued by this topic, and, unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any interesting papers on the subject...More specifically, I'd like to know more about the mechanisms that regulate ...
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Averaging across electrodes in P300 to make a figure
I have a dataset in which we expect to evoke P300 peaks in an oddball setting. My part of the project considers building a machine learning model to classify whether a participant saw a relevant ...
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At what rate and to what extent do metabolic waste products from neurons diffuse throughout the brain?
At what rate and to what extent do metabolic waste products from neurons diffuse throughout the brain?
Do the metabolic waste products remain local to the neurons being used, or do those waste ...
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Do neurons have any cognition-related continuous-domain effects on other cells?
While the inputs and operation of neurons appears to be a rather continuous and complicated process, the output of a neuron is typically thought of as a "spike." This is a highly discrete ...
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Correlation of Gene Expression with Dynamic Imaging Phenotypes
I've been researching the process of performing a spatial correlation between gene expression in the brain and particular imaging phenotypes such as structural white matter connectivity. My research ...
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What happens to your body when overcoming side effects of SSRIs?
When you start taking SSRIs your body experiences side effects like vomiting, headaches, diarrhea etc.
Apparently these side effects go away after regular consumption.
What happens inside your body to ...
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Gene Expression Database for Psychological Disorders
Is there a comprehensive database available online of gene expression across the brain taken from individuals with psychological conditions? Resources like the Allen Institute's Human Brain Map (link ...
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What are the biological reasons for hearing loss?
I recently stumbled upon an interesting online hearing test on YouTube, and it got me thinking about the root causes of hearing loss. I'm curious about the main contributing factors behind the loss of ...
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Is there a complete overview and classification of all Probabilistic Neuronal Codes (PPC)?
I am trying to gather an explicit and complete overview of so-called Probabilistic Neuronal Codes (PPC). I have found various PPC models from literature, but have difficulties having them classified, ...
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