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… Mapping the brain, cell by cell, with SHIELD December 17, 2018 Research … control and other behaviors, is one of the targets of deep brain stimulation — a type of electrical stimulation sometimes used …

… Symposium speaks to the many powers of brain rhythms April 9, 2018 Events 11 experts convened at … “Brain Rhythms in Health and Disease” featured deep discussions of some of the most influential research – … plaques and tangles associated with the disease after that stimulation. Wolf Singer: "The encoding of relations: …

… imaging method brings structural information to mapping of brain function September 17, 2020 Research Findings … of charting functional areas—retinotopic mapping—with deep structural information measured by a technology he has … (and show changes in calcium) in response to a particular stimulation. For example, scientists could show a mouse a …

… Brain waves guide us in spotlighting surprises November 23, … frequency rhythms and cortical layers to suppress expected stimulation and increase activity for what’s novel prefrontal … working memory depends on bursts of beta rhythms from deep layers regulating gamma frequency activity in more …

… the strong from the weak among connections in the brain July 10, 2018 Research Findings Calcium flux, channnels … release probability with red being greater than 0.3 and deep blue being less than 0.1.   Sources of strength The … weaker, barely ever releasing glutamate given the same stimulation. Another 20 percent were inactive. The strongest …

… reveals first look through all cortical layers of awake brain January 11, 2019 Research findings Refinement of … pursue new ways to watch brain cells at work deep inside the brain. Three-photon microscopy recently … short, low-power pulses of light capable of reaching deep targets without causing any functional disturbance or …

… insights, methods raise clnical potential of instilling brain waves microglia oscillations cognitive control working … they can undergo surgery to receive an implanted “deep-brain” stimulator (DBS) in the subthalamic nucleus. The … (i.e. no implants) method of delivering oscillatory stimulation deep in the brain developed by Tsai and Ed Boyden …

… using two-photon microscopy to image synapses in the live brain multiphoton microscopy synapse synaptic plasticity In … using two-photon microscopy to image synapses in the live brain The brain’s ability to learn comes from “plasticity,” … that allows high resolution visualization of synapses deep in scattering tissue, such as the brain, the required …