#plasticity

Postdoc position in the Visual Perception and Plasticity (VPP) lab at Georgetown University https://apply.interfolio.com/166277 #neuroplasticity, #brain #plasticity #neuroscience

In recent days, I have created with #Blender several maps that can be used with #Plasticity; some of them might be included in the next beta version, and the others that are not used will be released for free. #CAD #3d #product #b3d

Newpreprint from the @idealab out today! We propose that epigenetic mechanisms mediate the realization of individualized niches. Furthermore, we suggest that the realization of individualized niches can contribute to both the emergence and maintenance of epigenetic variation. This opinion piece is the result of a large collaboration within the DFG-funded NC³ collaborative research center - A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/verbuende/sfb_nc3/ ). It is now available on EcoEvoRxiv: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2Z34V #ecology #evolution #plasticity #epigenetics #individualisation
#AcademicMastodon @academicchatter

Rapid and cumulative adult plasticity in the mouse visual cortex https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neural-circuits/articles/10.3389/fncir.2025.1537305/full "a rapid phase occurring within seconds and a cumulative phase developing over hours to days"; #plasticity #neuroscience

I'll take the opportunity to open a small parenthesis on what #rheology aka “the science of the flow”, is: the term, which can be used both for fluids and (some classes of) deformable solids describes the relationship between stress and strain in a continumm.

To wit, for something to flow (or deform), there must be a force applied. The relation between this force and how much (and how quickly) the continuum deforms is what rheology is about.

Rheology deals with two main classes of behavior: #plasticity and #viscosity.

Plastic behavior refers to (permanent) deformations whose magnitude depends on the applied force: smaller forces result in smaller deformations, larger forces in larger deformations. This is typical of solids.

Viscous behavior refers to deformations whose rate depends on the applied force: in this sense deformations can be “infinite” (the distance between two given points can grow arbitrarily), and as long as the force is applied the deformation will grow. #Viscosity determines how strongly the continuum (typically a fluid) resits to the deformation, and thus how quickly (or slowly) it deforms.

And of course you can have hybrid behaviors (viscoplastic, viscoelastic, viscoplastoelastic).

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#Plasticity v25.1.0 is out
This is an huge update with a new UI more simple to use and a lot of new features.

For more info in this update check out this Link https://doc.plasticity.xyz/whats-new

Download from Github https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity/releases/tag/v25.1.0

Is an incredible improvement on usability side and features. #CAD #linux #parasolid #artist

Cross-modal transfer effects of the go/no-go training with visual stimuli https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brb3.70309 "possibly due to neuroplastic changes in the #multimodal association cortices"; #crossmodal #brain #plasticity

Psilocybin as a treatment for repetitive mild head injury: Evidence from neuroradiology and molecular biology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... "#psilocybin can reduce vasogenic edema, restore normal vascular reactivity and functional connectivity"; #neuroplasticity, #brain #plasticity, #neuroscience

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Psilocybin as a treatment for repetitive mild head injury: Evidence from neuroradiology and molecular biology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.03.636248v1 "#psilocybin can reduce vasogenic edema, restore normal vascular reactivity and #functional #connectivity"; #neuroplasticity, #brain #plasticity, #neuroscience

#Plasticity of visual looming response reveals a dissociation of innate and learned components (in mice) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.18.628938v1 #EMDR for mice? #neuroscience

"Here, we demonstrate that innate looming stimulus responses, an innate predator-evasion behaviour, can be robustly extinguished via repeated unreinforced presentation over several days."

(opinion paper) Boosting psychotherapy with noninvasive brain stimulation: The whys and wherefores of modulating neural plasticity to promote therapeutic change https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/np/7853199 #NIBS #neuromodulation #plasticity

cTBS over ventral cortex enhances depth perception https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2024.1499030/full #cTBS = continuous theta-burst stimulation, "mechanisms underlying stereoscopic depth perception retain a considerable degree of plasticity through adulthood"; #brain #plasticity #neuroscience

Only three weeks into my 3D printing “career” I uploaded my first simple creation to makerworld.com. A small stand for small to medium size LEGO models of air/spacecraft.

What is special about it is that the models can be displayed at a (fixed) roll and pitch angle of 25 degrees. Making the display much more exciting.

created with Plasticity

Here’s the direct link to it: https://makerworld.com/en/models/815018?from=search#profileId-757091

#3dprinting #plasticity #BambuLab

We applaud our student Dustin Raeke for finishing his Research module in our lab titled "Environmental effects on gastropod personality". His great efforts allowed him to study behavioral repeatability in 166 snails across two environments by conducting a whopping 830 experiments. Look forward to reading more about his results in a publication that will be prepared in the near future! #ecology #evolution #personality #plasticity #gastropods @academicchatter

Now in issue!
#Prey Cue Preferences Among Northern #Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Acclimated to Different Year-Long Diets: #Genetics or Experienced-Based #Plasticity?

Lutterschmidt, Perelman, Roth, J Weidler

https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/6/1/obae040/7888903

Enhanced auditory responses in visual cortex of blind rats using intrinsic optical signal imaging https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-76276-2 #neuroscience, #brain #plasticity

"visual cortex rapidly acquires auditory system function over the first 3 months of life and that the entire visual cortex, rather than just the portion close to the auditory cortex, responds to white noise"

Pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors are essential for #psilocybin's lasting drug action https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.02.621692v1 on #structural #neural #plasticity #neuroscience

"We find that a single dose of psilocybin increased the density of dendritic spines in both the subcortical-projecting, pyramidal tract (PT) and intratelencephalic (IT) cell types."

(PDF, 2001) The metamodal organization of the brain https://tmslab.org/includes/alvaro_3.pdf Classic article by Alvaro Pascual-Leone and Roy Hamilton. #metamodal #neuroscience #crossmodal #plasticity

Yeah, not exactly a data visualisation. But an illustration for an article about the data hunger of AI tech companies I'm somewhat proud of.

Composition and layout in #blender3d, modelling in #plasticity (as an experiment).

#KelseyMartin - How do #Human #Brains Function?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0w3R-aVDdA

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfCosciousness #Consciousness #Brain #Mind #Thinking #Neuroscience #NeuroPhysiology #Neurons #Neuron #Synapses #Synapse #Plasticity #Memory #Genes #RNA #DNA #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn