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… called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring … the chemical conditions necessary for groups of neurons to team up to encode information. Specifically, the … about the movies lab mice were seeing. GABA is a common inhibitory neurotransmitter that sharpens neural activity and …

… specific manifestations that affect key cell types such as neurons and supporting glial cells. “The key to developing … regulated across seven broad classes of brain cells (e.g. neurons or other glial cell types) and 67 subtypes of cells … types (e.g. 17 kinds of excitatory neurons or 6 kinds of inhibitory ones). The researchers annotated more than 1 …

… The lab had identified six different types of sensory neurons in the nerve bundle, validating the hypothesis that a diversity of vagal neurons sensed problems in the body and responded with … difference was the relative abundance of specific types of inhibitory neurons. A "UMAP" showing the categorical …

… data showing how the strength of connections between neurons, or synapses, mature and how that depends on the … has been looking at microscope images tracking how inhibitory interneurons innervate the visual cortex of mice … the lab hopes to improve understanding of the role of inhibitory circuitry in the experience-dependent changes, or …

… to reveal how synapses, or the connections between neurons, change in the live brain with neural electrical … cells and investigated roles for neuromodulatory inputs to inhibitory and excitatory neurons in shaping cortical activity mediated by attention. A …

… brain hemisphere stained with various cell type markers: neurons overall (cyan), and cells specifically involved with … from larger animals including humans. Staining of all neurons (cyan) across an entire intact rat brain Notably, … the neurons expressing PV (a protein prominent in certain inhibitory neurons) according to antibody labeling, did not …

… undermine the protein’s expression and its function in neurons, potentially contributing to disease. Motivated by … arbor remodeling in the adult brain, and identify inhibitory connections as the most plastic component of …

… Picower scientist Takato Honda presented findings of key neurons involved in the neuropsychiatric disorder and sleep … Picower scientist Takato Honda presented findings of key neurons involved in the neuropsychiatric disorder and sleep … in the ventral midbrain/pons (VMP) region that produce the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. To reveal the physiological …