Traditionally, concepts are conceived as abstract mental entities distinct from perceptual or
motor brain systems. However, recent results let assume modality-specific representations of …

Traditionally, concepts are assumed to be situational invariant mental knowledge entities (conceptual
stability), which are represented in a unitary brain system distinct from sensory and …

Abstract Concepts are composed of features related to different sensory and motor modalities
such as vision, sound, and action. It is a matter of controversy whether conceptual features …

Professional musicians constitute a model par excellence for understanding experience-dependent
plasticity in the human brain, particularly in the auditory domain. Their intensive …

The grounding of concepts in the sensorimotor brain systems is controversially discussed.
Grounded cognition models propose that concepts are represented in modality-specific …

Perception and action are classically thought to be supported by functionally and neuroanatomically
distinct mechanisms. However, recent behavioral studies using an action priming …

The receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) plays crucial roles in programmed necrosis
and innate inflammatory responses. However, a little is known about the involvement of …

Recent evidence suggests an interaction between the ventral visual-perceptual and dorsal
visuo-motor brain systems during the course of object recognition. However, the precise …

The role of alveolar macrophages (AMs) in the pathogenesis of asthma is still unknown. The
aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of AM in the murine model of asthma. …

The cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a genetically polymorphic enzyme involved in the
metabolism of several psychoactive drugs. Beside its expression in the liver, CYP2D6 is …