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A Comprehensive, FAIR File Format for Neuroanatomical Structure Modeling
With advances in microscopy and computer science, the technique of digitally reconstructing, modeling, and quantifying microscopic anatomies has...
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Effect of a Stellate Ganglion Block on Acute Lung Injury in Septic Rats
A stellate ganglion block (SGB) is a clinical sympathetic block which can inhibit the body systemic inflammatory response. However, whether and how...
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A Brief History of the Cerebellum
Cerebellar structure and function have intrigued investigators and clinicians for millennia. Major anatomic features were recognized early, and the...
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Fundamental Neurocardiology: The Intracardiac Nervous System
Cardiac output is controlled by the autonomic nervous system to meet continually changing demands for the perfusion of systemic vascular beds....
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Insights into the liver-eyes connections, from epidemiological, mechanical studies to clinical translation
Maintenance of internal homeostasis is a sophisticated process, during which almost all organs get involved. Liver plays a central role in metabolism...
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Studies of the Dynamics of Transmitter Contents in Neurons in the Sympathetic Ganglia in Cats in Early Ontogeny
Objectives. To determine the location and immunohistochemical characteristics of neurons in the superior cervical (SCG) and stellate (CG) ganglia of...
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Vestibular Nuclei and Their Cerebellar Connections
The vestibular nuclei and the vestibulocerebellum comprise the anatomical crossroads where primary vestibular information is collected, stored, and...
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Brazilian XP-E siblings carrying a novel DDB2 variant developed early-onset melanoma: a case report
BackgroundXeroderma pigmentosum group E (XP-E) is one of the least common forms of XP, a rare syndrome where patients are prone to develop skin...
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On the Structure and Function of Cortical Areas
This chapter provides an introduction to the most relevant facts on the anatomy and physiology of the cerebral cortex in general, and in particular...
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Dendritic Elaboration: Morphology and Chemistry
Dendrites (from Greek δένδρον déndron, “tree”) are one of the major structural elements of neurons and exhibit enormously diverse forms. They...
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Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands
The mammalian brain controls heat generation and heat loss mechanisms that regulate body temperature and energy metabolism. Thermoeffectors include...
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Neurons in the Optic Tectum of Fish: Electrical Activity and Selection of Appropriate Stimulation
In all animals the optic tectum (OT) (or superior colliculi in mammals) provides guidance for external attention; this is not the only function of...
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Rhombomere 7 r7
Rhombomere 7 is the origin of another vestibular nucleus—previously the spinal/inferior vestibular nucleus (see Chap. 5...
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Map** and targeted viral activation of pancreatic nerves in mice reveal their roles in the regulation of glucose metabolism
A lack of comprehensive map** of ganglionic inputs into the pancreas and of technology for the modulation of the activity of specific pancreatic...
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Motor Circuit Abnormalities During Cerebellar Development
The cerebellum controls ongoing motor function and motor learning. Therefore, damage to its circuits causes a number of movement disorders such as...
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Light-emitting diode therapy protects against ventricular arrhythmias by neuro-immune modulation in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion rat model
BackgroundSympathetic overactivation and inflammation are two major mediators to post-myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced ventricular...
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The regulation of the small-conductance calcium-activated potassium current and the mechanisms of sex dimorphism in J wave syndrome
Apamin-sensitive small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) current ( I KAS ) plays an important role in cardiac repolarization under a variety...
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Glial-mediated neuroinflammatory mechanisms in age-related macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium loss often...
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Mechanisms of Development
Many of the mechanisms underlying neural development are basically similar in vertebrates and invertebrates. Among vertebrates, popular species for...