Cognitive representations of intracranial self-stimulation of midbrain dopamine neurons depend on stimulation frequency

Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics,
dopamine   neurons   self-stimulation   cognitive representations   stimulation frequency  

This paper reports a study on the cognitive representation of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) of midbrain dopamine neurons. The authors aimed to answer why rats work to obtain ICSS, i.e., how the pulsatile activation of dopamine neurons is represented in the brain. Research Background: The pulsatile activation of dopamine neurons is typically ...

Cortical gene expression architecture links healthy neurodevelopment to the imaging, transcriptomics and genetics of autism and schizophrenia

Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Genetics,
neurodevelopment   gene expression   autism   schizophrenia   neuroimaging  

Linking Healthy Neurodevelopment with Imaging, Transcriptomic, and Genetic Associations in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Study of Cortical Gene Expression Patterns Background: How does the complex anatomy and functional organization of the human brain develop from the expression of more than 20,000 genes? And how does this process g...