One of my ongoing experiments is testing the parameters of tDCS. About three months ago I came across a montage which showed a noticeable effect on my EEG recordings. The montage is a bit complicated compared to most, however in all of my testing it’s the only one that’s showed efficacy in test pools greater …
Towards optimization of oscillatory stimulation during sleep This study is fascinating but limited because they only used older participants who likely have decreased or no slow wave generation at all. I’m wondering if similar work has been done on younger patients. What’s interesting is that it appears that the primary etiology of most neurogeneration isn’t …
Fear learning induces α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated astrocytic responsiveness that is required for memory persistence Updating after I read it, but looking at the supplements, it’s another behavior is an artifact of astrocytes not neurons support. Task dynamics define the contextual emergence of human corralling behaviors A reminder that behavior is behavior, human or otherwise. Cross-Task …
Interesting Journal Articles for the Week of 11/15/2021 Read More »
Metaplastic Reinforcement of Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Area CA2 by Cholinergic Receptor Activation So this hits for a couple of different reasons. First, I think it makes an argument that anxiolytic drugs work by essentially turning off the ability to process social information (“learn”). This suggests that such bidirectional synaptic modifications triggered by the dynamic …
Interesting Journal Articles of the Week: 11/08/2021 Read More »
Feasibility evaluation of transtympanic laser stimulation of the cochlea from the outer ear Uh… I think I’m going to start wearing headphones all the time now. Kidding, but it does make me wonder what kind of range something like this would have if we used fNIRS levels of power. I wonder how “close” enough it …
Interesting Pre-Prints for the Week of 11-08-2021 Read More »
Hey anyone reading, just wanted to check in because I have quite a few open threads right now and wanted to give a general status update. I’ve been super busy over the last week and likely to be so until hopefully as soon as early December which means I have a lot less time to …
History Current Grip Task Interactions between dorsal and ventral streams for controlling skilled grasp Cross-talk connections underlying dorsal and ventral stream integration during hand actions Visual Spatial modulation of hippocampal activity in freely moving macaques Stream-dependent development of higher visual cortical areas Fast Recurrent Processing via Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Is Needed by the Primate Ventral …
(work in progress) Post SSRI/SNRI sextual dysfunction (PSSD) information is still recent and underreported, despite the long term use of many classes of drugs. What is PSSD? How often does it occur? Are patients and physicians fully aware of the risks? What impact on quality of life does it impart? How often are PSSD related …
Post SSRI/SNRI Sexual Dysfunction – Definition, prevalence, and real impact . Read More »
Chemogenetic activation of Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Neurons Modulates the Default Mode Network My model has the LC as primary initiation point for the dorsal stream. Modulating activity of frontal areas by manipulating the LC is expected behavior. Correcting the Hebbian Mistake: Toward a Fully Error-Driven Hippocampus Hebbian learning in general has always bugged me for …
