To survive, organisms must effectively respond to the challenge of maintaining their
physiological integrity in the face of an ever-changing environment. Preserving this …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with progressive and
inexorable loss of dopaminergic cells in Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNc). Although …

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major cause of cognitive impairment in elderly
people. While most research focuses on the role of the classical vascular risk factors in SVD …

Orientation preference maps (OPMs) are present in carnivores (such as cats and ferrets) and
primates but are absent in rodents. In this study we investigate the possible link between …

Artificial feedforward neural networks perform a wide variety of classification and function
approximation tasks with high accuracy. Unlike their artificial counterparts, biological neural …

Neurovascular coupling is typically considered as a master-slave relationship between the
neurons and the cerebral vessels: the neurons demand energy which the vessels supply in …

In the last decade, neuro-energetics has become an important research topic, which can
contribute to better understanding and interpreting brain imaging data. We need to …

The explanation of brain function in rational and objective terms is absolutely the most
difficult challenge of all times and is continuously stimulated by a rooted instinct of …

Our conscious day-to-day self is often described as the “tip of the iceberg” of a much greater
cognitive system. The edge of the water divides the phenomenal self from the …

We are all aware that our experience is structured into left and right, up and down, and we
can understand from our own experience that consciousness is unified into a singular …