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Joe Z. Tsien, the Glossary

Joe Z. Tsien（钱卓） is a neuroscientist who pioneered Cre/lox-neurogenetics in the mid-1990s, a versatile toolbox for neuroscientists to study the complex relationships between genes, neural circuits, and behaviors.^[1]

31 relations: BRAIN Initiative, Brainbow, Chemical genetics, Clinical trial, Connectomics, Cortex (anatomy), Cre-Lox recombination, Dentate gyrus, Dietary supplement, Eric Kandel, Gene, GRIN2B, Hippocampus, Long-term potentiation, Magnesium, Magnesium L-threonate, Memory improvement, National Institutes of Health, Neural clique, Neuron, Neuroscience, NMDA receptor, Optogenetics, Qian (surname), Qian Liu, Scientific American, Shang dynasty, Susumu Tonegawa, Synaptic plasticity, Wuyue, Zhuanxu.
University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences alumni

BRAIN Initiative

The White House BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) is a collaborative, public-private research initiative announced by the Obama administration on April 2, 2013, with the goal of supporting the development and application of innovative technologies that can create a dynamic understanding of brain function.

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Brainbow

Brainbow is a process by which individual neurons in the brain can be distinguished from neighboring neurons using fluorescent proteins.

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Chemical genetics

Chemical genetics is the investigation of the function of proteins and signal transduction pathways in cells by the screening of chemical libraries of small molecules.

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Clinical trial

Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and medical devices) and known interventions that warrant further study and comparison.

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Connectomics

Connectomics is the production and study of connectomes: comprehensive maps of connections within an organism's nervous system.

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Cortex (anatomy)

In anatomy and zoology, the cortex (cortices) is the outermost (or superficial) layer of an organ.

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Cre-Lox recombination

Cre-Lox recombination is a site-specific recombinase technology, used to carry out deletions, insertions, translocations and inversions at specific sites in the DNA of cells.

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Dentate gyrus

The dentate gyrus (DG) is part of the hippocampal formation in the temporal lobe of the brain, which also includes the hippocampus and the subiculum.

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Dietary supplement

A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid.

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Eric Kandel

Eric Richard Kandel (born Erich Richard Kandel, November 7, 1929) is an Austrian-born American medical doctor who specialized in psychiatry, a neuroscientist and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.

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Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

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GRIN2B

Glutamate receptor subunit epsilon-2, also known as N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2B (NMDAR2B or NR2B), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GRIN2B gene.

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Hippocampus

The hippocampus (hippocampi; via Latin from Greek ἱππόκαμπος, 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates.

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Long-term potentiation

In neuroscience, long-term potentiation (LTP) is a persistent strengthening of synapses based on recent patterns of activity.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Magnesium L-threonate

Magnesium L-threonate is a magnesium salt of L-threonic acid having the formula Mg(C4H7O5)2.

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Memory improvement

Memory improvement is the act of enhancing one's memory.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.

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Neural clique

Neural cliques are network-level memory coding units in the hippocampus.

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Neuron

A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

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NMDA receptor

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and predominantly Ca2+ ion channel found in neurons.

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Optogenetics

Optogenetics is a biological technique to control the activity of neurons or other cell types with light.

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Qian (surname)

Qian (Shanghainese), also spelt Chin, Chien, Tsien, or Zee in Wu Chinese, is a common Chinese family name.

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Qian Liu

Qian Liu (10 March 852.Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (十國春秋),. – 6 May 932),Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.

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Scientific American

Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.

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Shang dynasty

The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.

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Susumu Tonegawa

is a Japanese scientist who was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of V(D)J recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity.

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Synaptic plasticity

In neuroscience, synaptic plasticity is the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activity.

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Wuyue

Wuyue was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

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Zhuanxu

Zhuanxu (Chinese: trad. 顓頊, simp. 颛顼, pinyin Zhuānxū), also known as Gaoyang (t 高陽, s 高阳, p Gāoyáng), was a mythological emperor of ancient China.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Z._Tsien

Also known as Joe Tsien.