Reports of normal Continuous Performance Test (CPT) accuracy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) stand in contrast to a demonstration of nonspecific absolute reaction time (RT) deficits in this population. In this study, we examined CPT data from a TLE sample for potential RT deficits across three consecutive blocks of time during the vigil. Seventeen patients with medically intractab...

Fluorescence-based reverse transcription real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-QPCR) is a highly sensitive method for the detection and quantitation of mRNA. To control and correct for sample variability, some common housekeeping genes such as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), beta-actin, and ubiquitin are often used as endogenous standards. Other internal calibra...

Reaction time (RT) is an index of the processing ability of central nervous system and a simple means of determining sensory-motor performance. It has been reported that yoga training improves human performance including central neural processing. Earlier studies from our laboratories have shown that yoga training produces a significant decrease in visual reaction time (VRT) and auditory reacti...

A simple and sensitive technique for detection of reverse transcriptase (RT) activity in real time has been developed. The technique is based on continuous detection of the inorganic pyrophosphate formed in the RT-catalyzed reaction by a luminometric method. The technique has been used for continuous monitoring of RT-catalyzed DNA synthesis on both homo- and heteropolymeric templates. The assay...

Genetic epidemiological studies strongly suggest that additive and interactive genes, each with small effects, mediate the genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia. With the human genome working draft at hand, candidate gene (and ultimately large-scale genome-wide) association studies are gaining renewed interest in the effort to unravel the complex genetics of schizophrenia. Linkage and fine ma...

results our study showed that the sensitivity and specificity of taqman real time pcr was 96% and 95% respectively. these values were 89% and 90, 38% and 100%, 6% and 100% for pcr, culture and microscopy, respectively. conclusions our study showed that sensitivity of taqman real time pcr was higher that pcr, culture and microscopy but specificity of culture and microscopy was more than pcr and ...

This study investigated the effect of variable interstimulus intervals (ISIs) on behavioral reaction time (RT) and on the latency and amplitude of the auditory P300 using an auditory continuous performance task (ACPT) paradigm. Twenty subjects were instructed to respond to common stimuli and ignore a rare stimulus. Common stimuli were 1000-, 1500-, and 2000-Hz pure tones. The rare stimulus was ...

Visuomotor sequence learning was assessed in 4to 10-year-old children using a serial reaction time (SRT) task with both random and sequenced trials. One-half of the children received exposure to the sequence prior to performing the reaction time (RT) task. In Experiment 1, 7and 10-year-old children demonstrated sequence-specific decreases in RT. As in the adult SRT literature, participants with...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: MNS: Mirror Neuron System; TKD: Taekwondo Athletes; SOC: Soccer Players; CRT: Choice Reaction Time; MAS: Maximal Aerobic Speed; E: Effort; E60: Effort at 60% of MAS; E80: Effort At 80% of MAS; E100: Effort at 100% of MAS; E120: Effort at 120% of MAS; RT: Reaction Time; OEE: Observed Exerted Effort; SD: Standard Deviation; FMRI: Functi...

reaction time (rt) is one of the psychomotor skills that determine athletes’ results and also in daily life. rt effective factors are divided into inherent (genetic) and environmental. among those factors, psychological factors and mental abilities are more important due to the cognitive nature of rt. the aim of this research was to study the relationship between rt, anxiety and iq of athletes ...