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… visual spatial perception, the brain has evolved separate neural resources for the right vs left sides of gaze even in … studies have shown that even in the prefrontal cortex, neural encoding of information about where an object is, is … towers do for your phone as you drive around, according to neural activity measurements in studies such as one in 2014 …

… messenger and can be found in every region of our neural network.) Littleton’s lab studies how neurons can turn … to help them retrieve memories. Making memory useful Our neural circuitry is far from a hard drive or a scrapbook. …

… technique allows researchers to characterize dynamical systems from limited measurements by augmenting each … inputs, such as sounds, or to spontaneous perturbations of neural activity. In the normal, awake state, neural activity spikes after any input, then returns to its …

… Findings A flexible new tool both monitors and manipulates neural activity in the brains of large animals. GABA … A flexible new tool both monitors and manipulates neural activity in the brains of large animals. A team of … animal. And it integrates directly with experimental systems that cognitive neuroscientists already use in their …

… internal states arise and influence behavior in nervous systems in general. “I think that it should be possible to … Flavell’s lab has published studies showing how specific neural circuits, employing neuromodulators, integrate inputs … manipulations, to imaging of behavior and brain-wide neural activity, to computational modeling to produce major …

… findings Open-source system provides for fast, accurate neural decoding place cells replay … “The use of real-time decoding and closed-loop control of neural activity will fundamentally transform our studies of … both postdoctoral scholars at MIT. After demonstrating how neural decoding can be used to read out what places are …

… expertise in neuro-immune interactions, as well as in the neural systems underlying the sense of smell, which is reported to … system cells, those interactions can directly affect neural development and activity. Working in mouse models, the …

… the mechanisms through which the immune system modulates neural circuit function, ultimately shaping animal behavior,” … S1DZ region of the cortex where they observed dysregulated neural activity. The team showed that by intervening to reduce excess neural activity, they could mitigate behavioral abnormalities …

… human circadian rhythms, and other questions in systems neuroscience. In addition to being an investigator in … drugs, acting on their specific molecular targets, affect neural networks to produce signature patterns of …

… it advances the young field in critical ways. Some prior systems merely automate a single, stable infusion rate based … their brain-based marker by measuring changes in neural spiking activity amid unconsciousness in the animals …