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Comment on van den Brand et al (2012): voluntary control, yes; of locomotion, probably not

30.10.2012

Using rats trained and tested in an upright posture, Gregoire Courtine and colleagues claim voluntary control of locomotion is restored after paralyzing spinal cord injury. In our polemical article we propose that the cortical and brainstem plasticity they report produces voluntary postural adjustments that enhance potent afferent feedback associated with upright bipedal locomotion, rather than voluntary control over lumbosacral locomotor circuitry. They have not considered recent findings ...

Experience-dependent plasticity of the barrel cortex in mice observed with 2-DG brain mapping and c-Fos: effects of MMP-9 KO

30.10.2012

Modifications of properties of the adult sensory cortex by elimination of sensory input (deprivation) serves as a model for studying plasticity in the adult brain. We studied the effects of ...

Professor Jerzy Duszyński has become a member of Academy of Europe

26.10.2012

AE members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. AE was founded in 1988, includes over 2000 leading European experts from the physical ...

Konorski Award in 2011

25.10.2012

Strong evidence suggests that memory for emotional information is much better than for neutral one. Thus, one may expect that forgetting of emotional information is difficult and requires ...

2nd BIO-IMAGINE International Advisory Board meeting

15.10.2012

The meeting was attended by three members of IAB: Prof. Rainer Pepperkok (EMBL), Dr Gabor Lamm (EMBLEM), Prof. Jacek Kuźnicki (IIMCB) and Prof. Adam Szewczyk as The Director of the Nencki ...