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Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Exacerbates Cisplatin-induced Sensory Hair Cell Death in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Inner ear sensory hair cells die following exposure to aminoglycoside antibiotics or chemotherapeutics like cisplatin, leading to permanent auditory and/or balance deficits in humans. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are used to ...
Failure of Working Memory Training to Enhance Cognition or Intelligence
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Fluid intelligence is important for successful functioning in the modern world, but much evidence suggests that fluid intelligence is largely immutable after childhood. Recently, however, researchers have reported gains ...
Perceptual Grouping and Visual Enumeration
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
We used lateralized Event-Related Potential (ERP) measures – the N2pc and CDA/SPCN components – to assess the role of grouping by target similarity during enumeration. Participants saw a variable number (0, 1, 2 or 3) of ...
First Is Best
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
We experience the world serially rather than simultaneously. A century of research on human and nonhuman animals has suggested that the first experience in a series of two or more is cognitively privileged. We report three ...
Human Visual Search Does Not Maximize the Post-Saccadic Probability of Identifying Targets
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Researchers have conjectured that eye movements during visual search are selected to minimize the number of saccades. The optimal Bayesian eye movement strategy minimizing saccades does not simply direct the eye to whichever ...
A Spontaneous Mutation in Contactin 1 in the Mouse
(Public Library of Science, 2011)
Mutations in the gene encoding the immunoglobulin-superfamily member cell adhesion molecule contactin1 (CNTN1) cause lethal congenital myopathy in human patients and neurodevelopmental phenotypes in knockout mice. Whether ...
3D Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging Offers Improved Accuracy in Neuron Tracing
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
The connectivity among neurons holds the key to understanding brain function. Mapping neural connectivity in brain circuits requires imaging techniques with high spatial resolution to facilitate neuron tracing and high ...