Electrophysiological and immunocytochemical characterization of DRG...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......substrate coating the MEMS device. Sensory neurons represent the afferent portion of...paper, we have evaluated the growth of sensory neurons on this synthetic silane substrate...electrophysiological properties of the sensory neurons on DETA and compared the resultant...

Genes That Control Ray Sensory Neuron Axon Development in the...

Genetics;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......studied how a set of male-specific sensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans establish...adult male, 9 bilateral pairs of ray sensory neurons innervate an acellular fan that serves...underlying topographic mapping of sensory neurons into target circuitry where the next...

Encoding Olfactory Signals via Multiple Chemosensory Systems

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......which comprises several subtypes of sensory neurons expressing distinct receptors and...mammalian nose (Breer et al., 2006). Most sensory neurons in the MOE are ciliated olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), which express G-protein-coupled...

SNIFFING OUT BETTER CHEMICAL SENSOR

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 28, 2008 ;     562 words ......air enter the nostrils and bind with sensory neurons in the nose that convert the chemical...humans, there are about 350 types of sensory neurons and many copies of each type; dogs...have several hundreds more types of sensory neurons than that. Odor recognition proceeds...

Segmental distribution and morphometric features of primary sensory...

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......study was to identify the primary sensory neurons that innervate the tibial periosteum...perikarya were analyzed. DiI-labeled sensory neurons innervating the periosteum of the...SP-containing cells, regarded as primary sensory neurons responsible for perception of pain...

The Conserved Proteins CHE-12 and DYF-11 Are Required for Sensory Cilium...

Genetics;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......lipophilic dyes from their surroundings in sensory neurons and are chemotaxis defective. In che-...expression is restricted to some amphid sensory neurons, suggesting a specific role in these...nematode C. elegans contains 60 ciliated sensory neurons, 28 of which are assembled into ...

A BOUQUET OF RESPONSES: OLFACTORY NERVE CELLS EXPRESSING SAME RECEPTOR...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 2, 2006 ;     661 words ......researchers discovered that olfactory sensory neurons expressing the same receptor responded...of Sciences. "We assumed that the sensory neurons that express the same receptor would...one out of 1000," she says. All the sensory neurons expressing the same receptor merge...

Norepinephrine and executive function.(Back to Basics)

Psychopharmacology Educational Updates (PsychEd Up);  July 1, 2006 ;     175 words ......stimulated, task performance declines. NE, Sensory Neurons, and Glutamate [GRAPHIC OMITTED] The...between noradrenergic activity at sensory neurons and the response of those neurons...moderate levels of norepinephrine, sensory neurons respond to glutamate; however, with...

Being Young Means Feeling Young

The Scientist;  February 16, 2004 ;     233 words ......nematode Caenorhabditis degans, destruction of particular sensory neurons can extend, or reduce, lifespan by as much as 30%. Joy Alcedo...at play in higher organisms such as humans.1 The worm's sensory neurons seem to be acting through both an insulin-like signaling...

Increasing Sensor Flexibility Through Neuromodulation.

The Biological Bulletin;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......modification of the motor program. Real sensory neurons are more flexible than typical robotic...many robots differ from biological sensory neurons in a fundamental way. A typical man-ma...response to a particular stimulus. Real sensory neurons are dynamic. The spike trains they...

A Bouquet of Responses: Olfactory Nerve Cells Expressing Same Receptor...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  February 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......researchers discovered that olfactory sensory neurons expressing the same receptor responded...Academy of Sciences. We assumed that the sensory neurons that express the same receptor would...one out of 1000, she says. All the sensory neurons expressing the same receptor merge...

Scientists Uncover Complex Smell-Processing System in Humans.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......olfactory system, a large family of sensory neurons inside the nose. The sense of smell...despite the rapid turnover of the sensory neurons, or brain cells, that reside in the...researchers now are studying how the sensory neurons may provide insights into possible...

A nose is a nose is a nose

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......olfactory system, a large family of sensory neurons inside the nose. The sense of smell...despite the rapid turnover of the sensory neurons, or brain cells, that reside in the...researchers now are studying how the sensory neurons may provide insights into possible...

Yale School of Medicine scientist receives award for pain research.

M2 Presswire;  May 9, 2005 ;     364 words ......channel expression within higher-order sensory neurons of the pain pathway. These changes in sodium channel expression cause the sensory neurons to fire signals abnormally and manifest...sodium channels within higher-order sensory neurons of the pain-signaling pathway. Commenting...

Eureka!(laboratory equipment and techniques)(Brief Article)

R & D;  March 1, 1999 ;     591 words ......Institute of Technology, Atlanta, have found that properties of sensory neurons in invertebrate animal limbs, rather than an organism's...stimuli, can process this information, says Weissburg. Also sensory neurons are able to regrow into unfamiliar neural territory, making...