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… to social memory September 29, 2016 Research Findings Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a … Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, … says. “There is some kind of persistent change that takes place in those cells as long as memory is still detectable,” …

… and to determine the functions of the central amygdala cells that receive information from the BLA. First, the … populations all receive input from the positive emotion cells in the BLA. Another population of neurons underlies … JPB Foundation. MIT News >> 47 6 15 20 24 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on news page On …

… level, and it helps not just neurons but also immune cells called microglia. Overall, these effects reduce … and untreated mice, in both neurons and microglia — immune cells that are responsible for clearing debris from the … --From MIT News   2 147 8 241 25 240 279 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on Aging Brain Initiative Page On List …

… able to take direct control of this by engineering LC-NA cells to be controlled with pulses of light – a technique … (and therefore pupil size). The next question was which cells in which regions of the brain provide input to these LC … Foundation funded the study. 46 20 13 6 4 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on news page On …

… a hibernation-like state invoked by the brain to protect cells from injury when oxygen is scarce. A very similar kind … anoxic turtle brain’ reduces the energy demand of brain cells. The authors see a direct parallel in Covid patients … novel therapeutic strategies.” 39 13 241 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on Aging Brain Initiative Page Off …

… cortex, an important area of scientific interest because cells there receive input to those spines from the thalamus. … brain, after all, can have scores of different types of cells, each playing a diversity of roles. His goal is to help … is a golden age.” 40 39 222 220 31 32 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on news page On …

… how well the connections, or synapses, between our brain cells transmit signals. A new study by researchers at MIT’s … how well the connections, or synapses, between our brain cells transmit signals. A new study by researchers at MIT’s … Seed Grant funded the research. 15 27 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on news page On …

… maternal microbiome conditions, infection can spur immune cells to produce an excess of the cytokine IL-17a. When the … supporting this line of research.” 443 3 6 Small Image in Place of Hero Off List on Aging Brain Initiative Page Off …

… signal through a nerve to the brain’s olfactory bulb. Cells there, Choi’s team discovered, relay the signal on to … drive or hunger or sleepiness ; and even from time and place and from what we’ve learn ed and remember .   So w hat … that populations of LS neurons distinctively encode place information coming from the hippocampus, reward …