Spatial Proximity
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Spatial Molecular Imaging of the Glycome Using Mass Spectrometry
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2025
This protocol details the key steps to enable rigorous and reproducible measurement of both glycogen and N-linked glycans using mass spectrometry imaging.
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Spatial Cueing
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jonathan Flombaum—Johns Hopkins University Attention refers to the limited human ability to select some information for processing at the expense of other stimuli in the environment. Attention operates in all sensory modalities: vision, hearing, touch, even taste and smell. It is most often studied in the visual domain though. A common way to study visual attention is with a spatial cueing paradigm. This paradigm allows researchers to measure the consequences of focusing...
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Method to Measure Tone of Axial and Proximal Muscle
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2011
We have developed a device (Twister) to study the regulation of tonic muscle activity during active postural maintenance. Twister measures torsional resistance and muscular responses in standing subjects during twisting of the body axis. The device can be flexibly configured to study various aspects of tonic control across the neck, trunk, and/or hips.
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Spatial Memory Testing Using Mazes
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2023
Spatial learning and memory are neurological functions that allow us to remember important details associated with our environment. Scientists test this phenomenon in rodents using different types of mazes like Morris water maze, Radial water maze, and Barnes maze. By investigating spatial memory in rodents, neurobehavioral scientists can gain valuable understanding of how these processes are altered following brain damage in humans. Here, the neurobiology behind spatial memory is briefly...
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Isolation of Primary Human Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells and Their Use in Creating a Microphysiological Model of the Renal Proximal Tubule
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2025
We present an optimized protocol for processing whole human kidneys to isolate and culture primary renal proximal tubule epithelial cells and the application of these cells in a three-dimensional, microfluidic, microphysiological platform to recapitulate the renal proximal tubule.
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In neural tissue, short distances limit how far signaling molecules diffuse, allowing nearby structures to participate in localized interactions. At a synaptic cleft, this spatial constraint supports rapid transmission from one cellular site to another. The same principle applies between cellular compartments, helping connect physical arrangement with the timing and locality of neural signaling.
Spatial proximity helps researchers interpret how brain architecture relates to information processing. When neurons, synapses, receptors, or signaling molecules occupy nearby positions, their arrangement can be examined alongside neural connectivity and circuit function. This makes location an important organizing variable in studies of how neural systems communicate and operate.
Researchers can measure or model spatial relationships with microscopy, anatomical mapping, and spatial omics. These approaches generate information that can be related to neural connectivity, circuit function, and disease-related changes. Together, they let investigators examine how location contributes to the interpretation of neural organization and function.
Microscopy contributes spatial measurements that help locate neurons, synapses, receptors, or signaling molecules within neural tissue. Those observations can be interpreted in relation to short-range diffusion, synaptic transmission, and cellular compartments. As a result, microscopy supports studies that connect observed arrangement with localized signaling and broader patterns of circuit organization.
Spatial omics can retain the location of biological signals while researchers examine neural organization. This helps relate signaling molecules and other spatially patterned features to neural connectivity, circuit function, and disease-related changes. The approach is especially relevant when interpreting molecular information requires knowing where those signals occur within the surrounding neural architecture.
Spatial proximity analyses support research on brain development, neurodegeneration, and targeted therapeutic strategies. They can also clarify how brain architecture shapes information processing by connecting physical arrangement with neural connectivity and circuit function. Comparing spatial organization across conditions helps investigators study disease-related changes and identify locations relevant to therapeutic targeting.