Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease where motor neurons die back from the neuromuscular junction. Currently, no effective …
Though critical for life, the sensation of pain is also a debilitating symptom of many disorders. While understanding its transduction may provide valuable insight into …
Perception of meaningful experiences requires that we combine multiple sensory modalities through a process called multisensory integration (MSI). Previous work on the mammalian superior colliculus …
The spontaneous object recognition (SOR) task is a test of recognition memory, drawing on the innate tendency for rats to explore novel objects and images …
Antipsychotic medications can be successful in alleviating the positive symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions and hallucinations, but are unsuccessful at treating the negative symptoms …