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… meeting, Li-Huei Tsai presents latest findings on sensory stimulation of gamma rhythm neurodegeneration … a technique she calls “GENUS,” for Gamma Entrainment Using Sensory stimuli. “We are eager to learn as much as we can … GENUS prevent memory loss? Could it prevent the loss of neurons? Does it reach other areas of the brain? And could …

… When you enter a room, your brain is bombarded with sensory information. If the room is a place you know well, … as the locus coeruleus, is activated in response to novel sensory stimuli, and this activity triggers the release of a … activity between those regions by shining light on neurons that form the connection. To test the mice’s ability …

… organs. The lab had identified six different types of sensory neurons in the nerve bundle, validating the hypothesis that a … team showed that there were not just six distinct types of sensory neurons in the vagal nerve, but 37. The results she …

… memory. It’s a system for our minds to exert our will over sensory information. “What’s special about working memory is … working memory by coordinating ensembles of cells, or neurons, in the cortex with timely bursts of activity at the … the higher frequency “gamma” waves that handle the new sensory information to be stored and manipulated, (e.g. the …

… to reveal how synapses, or the connections between neurons, change in the live brain with neural electrical … has revealed novel principles of information flow from sensory through parietal to frontal and cingulate cortex in … have shown how cortical areas rewire amid changes in sensory inputs, have revealed new rules of synaptic …

… “ For his discovery of fundamental mechanisms by which sensory experience and deprivation modify synapses by … brain disorders.” Synapses are the connections neurons make to form the circuits that enable brain functions … In the 1990s, Bear’s Lab led the discovery that reduced sensory input weakens synaptic connections by a mechanism …

… learning how to use optogenetics, a technology that makes neurons controllable with flashes of visual light, to … the brain must constantly evaluate whether incoming sensory information, like something it sees, is new and … brain’s expectations and control whether it encodes new sensory information in higher-frequency “gamma” waves. With …

… interpret new situations April 6, 2020 Research Findings Neurons that store abstract representations of past … Martin are also authors of the paper. Above: Though many sensory details may differ each time, our brain can identify … also showed that if they used optogenetics to inhibit sensory input from a part of the brain called the medial …

… or deleted, the gene alpha CaM kinase II, which enables neurons in the hippocampus to form and strengthen connections … into categories, a feat that requires combining new sensory information with prior experience (i.e. the meaning … The team focuses on areas of the cortex that process new sensory information as well as areas, like the prefrontal …