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Rusty Gage, PhD - Salk Institute salk.edu 14 facts
referenceH.W. Steinbusch, A. Beek, A.L. Frankhuyzen, J.A. Tonnaer, F.H. Gage, and A. Björklund published 'Functional activity of raphe neurons transplanted to the hippocampus and caudate-putamen. An immunohistochemical and neurochemical analysis in adult and aged rats' in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1987.
referenceA. Björklund and F.H. Gage published 'Grafts of fetal septal cholinergic neurons to the hippocampal formation in aged or fimbria-fornix-lesioned rats' in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1987.
referenceBuzsáki, G., Bickford, R.G., Armstrong, D.M., Ponomareff, G., Chen, K.S., Ruiz, R., Thal, L.J., and Gage, F.H. analyzed electric activity in the neocortex of freely moving young and aged rats.
referenceG.A. Foster, M. Schultzberg, F.H. Gage, A. Björklund, T. Hökfelt, A.C. Cuello, A.A. Verhofstad, T.J. Visser, and P.C. Emson examined the transmitter expression and morphological development of embryonic medullary and mesencephalic raphé neurones after transplantation to the adult rat central nervous system, specifically grafts to the hippocampus, in a 1988 study published in Experimental Brain Research.
referenceArmstrong, D.M., Hersh, L.B., and Gage, F.H. documented morphologic alterations of cholinergic processes in the neocortex of aged rats.
referenceW. Fischer, K. Wictorin, A. Björklund, L.R. Williams, S. Varon, and F.H. Gage demonstrated that nerve growth factor ameliorates cholinergic neuron atrophy and spatial memory impairment in aged rats, as published in Nature in 1987.
referenceA. Björklund and F.H. Gage published 'Grafts of fetal septal cholinergic neurons to the hippocampal formation in aged or fimbria-fornix lesioned rats' in Progress in Brain Research in 1987.
referenceO. Isacson, M. Pritzel, D. Dawbarn, P. Brundin, P.A. Kelly, L. Wiklund, P.C. Emson, F.H. Gage, S.B. Dunnett, and A. Björklund studied cellular and functional aspects of striatal neural transplants in the ibotenic acid-lesioned rat neostriatum in a 1987 paper published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
referenceG.A. Foster, M. Schultzberg, F.H. Gage, A. Björklund, T. Hökfelt, A.C. Cuello, A.A. Verhofstad, T.J. Visser, and P.C. Emson examined the transmitter expression and morphological development of embryonic medullary and mesencephalic raphé neurones after transplantation to the adult rat central nervous system, specifically grafts to the striatum, in a 1988 study published in Experimental Brain Research.
referenceC.W. Shults, P. Johnston, and F.H. Gage compared substance K-like and substance P-like fibers and cells in the rat hippocampus in a 1987 paper published in Brain Research.
referenceF. Bengtsson, A. Nobin, B. Falck, F.H. Gage, and B. Jeppsson studied the effect of oral branched chain amino acids on behavior and brain serotonin metabolism in portacaval shunted rats in a 1988 paper published in the World Journal of Surgery.
referenceBlaker, S.N., Armstrong, D.M., and Gage, F.H. studied the response of cholinergic neurons within the rat hippocampus to fimbria-fornix transection.
referenceO. Isacson, D. Dawbarn, P. Brundin, F.H. Gage, P.C. Emson, and A. Björklund published 'Neural grafting in a rat model of Huntington's disease: striosomal-like organization of striatal grafts as revealed by acetylcholinesterase histochemistry, immunocytochemistry and receptor autoradiography' in Neuroscience in 1987.
referenceD.J. Clarke, F.H. Gage, O.G. Nilsson, and A. Björklund observed that grafted septal neurons form cholinergic synaptic connections in the dentate gyrus of behaviorally impaired aged rats, as published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology in 1986.
Food Consumption Changes in The Ruler Tribal Community bioresscientia.com Feb 15, 2025 2 facts
measurementAmong the 415 subjects in the Ruler tribal community, 4% consume pork, rat, mice, cat, rabbits, snails, squirrels, or crabs weekly, 68% consume them monthly, and 28% consume them occasionally.
measurement4% of the Ruler tribal community consumes animals such as pork, rat, mice, cat, rabbits, snails, and squirrels twice per week, 68% consumes them once or twice per month, and 28% consumes them occasionally.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimAnimals learn most easily when tasks resemble problems faced in their evolutionary past, such as a rat learning to locate food or water.