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Zhang T, Dolga AM, Eisel ULM, Schmidt M. Novel crosstalk mechanisms between GluA3 and Epac2 in synaptic plasticity and memory in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2024; 191:106389. [PMID: 38142840 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease which accounts for the most cases of dementia worldwide. Impaired memory, including acquisition, consolidation, and retrieval, is one of the hallmarks in AD. At the cellular level, dysregulated synaptic plasticity partly due to reduced long-term potentiation (LTP) and enhanced long-term depression (LTD) underlies the memory deficits in AD. GluA3 containing α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) are one of key receptors involved in rapid neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Recent studies revealed a novel form of GluA3 involved in neuronal plasticity that is dependent on cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), rather than N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA). However, this cAMP-dependent GluA3 pathway is specifically and significantly impaired by amyloid beta (Aβ), a pathological marker of AD. cAMP is a key second messenger that plays an important role in modulating memory and synaptic plasticity. We previously reported that exchange protein directly activated by cAMP 2 (Epac2), acting as a main cAMP effector, plays a specific and time-limited role in memory retrieval. From electrophysiological perspective, Epac2 facilities the maintenance of LTP, a cellular event closely associated with memory retrieval. Additionally, Epac2 was found to be involved in the GluA3-mediated plasticity. In this review, we comprehensively summarize current knowledge regarding the specific roles of GluA3 and Epac2 in synaptic plasticity and memory, and their potential association with AD.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, GRIAC, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD, GRIAC, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Keil J, Kiiski H, Doherty L, Hernandez-Urbina V, Vassiliou C, Dean C, Müschenich M, Bahmani H. Artificial sharp-wave-ripples to support memory and counter neurodegeneration. Brain Res 2024; 1822:148646. [PMID: 37871674 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Information processed in our sensory neocortical areas is transported to the hippocampus during memory encoding, and between hippocampus and neocortex during memory consolidation, and retrieval. Short bursts of high-frequency oscillations, so called sharp-wave-ripples, have been proposed as a potential mechanism for this information transfer: They can synchronize neural activity to support the formation of local neural networks to store information, and between distant cortical sites to act as a bridge to transfer information between sensory cortical areas and hippocampus. In neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's Disease, different neuropathological processes impair normal neural functioning and neural synchronization as well as sharp-wave-ripples, which impairs consolidation and retrieval of information, and compromises memory. Here, we formulate a new hypothesis, that artificially inducing sharp-wave-ripples with noninvasive high-frequency visual stimulation could potentially support memory functioning, as well as target the neuropathological processes underlying neurodegenerative diseases. We also outline key challenges for empirical tests of the hypothesis.
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- Julian Keil
- Department of Psychology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany; Ababax Health GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Department of Cognitive Science, University of Potsdam, Germany.
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- Ababax Health GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Department of Cognitive Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charité University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charité University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Ababax Health GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Tuebingen, Germany
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Leising K, Magnotti J, Elliott C, Nerz J, Wright A. Properties of iconic and visuospatial working memory in pigeons and humans using a location change-detection procedure. Learn Behav 2023; 51:228-245. [PMID: 35882748 DOI: 10.3758/s13420-022-00539-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tests of visuospatial memory following short (<1 s) and medium (1 to 30 s) delays have revealed characteristically different patterns of behavior in humans. These data have been interpreted as evidence for different memory systems operating during short (iconic memory) and long delays (working memory). Leising et al. (2019, Behavioural Processes, 169, Article 103957 ) found evidence for both systems in pigeons and humans completing a location change-detection task using a visual mask that disrupted accuracy following a short (100 ms), but not a long (1,000 ms) delay. Another common finding is that adding to-be-remembered items should disrupt accuracy after a long, but not short, delay. Experiments 1a and 1b reported this memory system crossover effect in pigeons and people, respectively, tested on location change detection with delays of 0, 100, and 1,000 ms and displays of two to 16 items. Experiments 2a and 2b reported that the color of the items had little (pigeons) or no (humans) effect on change-detection accuracy. Pigeons tested in Experiment 3 with longer delays (2,000, 4,000, and 8,000 ms) and large set sizes demonstrated the crossover effect with most displays but did not demonstrate an abrupt drop in accuracy characteristic of iconic memory. In Experiment 4, accuracy with novel types of change (color, shape, and size) was better after a 0-ms delay and above-chance levels on color and shape trials. These data demonstrate the memory system crossover effect in both humans and pigeons and expand our knowledge of the properties of memory systems across species.
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- Ken Leising
- Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Dr., Box 298920, Fort Worth, TX, 76129, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Dr., Box 298920, Fort Worth, TX, 76129, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Dr., Box 298920, Fort Worth, TX, 76129, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Gould DJ, Sawarynski K, Mohiyeddini C. Academic Management in Uncertain Times: Shifting and Expanding the Focus of Cognitive Load Theory During COVID-19 Pandemic Education. Front Psychol 2022; 13:647904. [PMID: 35783760 PMCID: PMC9249437 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.647904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical education toward more "online education" approaches, causing specific implications to arise for medical educators and learners. Considering an unprecedented and highly threatening, constrained, and confusing social and educational environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to shift the traditional focus of the Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) from students to instructors. In this process, we considered recent suggestions to acknowledge the psychological environment in which learning happens. According to this fundamental fact, "Learning and instructional procedures do not occur in a situational vacuum." Following this assertion, we adapted and implemented principles of CLT to reduce the extraneous load for our faculty to facilitate continued scholarly activity and support the overall wellbeing of our faculty during these trying times. The adoption of these principles enabled our team to cultivate attitudes and skills across multiple domains, such as online presentation technologies, implementing and maintaining a "classroom atmosphere" in a virtual environment, encouraging discussion among large online groups of students, facilitating group work, providing virtual office hours, and proactively planning for subsequent sessions.
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- Department of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, United States
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Öğmen H, Herzog MH. Information Integration and Information Storage in Retinotopic and Non-Retinotopic Sensory Memory. Vision (Basel) 2021; 5:vision5040061. [PMID: 34941656 PMCID: PMC8704585 DOI: 10.3390/vision5040061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The first stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin model of human memory is a sensory memory (SM). The visual component of the SM was shown to operate within a retinotopic reference frame. However, a retinotopic SM (rSM) is unable to account for vision under natural viewing conditions because, for example, motion information needs to be analyzed across space and time. For this reason, the SM store of the Atkinson–Shiffrin model has been extended to include a non-retinotopic component (nrSM). In this paper, we analyze findings from two experimental paradigms and show drastically different properties of rSM and nrSM. We show that nrSM involves complex processes such as motion-based reference frames and Gestalt grouping, which establish object identities across space and time. We also describe a quantitative model for nrSM and show drastic differences between the spatio-temporal properties of rSM and nrSM. Since the reference-frame of the latter is non-retinotopic and motion-stream based, we suggest that the spatiotemporal properties of the nrSM are in accordance with the spatiotemporal properties of the motion system. Overall, these findings indicate that, unlike the traditional rSM, which is a relatively passive store, nrSM exhibits sophisticated processing properties to manage the complexities of ecological perception.
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- Haluk Öğmen
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratory of Psychophysics, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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White PA. Perception of Happening: How the Brain Deals with the No-History Problem. Cogn Sci 2021; 45:e13068. [PMID: 34865252 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In physics, the temporal dimension has units of infinitesimally brief duration. Given this, how is it possible to perceive things, such as motion, music, and vibrotactile stimulation, that involve extension across many units of time? To address this problem, it is proposed that there is what is termed an "information construct of happening" (ICOH), a simultaneous representation of recent, temporally differentiated perceptual information on the millisecond time scale. The main features of the ICOH are (i) time marking, semantic labeling of all information in the ICOH with ordinal temporal information and distance from what is informationally identified as the present moment, (ii) vector informational features that specify kind, direction, and rate of change for every feature in a percept, and (iii) connectives, information relating vector informational features at adjacent temporal locations in the ICOH. The ICOH integrates products of perceptual processing with recent historical information in sensory memory on the subsecond time scale. Perceptual information about happening in informational sensory memory is encoded in semantic form that preserves connected semantic trails of vector and timing information. The basic properties of the ICOH must be supported by a general and widespread timing mechanism that generates ordinal and interval timing information and it is suggested that state-dependent networks may suffice for that purpose. Happening, therefore, is perceived at a moment and is constituted by an information structure of connected recent historical information.
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Bahrami Moqadam S, Saleh Asheghabadi A, Norouzi F, Jafarzadeh H, Khosroabadi A, Alagheband A, Bangash G, Morovatdar N, Xu J. Conceptual Method of Temperature Sensation in Bionic Hand by Extraordinary Perceptual Phenomenon. JOURNAL OF BIONIC ENGINEERING 2021; 18:1344-1357. [PMID: 34868280 PMCID: PMC8628055 DOI: 10.1007/s42235-021-00112-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Lack of temperature sensation of myoelectric prosthetic hand limits the daily activities of amputees. To this end, a non-invasive temperature sensation method is proposed to train amputees to sense temperature with psychophysical sensory substitution. In this study, 22 healthy participants took part besides 5 amputee participants. The duration time of the study was 31 days with five test steps according to the Leitner technique. An adjustable temperature mug and a Peltier were used to change the temperature of the water/phantom digits to induce temperature to participants. Also, to isolate the surroundings and show colors, a Virtual Reality (VR) glass was employed. The statistical results conducted are based on the response of participants with questionnaire method. Using Chi-square tests, it is concluded that participants answer the experiment significantly correctly using the Leitner technique (P value < 0.05). Also, by applying the "Repeated Measures ANOVA", it is noticed that the time of numbness felt by participants had significant (P value < 0.001) difference. Participants could remember lowest and highest temperatures significantly better than other temperatures (P value < 0.001); furthermore, the well-trained amputee participant practically using the prosthesis with 72.58% could identify object's temperature with only once time experimenting the color temperature.
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- Saeed Bahrami Moqadam
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- Center for Computational and Data Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE), Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow, 121205 Russia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, 9177948974 Iran
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, 9177948974 Iran
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- Department of Computer Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, 9177948974 Iran
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- Clinical Research Unit, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 13131–99137 Mashhad, Iran
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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Drissi-Daoudi L, Ögmen H, Herzog MH. Features integrate along a motion trajectory when object integrity is preserved. J Vis 2021; 21:4. [PMID: 34739035 PMCID: PMC8572464 DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.12.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Information about a moving object is usually poor at each retinotopic location because photoreceptor activation is short, noisy, and affected by shadows, reflections of other objects, and so on. Integration across the motion trajectory may yield a much better estimate about the objects’ features. Using the sequential metacontrast paradigm, we have shown previously that features, indeed, integrate along a motion trajectory in a long-lasting window of unconscious processing. In the sequential metacontrast paradigm, a percept of two diverging streams is elicited by the presentation of a central line followed by a sequence of flanking pairs of lines. When several lines are spatially offset, the offsets integrate mandatorily for several hundreds of milliseconds along the motion trajectory of the streams. We propose that, within these long-lasting windows, stimuli are first grouped based on Gestalt principles of grouping. These processes establish reference frames that are used to attribute features. Features are then integrated following their respective reference frame. Here using occlusion and bouncing effects, we show that indeed such grouping operations are in place. We found that features integrate only when the spatiotemporal integrity of the object is preserved. Moreover, when several moving objects are present, only features belonging to the same object integrate. Overall, our results show that feature integration is a deliberate strategy of the brain and long-lasting windows of processing can be seen as periods of sense making.
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- Leila Drissi-Daoudi
- Laboratory of Psychophysics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.,
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- Laboratory of Psychophysics, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,
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White PA. The extended present: an informational context for perception. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2021; 220:103403. [PMID: 34454251 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Several previous authors have proposed a kind of specious or subjective present moment that covers a few seconds of recent information. This article proposes a new hypothesis about the subjective present, renamed the extended present, defined not in terms of time covered but as a thematically connected information structure held in working memory and in transiently accessible form in long-term memory. The three key features of the extended present are that information in it is thematically connected, both internally and to current attended perceptual input, it is organised in a hierarchical structure, and all information in it is marked with temporal information, specifically ordinal and duration information. Temporal boundaries to the information structure are determined by hierarchical structure processing and by limits on processing and storage capacity. Supporting evidence for the importance of hierarchical structure analysis is found in the domains of music perception, speech and language processing, perception and production of goal-directed action, and exact arithmetical calculation. Temporal information marking is also discussed and a possible mechanism for representing ordinal and duration information on the time scale of the extended present is proposed. It is hypothesised that the extended present functions primarily as an informational context for making sense of current perceptual input, and as an enabler for perception and generation of complex structures and operations in language, action, music, exact calculation, and other domains.
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Hong S, Cho H, Kang BH, Park K, Akinwande D, Kim HJ, Kim S. Neuromorphic Active Pixel Image Sensor Array for Visual Memory. ACS NANO 2021; 15:15362-15370. [PMID: 34463475 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Neuromorphic engineering, a methodology for emulating synaptic functions or neural systems, has attracted tremendous attention for achieving next-generation artificial intelligence technologies in the field of electronics and photonics. However, to emulate human visual memory, an active pixel sensor array for neuromorphic photonics has yet to be demonstrated, even though it can implement an artificial neuron array in hardware because individual pixels can act as artificial neurons. Here, we present a neuromorphic active pixel image sensor array (NAPISA) chip based on an amorphous oxide semiconductor heterostructure, emulating the human visual memory. In the 8 × 8 NAPISA chip, each pixel with a select transistor and a neuromorphic phototransistor is based on a solution-processed indium zinc oxide back channel layer and sputtered indium gallium zinc oxide front channel layer. These materials are used as a triggering layer for persistent photoconductivity and a high-performance channel layer with outstanding uniformity. The phototransistors in the pixels exhibit both photonic potentiation and depression characteristics by a constant negative and positive gate bias due to charge trapping/detrapping. The visual memory and forgetting behaviors of the NAPISA can be successfully demonstrated by using the pulsed light stencil method without any software or simulation. This study provides valuable information to other neuromorphic devices and systems for next-generation artificial intelligence technologies.
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- Seongin Hong
- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78758, Texas, United States
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78758, Texas, United States
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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Moving a Shape behind a Slit: Partial Shape Representations in Inferior Temporal Cortex. J Neurosci 2021; 41:6484-6501. [PMID: 34131035 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0348-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Current models of object recognition are based on spatial representations build from object features that are simultaneously present in the retinal image. However, one can recognize an object when it moves behind a static occlude, and only a small fragment of its shape is visible through a slit at a given moment in time. Such anorthoscopic perception requires spatiotemporal integration of the successively presented shape parts during slit-viewing. Human fMRI studies suggested that ventral visual stream areas represent whole shapes formed through temporal integration during anorthoscopic perception. To examine the time course of shape-selective responses during slit-viewing, we recorded the responses of single inferior temporal (IT) neurons of rhesus monkeys to moving shapes that were only partially visible through a static narrow slit. The IT neurons signaled shape identity by their response when that was cumulated across the duration of the shape presentation. Their shape preference during slit-viewing equaled that for static, whole-shape presentations. However, when analyzing their responses at a finer time scale, we showed that the IT neurons responded to particular shape fragments that were revealed by the slit. We found no evidence for temporal integration of slit-views that result in a whole-shape representation, even when the monkey was matching slit-views of a shape to static whole-shape presentations. These data suggest that, although the temporally integrated response of macaque IT neurons can signal shape identity in slit-viewing conditions, the spatiotemporal integration needed for the formation of a whole-shape percept occurs in other areas, perhaps downstream to IT.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT One recognizes an object when it moves behind a static occluder and only a small fragment of its shape is visible through a static slit at a given moment in time. Such anorthoscopic perception requires spatiotemporal integration of the successively presented partial shape parts. Human fMRI studies suggested that ventral visual stream areas represent shapes formed through temporal integration. We recorded the responses of inferior temporal (IT) cortical neurons of macaques during slit-viewing conditions. Although the temporally summated response of macaque IT neurons could signal shape identity under slit-viewing conditions, we found no evidence for a whole-shape representation using analyses at a finer time scale. Thus, the spatiotemporal integration needed for anorthoscopic perception does not occur within IT.
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Orlov T, Raveh M, McKyton A, Ben-Zion I, Zohary E. Learning to perceive shape from temporal integration following late emergence from blindness. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3162-3167.e5. [PMID: 34043950 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Visual perception requires massive use of inference because the 3D structure of the world is not directly provided by the sensory input.1 Particularly challenging is anorthoscopic vision-when an object moves behind a narrow slit such that only a tiny fraction of it is visible at any instant. Impressively, human observers correctly recognize objects in slit-viewing conditions by early childhood,2,3 via temporal integration of the contours available in each sliver.4,5 But can this capability be acquired if one has been effectively blind throughout childhood? We studied 23 Ethiopian children which had bilateral early-onset cataracts-resulting in extremely poor vision in infancy-and surgically treated only years later. We tested their anorthoscopic vision, precisely because it requires a cascade of demanding visual inference processes to perceive veridical shape. Failure to perform the task may allow mapping specific bottlenecks for late visual recovery. The patients' visual acuity typically improved substantially within 6 months post-surgery. Still, at this stage many were unable to recover shape under slit-viewing conditions, although they could infer the direction of global motion. However, when retested later, almost all patients could judge shape in slit-conditions necessitating temporal integration. This acquired capability often transferred to novel stimuli, in similar slit-viewing conditions. Thus, learning was not limited to the specific visual features of the original shapes. These results indicate that plasticity of sophisticated visual inference routines is preserved well into adolescence, and vision restoration after prolonged early-onset blindness is feasible to a greater extent than previously thought.
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- Tanya Orlov
- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Israel
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Stelmasiak A, Damaziak K, Riedel J, Zdanowska-Sąsiadek Ż, Bucław M, Gozdowski D, Kruziñska B. Assessment of poultry egg liking scores using sighted and blind people. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2020; 100:421-430. [PMID: 31597199 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Of the 18 043 bird species, the eggs of only hen and quail are generally available to consumers. Thus people are deprived of the opportunity to benefit from the huge diversity of eggs offered by nature. Poultry eggs can vary in their color of albumen and yolk, smell, taste and texture. In this study, sighted and blind people were employed for sensory evaluation with the aim of determining the preferences of consumers toward hard-boiled and scrambled eggs of different species of birds, and whether the appearance of these eggs has an effect on the perception of other sensory impressions. RESULTS Sighted people differently evaluated the texture of both boiled and scrambled eggs as compared with blind people. This was mainly because blind people largely used their sense of touch for evaluation. All other attributes of boiled eggs were evaluated similarly by both groups of panelists, whereas those of scrambled eggs were evaluated differently. CONCLUSION The obtained results unequivocally demonstrated that differences in taste of scrambled eggs when served hot are easier to evaluate than those of boiled eggs. On the basis of ranking by the sensory panel, it was established that eggs of birds belonging to the order Galliformes are more preferred by consumers than those of duck and goose. By contrast, eggs of ostrich and emu are characterized by unfavorable sensory profiles; moreover, the albumen of boiled ostrich eggs has an unsightly appearance. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Adrian Stelmasiak
- Department of Technique and Food Development, Division of Engineering in Nutrition, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Production, Poultry Breeding Division, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Production, Poultry Breeding Division, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Improvement, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
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- Department of Poultry and Ornamental Bird Breeding, Faculty of Biotechnology and Animal Husbandry, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Design and Bioinformatics, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Production, Poultry Breeding Division, University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Leising K, Jacqmain J, Elliott C, Wolf J, Taylor J, Cleland L, Lee R, Magnotti JF, Wright AA. Sensory and working memory in a spatial change-detection task by pigeons and humans. Behav Processes 2019; 169:103957. [DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Zammit N, Muscat R. Beta band oscillatory deficits during working memory encoding in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:2905-2920. [PMID: 30825351 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioural disorder, characterized by symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity, in addition to various cognitive deficits, including working memory impairments. This pathology arises from a complex constellation of genetic, structural and neurotransmission abnormalities, which give rise to the aberrant electrophysiological patterns evident in patients with ADHD. Among such, findings have consistently provided support in favour of weaker power across the beta frequency range. Evidence has also emerged that beta rhythmic decrements are linked to working memory encoding. The catecholaminergic modulation of both working memory and beta oscillations may suggest that the link between the two might be rooted at the neurotransmission level. Studies have consistently shown that ADHD involves significant catecholaminergic dysregulation, which is also supported by other clinical studies that demonstrate stimulant-induced amelioration of ADHD symptomology. In this study, we explore the possible ways that might relate ADHD, working memory, beta rhythms and catecholaminergic signalling altogether by investigating the integrity of encoding-relevant electroencephalographic beta rhythms in medication-naïve and stimulant-medicated adolescent patients. The aberrant parietal and frontal encoding-related beta rhythm revealed in the ADHD patients together with a working memory (WM) deficit as observed herein was reversed by methylphenidate in the latter case but not with regard to the beta rhythm. This finding per se raises the issue of the role played by beta rhythms in the WM deficits associated with ADHD.
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- Nowell Zammit
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.,Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
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Tripathy SP, Öǧmen H. Sensory Memory Is Allocated Exclusively to the Current Event-Segment. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1435. [PMID: 30245646 PMCID: PMC6137426 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Atkinson-Shiffrin modal model forms the foundation of our understanding of human memory. It consists of three stores (Sensory Memory (SM), also called iconic memory, Short-Term Memory (STM), and Long-Term Memory (LTM)), each tuned to a different time-scale. Since its inception, the STM and LTM components of the modal model have undergone significant modifications, while SM has remained largely unchanged, representing a large capacity system funneling information into STM. In the laboratory, visual memory is usually tested by presenting a brief static stimulus and, after a delay, asking observers to report some aspect of the stimulus. However, under ecological viewing conditions, our visual system receives a continuous stream of inputs, which is segmented into distinct spatio-temporal segments, called events. Events are further segmented into event-segments. Here we show that SM is not an unspecific general funnel to STM but is allocated exclusively to the current event-segment. We used a Multiple-Object Tracking (MOT) paradigm in which observers were presented with disks moving in different directions, along bi-linear trajectories, i.e., linear trajectories, with a single deviation in direction at the mid-point of each trajectory. The synchronized deviation of all of the trajectories produced an event stimulus consisting of two event-segments. Observers reported the pre-deviation or the post-deviation directions of the trajectories. By analyzing observers' responses in partial- and full-report conditions, we investigated the involvement of SM for the two event-segments. The hallmarks of SM hold only for the current event segment. As the large capacity SM stores only items involved in the current event-segment, the need for event-tagging in SM is eliminated, speeding up processing in active vision. By characterizing how memory systems are interfaced with ecological events, this new model extends the Atkinson-Shiffrin model by specifying how events are stored in the first stage of multi-store memory systems.
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- Srimant P Tripathy
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, CO, United States
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Our visual system briefly retains a trace of a stimulus after it disappears. This phenomenon is known as iconic memory and its contents are thought to be temporally integrated with subsequent visual inputs to produce a single composite representation. However, there is little consensus on the temporal integration between iconic memory and subsequent visual inputs. Here, we show that iconic memory revises its contents depending upon the configuration of the newly produced single representation with particular temporal characteristics. The Poggendorff illusion, in which two collinear line segments are perceived as non-collinear by an intervening rectangle, was observed when the rectangle was presented during a period spanning from 50 ms before to 200 ms after the presentation of the line segments. The illusion was most prominent when the rectangle was presented approximately 100 to 150 ms after the line segments. Furthermore, the illusion was observed at the center of a moving object, but only when the line segments were presented before the rectangle. These results indicate that the contents of iconic memory are susceptible to the modulatory influence of subsequent visual inputs before being translated into conscious perception in a time-locked manner both in retinotopic and non-retinotopic, object-centered frames of reference.
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Yanes D, Loprinzi PD. Experimental Effects of Acute Exercise on Iconic Memory, Short-Term Episodic, and Long-Term Episodic Memory. J Clin Med 2018; 7:E146. [PMID: 29891755 PMCID: PMC6024998 DOI: 10.3390/jcm7060146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The present experiment evaluated the effects of acute exercise on iconic memory and short- and long-term episodic memory. A two-arm, parallel-group randomized experiment was employed (n = 20 per group; Mage = 21 year). The experimental group engaged in an acute bout of moderate-intensity treadmill exercise for 15 min, while the control group engaged in a seated, time-matched computer task. Afterwards, the participants engaged in a paragraph-level episodic memory task (20 min delay and 24 h delay recall) as well as an iconic memory task, which involved 10 trials (at various speeds from 100 ms to 800 ms) of recalling letters from a 3 × 3 array matrix. For iconic memory, there was a significant main effect for time (F = 42.9, p < 0.001, η²p = 0.53) and a trend towards a group × time interaction (F = 2.90, p = 0.09, η²p = 0.07), but no main effect for group (F = 0.82, p = 0.37, η²p = 0.02). The experimental group had higher episodic memory scores at both the baseline (19.22 vs. 17.20) and follow-up (18.15 vs. 15.77), but these results were not statistically significant. These findings provide some suggestive evidence hinting towards an iconic memory and episodic benefit from acute exercise engagement.
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- Danielle Yanes
- Exercise Psychology Laboratory, Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
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- Exercise Psychology Laboratory, Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
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Zammit N, Falzon O, Camilleri K, Muscat R. Working memory alpha-beta band oscillatory signatures in adolescents and young adults. Eur J Neurosci 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Nowell Zammit
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking; University of Malta; Msida Malta
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- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics; University of Malta; Msida Malta
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- Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics; University of Malta; Msida Malta
- Department of Systems and Control Engineering; Faculty of Engineering; University of Malta; Msida Malta
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking; University of Malta; Msida Malta
- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Surgery; University of Malta; Msida Malta
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Object Representations in Human Visual Cortex Formed Through Temporal Integration of Dynamic Partial Shape Views. J Neurosci 2017; 38:659-678. [PMID: 29196319 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1318-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We typically recognize visual objects using the spatial layout of their parts, which are present simultaneously on the retina. Therefore, shape extraction is based on integration of the relevant retinal information over space. The lateral occipital complex (LOC) can represent shape faithfully in such conditions. However, integration over time is sometimes required to determine object shape. To study shape extraction through temporal integration of successive partial shape views, we presented human participants (both men and women) with artificial shapes that moved behind a narrow vertical or horizontal slit. Only a tiny fraction of the shape was visible at any instant at the same retinal location. However, observers perceived a coherent whole shape instead of a jumbled pattern. Using fMRI and multivoxel pattern analysis, we searched for brain regions that encode temporally integrated shape identity. We further required that the representation of shape should be invariant to changes in the slit orientation. We show that slit-invariant shape information is most accurate in the LOC. Importantly, the slit-invariant shape representations matched the conventional whole-shape representations assessed during full-image runs. Moreover, when the same slit-dependent shape slivers were shuffled, thereby preventing their spatiotemporal integration, slit-invariant shape information was reduced dramatically. The slit-invariant representation of the various shapes also mirrored the structure of shape perceptual space as assessed by perceptual similarity judgment tests. Therefore, the LOC is likely to mediate temporal integration of slit-dependent shape views, generating a slit-invariant whole-shape percept. These findings provide strong evidence for a global encoding of shape in the LOC regardless of integration processes required to generate the shape percept.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Visual objects are recognized through spatial integration of features available simultaneously on the retina. The lateral occipital complex (LOC) represents shape faithfully in such conditions even if the object is partially occluded. However, shape must sometimes be reconstructed over both space and time. Such is the case in anorthoscopic perception, when an object is moving behind a narrow slit. In this scenario, spatial information is limited at any moment so the whole-shape percept can only be inferred by integration of successive shape views over time. We find that LOC carries shape-specific information recovered using such temporal integration processes. The shape representation is invariant to slit orientation and is similar to that evoked by a fully viewed image. Existing models of object recognition lack such capabilities.
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BDNF Variants May Modulate Long-Term Visual Memory Performance in a Healthy Cohort. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18030655. [PMID: 28304362 PMCID: PMC5372667 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18030655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in numerous cognitive functions including learning and memory. BDNF plays an important role in synaptic plasticity in humans and rats with BDNF shown to be essential for the formation of long-term memories. We previously identified a significant association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) and long-term visual memory (p-value = 0.003) in a small cohort (n = 181) comprised of healthy individuals who had been phenotyped for various aspects of memory function. In this study, we have extended the cohort to 597 individuals and examined multiple genetic variants across both the BDNF and BDNF-AS genes for association with visual memory performance as assessed by the Wechsler Memory Scale—Fourth Edition subtests Visual Reproduction I and II (VR I and II). VR I assesses immediate visual memory, whereas VR II assesses long-term visual memory. Genetic association analyses were performed for 34 single nucleotide polymorphisms genotyped on Illumina OmniExpress BeadChip arrays with the immediate and long-term visual memory phenotypes. While none of the BDNF and BDNF-AS variants were shown to be significant for immediate visual memory, we found 10 variants (including the Val66Met polymorphism (p-value = 0.006)) that were nominally associated, and three variants (two variants in BDNF and one variant in the BDNF-AS locus) that were significantly associated with long-term visual memory. Our data therefore suggests a potential role for BDNF, and its anti-sense transcript BDNF-AS, in long-term visual memory performance.
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