Neuroanatomy

What kind of stress is the most powerful stress influence for the memory performance of rats?

There is a correlation between stress and memory

01 January 2013 230 8 View

What are centrifugal innervations?

I have been reading about innervations of the olfactory bulb, but I don´t understand this concept well. What exactly does centrifugal innervation mean? Is it some kind of special fiber...

01 January 2013 2,332 3 View

About the number of neurons and neuronal densities of human and primate brains

Does anybody know any good papers where the number of neurons (or neuronal densities) are reported for different cerebral areas in humans and, if possible, also in primates? I've already read the...

12 December 2012 9,048 0 View

Does anyone know a calcium dye, which is not quenched after paraformaldehyde fixation

I would like to scan calcium-indicator-dye-loaded neurons after fixation, just to know, which cells have been loaded. Fura and Carbodiimide fixation have been reported to retain fluorescence but I...

12 December 2012 553 4 View

Does anyone know a calcium dye, which is not quenched after paraformaldehyde fixation

I would like to scan calcium-indicator-dye-loaded neurons after fixation, just to know, which cells have been loaded. Fura and Carbodiimide fixation have been reported to retain fluorescence but I...

07 December 2012 8,615 4 View

Are there areas of the brain that are specifically dedicated to metaphysical questions?

Are questions about death, nothingness, world's and life's birth... etc linked to a defined anatomic brain zone (or several)? And in that case, is stimulation of these zones known? Would that...

17 November 2012 2,143 26 View

Are there areas of the brain that are specifically dedicated to metaphysical questions?

Are questions about death, nothingness, world's and life's birth... etc linked to a defined anatomic brain zone (or several)? And in that case, is stimulation of these zones known? Would that...

11 November 2012 9,392 25 View

Is crowd funding a viable alternative now that research grant awards are at an all-time low?

Crowd funding has been successfully used to launch many new inventions, musical and artistic projects. Will scientists now turn to crowd funding or is this merely a passing fad?

11 November 2012 9,547 14 View

Is crowd funding a viable alternative now that research grant awards are at an all-time low?

Crowd funding has been successfully used to launch many new inventions, musical and artistic projects. Will scientists now turn to crowd funding or is this merely a passing fad?

07 November 2012 2,972 13 View

Can anyone suggest a specific glutamatergic neuron marker?

I would like to identify glutamatergic neuron in hippocampus by immunohistochemical technique.

15 October 2012 6,789 2 View

Can anyone suggest a specific glutamatergic neuron marker?

I would like to identify glutamatergic neuron in hippocampus by immunohistochemical technique.

10 October 2012 9,081 3 View

Can you recommend ideas for statistical analysis of dendritic growth?

Hey! I am comparing the dendritic growth of neurons in the hippocampus under different conditions. Thus, I am interested whether there is an effect due to the treatments and/or genetic...

10 October 2012 8,220 25 View

Betz cells are believed to inhibit the large antigravity muscles. How do Betz cells terminate in the spinal cord to effect such inhibition?

What is the mechanism by which Betz cells terminate on their targets?

08 August 2012 9,723 4 View

Neuroanatomy of embryonic mouse brain cortex; which neurons (form the cortex and hippocampus) extend their axons to where?

I work on axon formation and I know that in an embryonic mouse brain cortex axons are mainly projected in the intermediate fibre rich zone, but are these axons form cortical plate neurons? If yes,...

04 April 2012 2,188 6 View

What is the optimal incubation time for Golgi staining of PND 1 rat brains?

We're planning a developmental Golgi study that will look at morphology of neurons at different developmental ages (or PND) in independent groups of young rats. I've successfully stained PND 24...

01 January 1970 6,026 3 View

I would like to find out the number of bipolar cells in the primate retina and how it varies with eccentricity. Anyone knows please?

There are papers describing the population of cones and RGCs and their variation with eccentricity in the primate retina. I however cannot find a similar paper on bipolar cells. I would like to...

01 January 1970 940 2 View

Which comes first in patients with severe mental illness?

I am trying to discern whether, in the brain (structure & function) of people with bipolar disorder/MDD/schizophrenia who experienced childhood trauma, there are: 1. already differences in...

01 January 1970 2,528 6 View

I would like to find out the number of bipolar cells in the primate retina and how it varies with eccentricity. Anyone knows please?

There are papers describing the population of cones and RGCs and their variation with eccentricity in the primate retina. I however cannot find a similar paper on bipolar cells. I would like to...

01 January 1970 4,218 2 View

Techniques for micro-disection of somatosensory representative area in Adult Rat Brain Tissue?

Hi, Can Somebody help me on how I know how I can micro-direct the somatosensory representative area in Adult Rat Brain ? Thanks.

01 January 1970 1,825 2 View

What is the optimal incubation time for Golgi staining of PND 1 rat brains?

We're planning a developmental Golgi study that will look at morphology of neurons at different developmental ages (or PND) in independent groups of young rats. I've successfully stained PND 24...

01 January 1970 1,735 2 View

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