By thirdrev, on July 13th, 2010
Alex C. Keene, Erik R. Duboué, Daniel M. McDonald, Monica Dus, Greg S.B. Suh, Scott Waddell, Justin Blau. Neural systems controlling the vital functions of sleep and feeding in mammals are tightly interconnected: sleep deprivation promotes feeding, wh… . . . → Read More: Clock and cycle Limit Starvation-Induced Sleep Loss in Drosophila
By thirdrev, on July 13th, 2010
Xiangzhong Zheng, Amita Sehgal. The circadian clock coordinates cellular and organismal energy metabolism [1]. The importance of this circadian timing system is underscored by findings that defects in the clock cause deregulatio…. . . . → Read More: AKT and TOR Signaling Set the Pace of the Circadian Pacemaker
By thirdrev, on July 13th, 2010
Jayne M. Gardiner, Jelle Atema. The direction of an odor signal source can be estimated from bilateral differences in signal intensity and/or arrival time. The best-known examples of the use of arrival time differences are in ac…. . . . → Read More: The Function of Bilateral Odor Arrival Time Differences in Olfactory Orientation of Sharks
By thirdrev, on July 13th, 2010
Zhi-Lei Zhang, Christopher R.L. Cantor, Clifton M. Schor. When an object is viewed binocularly, unequal perspective projections of the two eyes’ half images (binocular disparity) provide a cue for the sensation of stereo depth. For almost 200 years, … . . . → Read More: Perisaccadic Stereo Depth with Zero Retinal Disparity
By CURRENT BIOLOGY, on July 13th, 2010
Joana Enes, Nicole Langwieser, Jörg Ruschel, Melissa M. Carballosa-Gonzalez, Achim Klug, Matthias H. Traut, Bhavna Ylera, Sabina Tahirovic, Franz Hofmann, Valentin Stein, Sven Moosmang, Ian D. Hentall, Frank Bradke. BackgroundPrimary sensory neurons o… . . . → Read More: Electrical Activity Suppresses Axon Growth through Cav1.2 Channels in Adult Primary Sensory Neurons