Essays about: "dentate gyrus"
Found 4 essays containing the words dentate gyrus.
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1. The Developmental Neurotoxicity of Paracetamol – Evaluation of markers involved in brain development in mice
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskapAbstract : Paracetamol is a widely used non-prescription analgesic and antipyretic. Despite its wide usage, the mechanism of action of paracetamol is not fully known. READ MORE
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2. Higher depression scores are associated with lower pattern separation performance in humans
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Memory impairment has been connected to depression, however this association appears complex. Pattern separation is a specific hippocampal function, which separates similar events and stimuli into distinct memory representations. Hippocampal volume reduction has been seen in individuals suffering from depression. READ MORE
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3. Performance on pattern recogniton declins with age while performance on pattern separation does not
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This report aims to explore if pattern recognition and pattern separation tasks performance degenerate with age. This as there are studies by Brickman et al. (2014) that suggest that these tasks are being performed by the hippocampus in particular, the dentate gyrus part. READ MORE
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4. Studies on neurogenesis in the adult human brain
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : Many studies on neurogenesis in adult dentate gyrus (DG) have been performed on rodents and other mammalian species, but only a few on adult human DG. This study is focusing on neurogenesis in adult human DG. To characterize the birth of cells in DG, the expression of the cell proliferation marker Ki67 was examined using immunohistochemistry. READ MORE