neurophysiology

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The incidence and the severity of hypertension is higher in middle-aged men than women. The hallmark of hypertension is an increased sympathetic nerve activity to the cardiovascular organs. One mechanism that regulates sympathetic nerve activity is the homeostatic bar…

Motor performance has been examined from various scientific perspectives and with different methodological approaches. In basic research, the main goal is to identify underlying mechanisms that determine performance. This is typically achieved through the analysis of metabolic parameters and, with regard to the central nervous system, neurophysiological measures. When the concept of “motor perfor…

Author: Diego A. Golombek; Gabriela A. Salvador Affiliations: Interdisciplinary Time Laboratory (LITERA), Universidad de San Andrés/CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Bahía Blanca Institute of Biochemical Research (INIBIBB) – CONICET and Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina Key themes: Argentine Society for Neuroscience • Neurophys…

With funding from Dance Jazzo, the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies (IACS) will conduct research aimed at understanding the neurophysiological effects of SlowMotionFlow practice. If you volunteer to participate in this study, you will be asked to: - Complete questionnaires about your movement experience and current state - Be fitted with EEG equipment and biometric sensors - Perform 2…

At the meeting room This last week, the Brainlab conveyed in Escaló (Catalan Pyrenees) to have its IV Brainlab Workshop, this time in collaboration with the Auditory Neurophysiology Lab (ANL) of the University of Salamanca (Spain) led by Prof. Manuel S. Malmierca. During the course of three days, several symposiums were organized [...] The post Beat the heat, heat the brain: IV Brainlab Worksho…

The strong and simultaneous activation of both branches the autonomic nervous system, sympathetic and parasympathetic, is known as ‘autonomic conflict.’ In the cartoonish intro-biology view of the body, the sympathetic system fight or flight is an accelerator, the parasympathetic is pumping the breaks. (I always used to think parasympathetic = paramedics = ’rest and recover’.) […]