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Cortical activity modulation of language processing by dynamic optimization of task complexity and functional restrictions
Language, regarded as a hierarchical cognitive code activated by functional operational modes of the brain by most neuropsychologists, is characterized by increased cognitive load in successively h…
Received 04 November 2009 08:56 UTC; Posted 04 November 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Accurate telemonitoring of Parkinson’s disease progression by non-invasive speech tests
Tracking Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptom progression often uses the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), which requires the patient’s presence in clinic, and time-consuming physical e…
Received 29 October 2009 12:52 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
The Role of Neuregulin 1 in Schizophrenia: A Bioinformatics Approach
Context: Notwithstanding the great number of studies on the etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia, both issues remain far from being fully understood. Schizophrenia seems to be related to…
Received 27 October 2009 21:54 UTC; Posted 28 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
Genes of the serotonergic and dopaminergic pathways and their interaction affect the expression of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD).
Although there is evidence for the involvement of genes of serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in the manifestation of the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD), genetic assoc…
Received 23 October 2009 20:37 UTC; Posted 26 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
The cultural epigenetics of psychopathology: The missing heritability of complex diseases found?
We extend a cognitive paradigm for gene expression to the epigenetic epidemiology of mental disorders, recognizing the fundamental role that culture plays in human biology as another heritage mecha…
Received 22 October 2009 17:08 UTC; Posted 23 October 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Roman roads: The hierarchical endosymbiosis of cognitive modules
Serial endosymbiosis theory provides a unifying paradigm for examining the interaction of cognitive modules at vastly different scales of biological, social, and cultural organization. A trivial bu…
Received 22 October 2009 16:47 UTC; Posted 02 November 2009
Posted to: Ecology, Neuroscience, Earth & Environment, Evolutionary Biology
Endogenous Viral Etiology of Prion Diseases
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), or prion diseases, are a group of incurable neurodegenerative disorders, including Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, “mad cow” disease …
Received 21 October 2009 18:35 UTC; Posted 23 October 2009
Posted to: Microbiology, Neuroscience, Evolutionary Biology
In vitro synergistic anti-prion effect of cholesterol ester modulators
Background. Our studies on the role of cholesterol in prion infection/replication showed that brains and peripheral cells of sheep susceptible to or suffering from Scrapie were characterized by an …
Received 21 October 2009 13:06 UTC; Posted 21 October 2009
Posted to: Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
Consciousness as Recursive, Spatiotemporal Self-Location
At the phenomenal level, consciousness can be described as a singular, unified field of recursive self-awareness, consistently coherent in a particular way; that of a subject located both spatially…
Received 20 October 2009 18:17 UTC; Posted 23 October 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Regulated peristalsis into the acidic region of the Drosophila larval midgut is controlled by a novel component of the Autonomic Nervous System
The underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate and coordinate critical physiological processes such as peristalsis are complex, often cryptic, and involve the integration of multipl…
Received 19 October 2009 18:20 UTC; Posted 23 October 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Neuroscience
