Rapid sensory detection of X-ray stimulation has been documented across a wide variety species, but few studies have explored the underlying molecular mechanisms. Here we report discovery an acute behavioral avoidance response in wild type Caenorhabditis elegans to stimulation. The endogenous C. UV-photoreceptor protein LITE-1 was found mediate locomotory response. Transgenic expression muscle ...

The initial cephalic phase of insulin secretion is mediated through the vagus nerve and not due to glycemic stimulation pancreatic ?-cells. Recently, IL-1? was shown stimulate postprandial secretion. Here, we describe that this incretin-like effect involves neuronal transmission. Further found release by originating from long-lived CX3CR1+ myeloid cells. Moreover, activated induce regulated act...

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a multi-disciplinary emerging technology being used in medical diagnosis and rehabilitation. In this paper, different techniques of classification and feature extraction are applied to analyse and differentiate the wrist and grip flexion and extension for synchronized stimulation using sensory feedback in neuro-rehabilitation of paralyzed persons. We have used ...

Primary open-angle glaucoma is a group of optic neuropathies that can lead to irreversible blindness. Sensory stimulation in the form of acupuncture or ear acupressure may contribute to protecting patients from blindness when used as a complementary method to orthodox treatment in the form of drops, laser or surgery. The objective of this article is to provide a narrative overview of the availa...

Invariant sensory coding is the robust coding of some sensory information (e.g., stimulus type) despite major changes in other sensory parameters (e.g., stimulus strength). The contribution of large populations of neurons (ensembles) to invariant sensory coding is not well understood, but could offer distinct advantages over invariance in single cell receptive fields. To test invariant sensory ...

UNLABELLED Spreading depolarizations (SDs) are recognized as actors in neurological disorders as diverse as migraine and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Migraine aura involves sensory percepts, suggesting that sensory cortices might be intrinsically susceptible to SDs. We used optical imaging, MRI, and field potential and potassium electrode recordings in mice and electrocorticographic recordings...

Embedded in everyday practices, food can be a rich resource for interaction design. This article focuses on eating experiences to uncover how bodily, sensory, and socio-cultural aspects of better leveraged the design user experience. We report systematic literature review 109 papers, interviews with 18 professional chefs, providing new understandings prior HFI research, as well chefs creatively...

The provision to the users of realistic media contents is one main goals future services. sense reality perceived by user can be enhanced adding various sensorial effects conventional audio-visual content, through stimulation five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste), so-called multi-sensorial (mulsemedia). To deliver additional within a smart home (SH) environment, custom devices (e...

OBJECT The aim of this study was to evaluate different types of sensory stimulation used to distinguish between microvasculature and venous drainage on functional magnetic resonance (fMR) images with blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) contrast. METHODS Seven volunteers received three sensory stimulations. One consisted of small discontinuous automated pokes to the ventral aspect of the right...

Understanding the functional role of neurons and neural systems is a primary goal of systems neuroscience. A longstanding hypothesis states that sensory systems are matched to the statistical properties of the signals to which they are exposed [e.g., 4, 6]. In particular, Barlow has proposed that the role of early sensory systems is to remove redundancy in the sensory input, resulting in a set ...