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Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells in the central nervous system. In birds and mammals, the oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) originate ......
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Fishes experience different light environments over short time periods that may require quick modulation of photoreceptor properties to optimize visua......
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We studied the organization of the inferior parietal cortex (IPC) in five capuchin monkey (6 hemispheres) using cytoarchitectonic (Nissl), myeloarchit......
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This study sought to identify demographic variations in retinal thickness measurements from optical coherence tomography (OCT), to enable the calculat......
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The brain is spatially organized into subdivisions, nuclei and areas, which often correspond to functional and developmental units. A segmentation of ......
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The pulvinar in the macaque monkey contains three divisions: the medial pulvinar (PM), the lateral pulvinar (PL), and the inferior pulvinar (PI). Anat......
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) acts as a widespread neuromodulator in the nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. In insects, it promotes fe......
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a physical interface between the blood and the brain parenchyma, playing key roles in brain homeostasis. In mammals, ......
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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in oxygen sensing and control of reflex hyperventilation. In aquatic vertebrates, oxygen sensing occurs in the......
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The distal colon and rectum (colorectum) are innervated by spinal and vagal afferent pathways. The central circuits into which vagal and spinal affere......
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The inherited eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) causes the loss of photoreceptors by a still unknown cell death mechanism. During this degeneratio......
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Insects have evolved remarkable abilities to navigate over short distances and during long-range seasonal migrations. The central complex (CX) is a na......
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Spexin (Spx) is a recently characterized neuropeptide implicated in multiple physiological processes in vertebrates, including reproduction, food inta......
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a-Synuclein (a-Syn) is enriched in presynaptic terminals of the central nervous system including the retina and plays a role in the synaptic vesicle c......
期刊: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, 2023; 531 (15)
Insects from high latitudes spend the winter in a state of overwintering diapause, which is characterized by arrested reproduction, reduced food intak......