Keyword: memory

Multisensory stimuli and virtual navigation tasks during intracranial clinical recordings
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/LYMU0220-P.html
Project Summary - A picture of a first-grade classroom or the smell of fresh-baked cookies can evoke specific and detailed memories. These detailed memories often contain a comprehensive...

Developing and validating tools to assess higher level cognition in children and adolescents
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/BOST0519-P.html
Project Summary - One of the best predictors of life quality, including vocational success, levels of happiness and even life expectancy, is overall cognitive functioning...

Integrating behavioural, imaging and transcriptional profiling to discover the impact of midlife stress in Alzheimer's disease
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/MW-TIBU0518-P.html
Project Summary - In Canada, one in 13 people between 65 and 74 are affected by Alzheimer's disease. By the time we reach the age of 85, that has risen to one in four. The impacts of Alzheimer's....

Developing optogenetics/electrophysiology applications for studying cognitive impairment during stress
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/WAIN1018-P.html
Project Summary - The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a very important brain region. It plays a vital role in working memory - cognitive tasks such as temporarily remembering a 7-digit number...

Role of microglia signaling in brain circuit development and cognition
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/VAPR1017-P.html
Project Summary - Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system. They help the brain respond to injury and infections and remove damaged cells. During brain development...

Genetic manipulation of lactate metabolism to regulate memory and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/ROCU0417-P.html
Project Summary - Neurons have very high-energy needs as they transmit signals in the brain. It has long been accepted that glucose fuels the brain via a process called...

The role of astrocytes in memory: focus on pattern separation
http://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/project_summaries/TIBU1017-P.html
Project Summary - Neurons are generally assumed to be the cells responsible for memory and cognition in our brain. We know they operate in networks, they exhibit electrical...