MEG と BOLD 信号の線型コンボリューション・モデルを用いた統合

A novel method for integrating MEG and BOLD fMRI signals with the linear convolution model in human primary somatosensory cortex. Nangini C, Tam F, Graham SJ. Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 Jan;29(1):97-106. Characterizing the neurovascular coupling…

神経活動の増加に伴う負の BOLD 信号

Negative BOLD with Large Increases in Neuronal Activity. Schridde U, Khubchandani M, Motelow JE, Sanganahalli BG, Hyder F, Blumenfeld H Cereb Cortex. 2007 Dec 5; Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fM…

帰納的推論の脳機能:言語とは独立の分散したネットワーク

Functional neuroanatomy of deductive inference: a language-independent distributed network. Monti MM, Osherson DN, Martinez MJ, Parsons LM. Neuroimage. 2007 Sep 1;37(3):1005-16. Epub 2007 May 24. Studies of brain areas supporting deductive…

人間とチンパンジーの休息状態の脳活動の比較

A comparison of resting-state brain activity in humans and chimpanzees. Rilling JK, Barks SK, Parr LA, Preuss TM, Faber TL, Pagnoni G, Bremner JD, Votaw JR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 23;104(43):17146-51. Epub 2007 Oct 16. In human…

神経符号における時間的精度と自然な視覚の時間スケール

Correlation between neural spike trains increases with firing rate de la Rocha J, Doiron B, Shea-Brown E, Josi K, Reyes A.Nature. 2007 Aug 16;448(7155):802-6. たとえ入力間の相関が不変のままでも、発火率の上昇に伴ってスパイク列出力間の相関は…

新奇な刺激に触れることが発達に重要

Programming social, cognitive, and neuroendocrine development by early exposure to novelty Tang AC, Akers KG, Reeb BC, Romeo RD, McEwen BS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 9; [Epub ahead of print] Mildly stressful early life experiences…

扁桃体の活動がワーキングメモリ課題と関連

Individual differences in amygdala activity predict response speed during working memory Schaefer A, Braver TS, Reynolds JR, Burgess GC, Yarkoni T, Gray JR J Neurosci. 2006 Oct 4;26(40):10120-8 The human amygdala has classically been viewe…

頭頂葉における学習依存性の運動方向カテゴリー表現

Experience-dependent representation of visual categories in parietal cortex Freedman DJ, Assad JA. Nature. 2006 Sep 7;443(7107):85-8. Epub 2006 Aug 27. LIP のニューロンは、視覚刺激の運動方向をカテゴリーの構成要素に従って符号化する。また、…

ヒトの聴覚ミラー・ニューロン、そして共感力

Empathy and the somatotopic auditory mirror system in humans Gazzola V, Aziz-Zadeh L, Keysers C. Curr Biol. 2006 Sep 19;16(18):1824-9. How do we understand the actions of other individuals if we can only hear them? Auditory mirror neurons …

方位選択性細胞は規則正しく配列している。

Highly ordered arrangement of single neurons in orientation pinwheels Ohki K, Chung S, Kara P, Hubener M, Bonhoeffer T, Reid RC. Nature. 2006 Aug 24;442(7105):925-8. Epub 2006 Aug 13. In the visual cortex of higher mammals, neurons are arr…

外線状皮質の運動表象特異的部位

Specificity of action representations in the lateral occipitotemporal cortex Kable JW, Chatterjee A. J Cogn Neurosci. 2006 Sep;18(9):1498-517. The ability to recognize actions is important for cognitive development and social cognition. Ar…

LGI1 & ADAM22 の変異はてんかんの発作の原因となる

Epilepsy-related ligand/receptor complex LGI1 and ADAM22 regulate synaptic transmission. Fukata Y, Adesnik H, Iwanaga T, Bredt DS, Nicoll RA, Fukata M. Science. 2006 Sep 22;313(5794):1792-5. Abnormally synchronized synaptic transmission in…