Search Results - "Gage, Gregory J"
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Selective Activation of Striatal Fast-Spiking Interneurons during Choice Execution
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (12-08-2010)“…Basal ganglia circuits are essential for the organization and execution of voluntary actions. Within the striatum, fast-spiking interneurons (FSIs) are thought…”
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The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry
Published in PloS one (21-03-2012)“…Although people are generally interested in how the brain functions, neuroscience education for the public is hampered by a lack of low cost and engaging…”
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Basal Ganglia Beta Oscillations Accompany Cue Utilization
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (09-02-2012)“…Beta oscillations in cortical-basal ganglia (BG) circuits have been implicated in normal movement suppression and motor impairment in Parkinson's disease. To…”
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Gills Just Want to Have Fun: Can Fish Play Games, Just like Us?
Published in Animals (Basel) (30-06-2022)“…It is common to observe play in dogs, cats, and birds, but have we been ignoring play in one of the most common house pets of all… fish? Aquarium fish are…”
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Correction: open labware: 3-d printing your own lab equipment
Published in PLoS biology (21-05-2015)“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002086.]…”
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The Case for Neuroscience Research in the Classroom
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (05-06-2019)“…Neuroscience courses, largely relegated to advanced undergraduate or graduate universities, are now being offered in high schools and middle schools. Low-tech…”
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Neurorobotics Workshop for High School Students Promotes Competence and Confidence in Computational Neuroscience
Published in Frontiers in neurorobotics (13-02-2020)“…Understanding the brain is a fascinating challenge, captivating the scientific community and the public alike. The lack of effective treatment for most brain…”
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Whole animal perfusion fixation for rodents
Published in Journal of visualized experiments (30-07-2012)“…The goal of fixation is to rapidly and uniformly preserve tissue in a life-like state. While placing tissue directly in fixative works well for small pieces of…”
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Open Labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment
Published in PLoS biology (01-03-2015)“…The introduction of affordable, consumer-oriented 3-D printers is a milestone in the current "maker movement," which has been heralded as the next industrial…”
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Study While You Sleep: Using Targeted Memory Reactivation as an Independent Research Project for Undergraduates
Published in Advances in physiology education (24-10-2024)“…Newly acquired information is stabilized into long-term memory through the process of consolidation. Memories are not static; rather, they are constantly…”
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Wavelet filtering before spike detection preserves waveform shape and enhances single-unit discrimination
Published in Journal of neuroscience methods (15-08-2008)“…The isolation of single units in extracellular recordings involves filtering. Removing lower frequencies allows a constant threshold to be applied in order to…”
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Low-Cost Classroom and Laboratory Exercises for Investigating Both Wave and Event-Related Electroencephalogram Potentials
Published in Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education (31-08-2024)“…Electroencephalography (EEG) has given rise to a myriad of new discoveries over the last 90 years. EEG is a noninvasive technique that has revealed insights…”
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Developing and Implementing Low-Cost Remote Laboratories for Undergraduate Biology and Neuroscience Courses
Published in Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education (2020)“…The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) has forced many universities to abruptly change the delivery of courses from in-person to…”
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Portable Conduction Velocity Experiments Using Earthworms for the College and High School Neuroscience Teaching Laboratory
Published in Advances in physiology education (01-03-2014)“…The earthworm is ideal for studying action potential conduction velocity in a classroom setting, as its simple linear anatomy allows easy axon length…”
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An Electrophysiological Investigation of Power-Amplification in the Ballistic Mantis Shrimp Punch
Published in Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education (2019)“…Mantis shrimp are aggressive, burrowing crustaceans that hunt using one the fastest movements in the natural world. These stomatopods can crack the calcified…”
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Local dynamics of gap-junction-coupled interneuron networks
Published in Physical biology (12-03-2010)“…Interneurons coupled by both electrical gap-junctions (GJs) and chemical GABAergic synapses are major components of forebrain networks. However, their…”
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Development of Closed-Loop Neural Interface Technology in a Rat Model: Combining Motor Cortex Operant Conditioning With Visual Cortex Microstimulation
Published in IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering (01-04-2010)“…Closed-loop neural interface technology that combines neural ensemble decoding with simultaneous electrical microstimulation feedback is hypothesized to…”
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Surgical implantation of chronic neural electrodes for recording single unit activity and electrocorticographic signals
Published in Journal of visualized experiments (24-02-2012)“…The success of long-term electrophysiological recordings often depends on the quality of the implantation surgery. Here we provide useful information for…”
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Naive coadaptive cortical control
Published in Journal of neural engineering (01-06-2005)“…The ability to control a prosthetic device directly from the neocortex has been demonstrated in rats, monkeys and humans. Here we investigate whether neural…”
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Grasshopper DCMD: An Undergraduate Electrophysiology Lab for Investigating Single-Unit Responses to Behaviorally-Relevant Stimuli
Published in Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education (2017)“…Avoiding capture from a fast-approaching predator is an important survival skill shared by many animals. Investigating the neural circuits that give rise to…”
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