Publications by authors named "Nicole Miko"
Wastewater Surveillance Pilot at US Military Installations: Cost Model Analysis.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
September 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for pathogen surveillance systems to augment both early warning and outbreak monitoring/control efforts. Community wastewater samples provide a rapid and accurate source of environmental surveillance data to complement direct patient sampling. Due to its global presence and critical missions, the US military is a leader in global pandemic preparedness efforts.
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- Sound perception is adaptable and changes quickly based on the environment, attention, and expectations, with some influence from the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC).
- Recent research in Mongolian gerbils shows no direct connection between the OFC and the auditory midbrain, but notable connections from the OFC to the auditory cortex, especially in secondary auditory areas.
- The study also found that OFC neurons extend their influence throughout the brain, targeting regions related to learning, decision-making, and memory, suggesting the OFC plays a key role in how we process and understand sound.