Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Grewal, Carles Rentero, Carlos Enrich, Mohamed Wahba, Carsten A. Raabe, Ursula Rescher
Summary: Routine manipulation of the mouse genome has become a landmark in biomedical research, allowing for investigation of traits associated with advanced developmental stages. The annexins, a family of calcium- and lipid-binding proteins, have been extensively studied in cellular functions, with recent research on genetically modified annexin mouse models revealing striking phenotypes under stress conditions mimicking human disease. This comprehensive review emphasizes the exciting potential of using animal models in annexin-related research for relevant issues in biology and experimental medicine.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Brigitta Tele-Heri, Karoly Dobos, Szilvia Harsanyi, Judit Palinkas, Fanni Fenyosi, Rudolf Gesztelyi, Csaba E. More, Judit Zsuga
Summary: This paper discusses the role of vestibular stimulation in driving multisensory and sensorimotor integration, as well as how motor development may shape the receptive field of multisensory neurons. It also proposes a hypothesis explaining the beneficial effect of sensory integration therapies on attentional processes. Sensorimotor integration therapy, such as TSMT, utilizes specific tools and instruments to increase vestibular and postural stimulation, facilitating sensory-motor integration and muscle strength.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mattia Pinardi, Nicola Di Stefano, Giovanni Di Pino, Charles Spence
Summary: Crossmodal correspondences are consistent mappings between perceptual dimensions or stimuli from different sensory domains. Human movement augmentation, which aims to enhance motor abilities through artificial devices, faces the challenge of relaying supplementary information to users. This article explores the potential role of crossmodal correspondences in human augmentation and discusses three ways in which they can impact motor control and embodiment.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ivan Camponogara
Summary: This brief review aims to summarize the most influential theories in multisensory integration and sensory-motor control and provide new ideas on the multisensory-motor integration process. The reviewer also proposes an alternative view of how the multisensory integration process unfolds along the action planning and execution and makes several connections with existing multisensory-motor control theories.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Manon Rolland, Catherine Del Negro, Nicolas Giret
Summary: Multisensory processes play a crucial role in our perception of the world, integrating various sensory information and providing cognitive and behavioral benefits. While most research has been conducted with mammalian models, studies on avian species have also contributed to our understanding of multisensory processes, showing the benefits of learning in natural situations.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Business
Sang-Min Park, Nicholas S. Vonortas
Summary: This paper examines the impact of translational research on knowledge production and biomedical entrepreneurship. The results show that translational research has a small but positive effect on biomedical patents and entrepreneurship, as measured by NIH SBIR grants. Path analysis reveals that the influence of translational research on regional biomedical entrepreneurship is not primarily conveyed through biomedical patents or clinical trials.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sophia Piller, Irene Senna, Marc O. O. Ernst
Summary: The Bouba-Kiki effect is the systematic mapping between round/spiky shapes and speech sounds. In the size-weight illusion, participants judge the smaller of two equally-weighted objects as being heavier. This study examined the contribution of visual experience to the development of these phenomena by comparing three groups: early blind individuals, individuals treated for congenital cataracts, and typically sighted controls. The findings suggest that visual experience plays a pivotal role in these phenomena and that a short period of visual experience, even gained later in life, is sufficient for participants to pick up regularities in the environment and contribute to the development of these effects.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Saul Quintero, Ladan Shams, Kimia Kamal
Summary: Integration of sensory signals from the same source can enhance perception. The binding tendency, which refers to the inclination to combine stimuli, is influenced by factors like prior expectations. It can be learned through experience and affected by cognitive knowledge. The plasticity of binding tendency varies across individuals and over time. Understanding and increasing binding tendency can have important applications in clinical settings.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Fabio Castro, Bigna Lenggenhager, Daniel Zeller, Giovanni Pellegrino, Marco D'Alonzo, Giovanni Di Pino
Summary: This paper provides a critical overview of research on rubber hand illusion, with a focus on studying prosthesis embodiment in individuals with amputation. The study found that multisensory integration mechanisms play a role in resolving visuo-tactile conflict and updating bodily representation, which has implications for the technological development of sensorised prostheses and user acceptability.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alexandra Gatzios, Matthias Rombaut, Karolien Buyl, Joery De Kock, Robim M. Rodrigues, Vera Rogiers, Tamara Vanhaecke, Joost Boeckmans
Summary: The underlying mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are highly heterogeneous, leading to the proposal of redefining it as metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). Patient stratification could accelerate the development of anti-MAFLD drugs, and human-based in vitro models that accurately reflect distinct MAFLD subgroups should be adopted. The current general approach to in vitro NAFLD models is no longer applicable, and considerations for translational in vitro experiments in the MAFLD era are outlined in this review article.
Article
Psychiatry
Erfan Ghaneirad, Anna Borgolte, Christopher Sinke, Anja Cus, Stefan Bleich, Gregor R. Szycik
Summary: This study investigates the impact of multisensory integration deficits on working memory. The findings suggest that single-trial multisensory encoding has an influence on subsequent object recognition, which is dependent on the semantic congruity of the stimuli and is more pronounced in the auditory task. Furthermore, patients with schizophrenia show atypically accelerated reaction time during subsequent auditory object recognition.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Irene Ronga, Mattia Galigani, Valentina Bruno, Jean-Paul Noel, Andrea Gazzin, Cristina Perathoner, Andrea Serino, Francesca Garbarini
Summary: The ability to identify one's own body boundaries is crucial for survival, with even newborns being able to distinguish their own bodies from the environment within hours of birth. Research indicates that both adults and newborns exhibit a spatial modulation of multisensory integration, emphasizing the importance of body position in space.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Review
Spectroscopy
Swati Tanwar, Santosh Kumar Paidi, Ram Prasad, Rishikesh Pandey, Ishan Barman
Summary: Raman spectroscopy, with its high sensitivity and molecule-specific information, faces limitations in transitioning to clinical settings. Recent technological advancements provide valuable insights and encouragement for overcoming these challenges.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hongwei Tan, Yifan Zhou, Quanzheng Tao, Johanna Rosen, Sebastiaan van Dijken
Summary: The multisensory neural network integrates and interacts vision, touch, hearing, smell, and taste, enabling crossmodal recognition and imagination, presenting a promising approach for robotic sensing and perception. Tan et al. report an artificial spiking multisensory neural network that mimics the crossmodal perception of biological brains.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jianyi Li, Haitao Li, Panpan Rao, Junmiao Luo, Xi Wang, Long Wang
Summary: Cardiac arrhythmias, an important group of cardiovascular diseases, can be treated using optical manipulation. Visible light requires conversion media for optical modulation in cells and tissues, while infrared and near-infrared light with strong tissue penetration properties are excellent options for achieving optical modulation.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tim Rohe, Uta Noppeney
Article
Neurosciences
Johannes Tuennerhoff, Uta Noppeney
Article
Neurosciences
Remi Gau, Uta Noppeney
Article
Neurosciences
Joana Leitao, Axel Thielscher, Hweeling Lee, Johannes Tuennerhoff, Uta Noppeney
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Uta Noppeney, Hwee Ling Lee
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Natalia Cooper, Ferdinando Milella, Carlo Pinto, Iain Cant, Mark White, Georg Meyer
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arianna Zuanazzi, Uta Noppeney
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joana Leitao, Axel Thielscher, Johannes Tuennerhoff, Uta Noppeney
Letter
Psychiatry
Amy Spray, Anton L. Beer, Richard P. Bentall, Vanessa Sluming, Georg Meyer
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patrycja Delong, Mate Aller, Anette S. Giani, Tim Rohe, Verena Conrad, Masataka Watanabe, Uta Noppeney
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Neurosciences
Arianna Zuanazzi, Uta Noppeney
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Natalia Cooper, Iain Cant, Mark D. White, Georg F. Meyer
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ryan Horsfall, Sophie Wuerger, Georg Meyer
Summary: To present a coherent depiction of the world, the brain must accurately integrate multiple senses in the temporal domain. Research indicates that tasks involving simultaneity judgement and temporal order judgement may rely on separate neural mechanisms, as they do not produce correlated measures of perceived simultaneity. The introduction of an early processing delay in the MCD model predicts different perceived simultaneity values obtained from different tasks.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
James A. Oxley, Georg Meyer, Iain Cant, Giuseppe M. Bellantuono, Matthew Butcher, Andrew Levers, Carri Westgarth
Summary: Dog aggression is a public health and animal welfare concern, posing ethical challenges for humans and dogs. This study used a virtual reality dog model to test human recognition of dog behavior and interaction. Results showed that participants moved closer to non-reactive dogs and described aggressive dogs using motivational or emotional terms. Virtual reality holds promising potential for behavioral research, education, and psychological treatment involving human-dog interactions.
Article
Neurosciences
Tim Rohe, Uta Noppeney
