Capsaicin and menthol reduce excitability of insular pyramidal neurons via TRP-independent sodium channel inactivation [0.03%]
Hiroki Toyoda
Hiroki Toyoda
The insular cortex integrates interoceptive and exteroceptive signals to support sensory perception, affective processing, and motivated behaviors. Capsaicin and menthol, prototypical agonists of TRPV1 and TRPM8 thermosensitive transient re...
Raphael Hamel,Felix-Antoine Savoie,David Punt et al.
Raphael Hamel et al.
Unimanual actions can interfere with or facilitate similar actions performed with the opposite hand, especially when in close temporal proximity. Across three sequential button-press experiments, we tested how effector homology – anatomica...
Emily M Crowe,Danai T Vorgia,Liz R van Hout et al.
Emily M Crowe et al.
If the target of a goal-directed arm movement is suddenly displaced, the movement is quickly adjusted accordingly. There are situations in which grouping gives the impression that many items have been displaced, although the change that det...
Sound-induced visual motion perception in older adults: aging enhances audiovisual motion integration [0.03%]
Shinya Harada,Ryo Teraoka,Naoki Kuroda et al.
Shinya Harada et al.
This study investigated audiovisual integration in visual motion perception among both younger and older adults. Participants were asked to discriminate the visual motion direction of a random dot kinematogram in two experiments. The visual...
Darrin O Wijeyaratnam,Erin K Cressman
Darrin O Wijeyaratnam
Parkinson's disease dementia and hearing impairment, are they related? A UK biobank pilot analysis [0.03%]
Megan Rose Readman,Clarissa Giebel,Jacqui Cannon et al.
Megan Rose Readman et al.
Hearing impairment is implicated as a risk factor for the incidence of all-cause dementia. However, few studies have explored the relationship between hearing loss and specific rarer dementia subtypes. Therefore, this pilot study sought to ...
Ayane Kusafuka,Daiki Yamasaki,Yuto Sakakibara et al.
Ayane Kusafuka et al.
Target characteristics can influence motor performance in goal-directed tasks by affecting cognitive and affective processes. This study investigated whether motor performance in a ball-throwing task differed when the target was held by a p...
Yifang Li,Jinlong Wu,Bowen Liu et al.
Yifang Li et al.
Daytime sleep following observational practice does not enhance a visual-spatial and a motor representation [0.03%]
观察性练习后的日间睡眠不会增强视觉-空间和运动表征
Stefan Panzer,Nils Hofstetter,Moritz Schreiber et al.
Stefan Panzer et al.
The present study examined if a daytime nap of 90 min can further improve skill memory afforded by observation and physical practice. Moreover, we determined if a 'nap' benefit was restricted to a particular representational form (spatial o...
Kristen De Melo,Julia De Oliveira,Lori Ann Vallis
Kristen De Melo