Synapse

The Chemistry of Emotions Even though we often think of our emotions as part of our own conscious, they are simply chemical reactions to stimuli in the mind, and depending on the event and who we are the chemicals released and emotions we perceive as result are always different.The emotions in our brain our vital to our survival. Emotions are simply the quickest way to get our body to react with the environment around it. For example, if we feel fear we are able to react to the oncoming…

As Paul Merolla wrote in their research, “A long standing dream has been to harness neuroscientific insights to build a versatile computer that is efficient in terms of energy and space, homogenously scalable to large networks or neurons and synapse, and flexible enough to run complex behavioral models of the neocortex as well as networks inspired by neural architecture (688).” Neural Networks (Artificial Intelligence) vs. Human Brain Neural Networks A neural network or artificial neural…

Anti-Calbindin binds to Calbindin (CB) and labels GABAergic neurons In our immunohistochemistry (IHC) experiment, we used anti-Calbindin as our primary antibody, Goat anti-Rabbit 488 IgG as our secondary antibody (“488” meaning that the fluorescent dye is excited at a wavelength of 488nm, fluorescing green), and DAPI-mounting serum as a DNA (nucleus) marker with blue fluorescence for reference against anti-Calbindin-marked GABAergic neurons (Lammel, 2016). While GABAergic-neuron-expressing…

Researchers have found that music can have extremely positive effects on academic achievement in core subjects; reading, language, math, etc. In 2008 a series of essays were published; the author of these essays agreed that music is a “cross-cultural universal” (Perlovsky). Studies have found the development of creativity enhances the development of cognitive abilities and vice versa (Gouzouasis). Some sources assert that music has significant effects on the academic achievement of students of…

1. Introduction: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) represents one of the most promising markers which represent a noninvasive way of measuring autonomic nervous system (ANS), it describes the variation over time of both instantaneous heart rate and the interval between consecutive heart beats. Previously traditional methods had been used for calculating heart beat as using hand with time, and after the appearance of the new method and devices those depend on computer program the HRV analysis become…

calcium. Whenever lead enter the body, primarily to ingestion, it goes and hides where calcium should be, in the bones and in the cell of the brain.” When lead get into the bone and brain, it stop the flow of calcium. “without the flow of calcium the synapse in the brain get weaker and the brain function suffer”( Morton). Lead disrupt brain growth and can lead to shrinkage or volume loss of brain tissue. Most of the brain volume loss happen in the frontal lobe, it is the region of the brain…

The difference between nature and nurture is that nature is the idea that behavior is effected by your chemical and gene make up while nurture is the idea that you are a blank slate and your behavior is distinguished by experiments. They both effect behavior is what was discovered. * Dualism is supported by cognitive psychologists such as George A. Miller and Sigmund Freud * Rene Descartes dealt with Monism vs. Dualism & Interactive Dualism * Monism is the belief that the mind…

On November 25, 1901, Karl Deter, husband of patient, Auguste Deter, enrolled her in a mental institution called Asylum for the Insane and Epileptic in Frankurt, Germany where she was to be examined for multiple symptoms that showed signs of the deterioration of memory. Deter, 51, had been suffering from things such as, hallucinations, unpredictable behavior, and paranoia. She was also missing her sense of orientation and experienced lack of communication skills. The first person to examine…

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that causes a steady decline of cognitive ability, behavioural and physical capabilities, which can be linked to characteristic pathophysiological changes in the brain. An epidemiological study have found that Alzheimer’s disease is the prominent cause of all dementia cases, accounting for more than 50% or all reported cases of dementia (Dong et al, 2012). The originating cause of this dreadful disease has been determined to be due to not just one…

One of the many things that people enjoy doing is eating food. These days people are eating much more food than their body needs. Also they are having the lack of exercise. These problems have led them to obesity. As in an example in the article, “The Health Risk of Obesity” stated “Thirteen percent of adults aged eighteen and older are obese and 42 million children under the age of five were obese in 2013 due to the lack of nutrient and exercise.” (1). Obesity is a very serious condition of…