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… In another, the scientists will investigate other enteric neurons whose functions aren’t known, but whose anatomy … the rest of the nervous system feeds back to these enteric sensory neurons. For example, when the worms are sated, the sensory neurons have diminished food responses compared to …

… downplaying what’s predictable. By measuring thousands of neurons along the surface, or cortex, of the brain in animals … predictable stimuli. That paved the way for neurons in sensory regions in the back of the brain to push forward … have not yet had time to form can produce a feeling of sensory overload. Setting and violating expectations In the …

… in behaving primates demonstrated that the same group of neurons can extract different information from a scene … mammals naturally shift their focus toward need-relevant sensory cues (e.g., visual cues associated with food) to meet … of neurons in cortex and amygdala to need-relevant sensory cues. In turn, such responses to need-relevant cues …

… generation and modulation of defensive behaviors evoked by sensory stimuli.  We are using a variety of tools, including … for defense related behaviors as well as to understand how neurons along the pathways interpret the sensory signals.  I will present our research results on …

… inhibitory synapses inhibitory circuits inhibitory neurons LTD LTP … the natural noisiness of individual neurons or arbitrary sensory stimuli the world can produce. “How does the brain … inevitable internal neural noise and at least small sensory input differences. Finally, the team is considering …

… they needed to know could be observed in the anatomy of neurons, synapses, circuits and regions, says Picower … readout from working memory, for instance when the stored sensory information is needed for cognition. Beta rhythms, … be expected. The superficial layers carry “feedforward” sensory information from the outside world and contain …

… microscopy; targeted stimulation or silencing of neurons using opto- and chemogenetics; and rabies … focus in our lab has been the effects of non-invasive sensory stimulation on Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. … similar effects could be achieved by non-invasive sensory stimulation with a flickering light and/or a clicking …

… on different frequencies of brain rhythms synchronizing neurons in distinct layers of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), … a study showing that gamma waves perked up in power when sensory (neuroscientists call it “bottom-up”) information was … that few groups have applied in cognitive, rather than sensory, areas of the cortex. Bastos realized that if he made …