Occipital Lobe - Cytology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Evidence for highly selective neuronal tuning to whole words in the "visual word form area".

28 Apr 2009 Theories of reading have posited the existence of a neural representation coding for whole real words (i.e., an orthographic lexicon), but experimental support for such a representation has proved elusive. Using fMRI rapid adaptation techniques, we ... Read more...

Temporal and spatial development of axonal maturation and myelination of white matter in the developing brain.

9 Nov 2008 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been widely used to investigate the development of white matter (WM). However, information about this development in healthy children younger than 2 years of age is lacking, and most ... Read more...

Extracting synaptic conductances from single membrane potential traces.

3 Nov 2008 In awake animals, the activity of the cerebral cortex is highly complex, with neurons firing irregularly with apparent Poisson statistics. One way to characterize this complexity is to take advantage of the high interconnectivity of cerebral cortex ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Occipital Lobe - Cytology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Evidence for highly selective neuronal tuning to whole words in the "visual word form area". 28 Apr 2009
• Temporal and spatial development of axonal maturation and myelination of white matter in the developing brain. 9 Nov 2008
• Extracting synaptic conductances from single membrane potential traces. 3 Nov 2008
• Role of RhoA in activity-dependent cortical axon branching. 8 Sep 2008
• ConTrack: finding the most likely pathways between brain regions using diffusion tractography. 27 Jul 2008
• fMRI reveals greater within- than between-hemifield integration in the human lateral occipital cortex. 30 May 2008
• Developmental differences in white matter architecture between boys and girls. 30 May 2008
• Retinotopy and attention in human occipital, temporal, parietal, and frontal cortex. 27 Jan 2008
• Position selectivity in scene- and object-responsive occipitotemporal regions. 23 Jul 2007
• Expression and functional characterization of transient receptor potential vanilloid-related channel 4 (TRPV4) in rat cortical astrocytes. 15 Jul 2007
• Observer-independent analysis of high-resolution MR images of the human cerebral cortex: in vivo delineation of cortical areas. 30 Dec 2006
• Calculating event-triggered average synaptic conductances from the membrane potential. 4 Dec 2006
• Right occipital cortex suppresses male rat testosterone secretion by a pituitary-independent mechanism. 30 Jul 2006
• Indian and sonic hedgehogs regulate synchondrosis growth plate and cranial base development and function. 27 Jul 2006
• Differential alpha-mediated inhibition of dopamine and noradrenaline release in the parietal and occipital cortex following noradrenaline transporter blockade. 29 Jun 2006
• Regional white matter and neuropsychological functioning across the adult lifespan. 15 Apr 2006
• Pyramidal cell specialization in the occipitotemporal cortex of the Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus). 21 Sep 2005
• Stimulus history reliably shapes action potential waveforms of cortical neurons. 6 Jun 2005
• Functional organization of human occipital-callosal fiber tracts. 7 May 2005
• Early postnatal exposure to alcohol reduces the number of neurons in the occipital but not the parietal cortex of the rat. 30 Mar 2005

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Technical information about 'Occipital Lobe'

Definition: Posterior part of the cerebral hemisphere.

Descriptor UI: D009778

Alternative terms: Occipital Lobe; Lobe, Occipital; Lobes, Occipital; Occipital Lobes;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571;

Technical Notes: dis: coord IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM)