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… of the PPC in mice and showed that it contains a mix of neurons attuned to visual processing, decision-making and … makes the PPC an ideal conduit for flexible mapping of sensory signals onto motor actions,” said Gerald Pho, a … from the visual cortex, but also input from many other sensory and motor regions. The cells in each region were …

… When you enter a room, your brain is bombarded with sensory information. If the room is a place you know well, … as the locus coeruleus, is activated in response to novel sensory stimuli, and this activity triggers the release of a … activity between those regions by shining light on neurons that form the connection. To test the mice’s ability …

… meeting, Li-Huei Tsai presents latest findings on sensory stimulation of gamma rhythm neurodegeneration … a technique she calls “GENUS,” for Gamma Entrainment Using Sensory stimuli. “We are eager to learn as much as we can … GENUS prevent memory loss? Could it prevent the loss of neurons? Does it reach other areas of the brain? And could …

… mapping and modeling of thalamus inputs onto visual cortex neurons show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information visual cortex thalamus MAP circuit … show brain leverages “wisdom of the crowd” to process sensory information The brain’s cerebral cortex produces …

… make major contributions to what the field knows about how neurons and neural circuits change and adapt with experience. … and Torsten Wiesel who produced powerful demonstrations of sensory experience reshaping the cortex at Harvard in the … They also found that as information moved from sensory to cognitive regions, the dimensionality of the …

… memory. It’s a system for our minds to exert our will over sensory information. “What’s special about working memory is … working memory by coordinating ensembles of cells, or neurons, in the cortex with timely bursts of activity at the … the higher frequency “gamma” waves that handle the new sensory information to be stored and manipulated, (e.g. the …

… to reveal how synapses, or the connections between neurons, change in the live brain with neural electrical … has revealed novel principles of information flow from sensory through parietal to frontal and cingulate cortex in … have shown how cortical areas rewire amid changes in sensory inputs, have revealed new rules of synaptic …

… “ For his discovery of fundamental mechanisms by which sensory experience and deprivation modify synapses by … brain disorders.” Synapses are the connections neurons make to form the circuits that enable brain functions … In the 1990s, Bear’s Lab led the discovery that reduced sensory input weakens synaptic connections by a mechanism …

… organs. The lab had identified six different types of sensory neurons in the nerve bundle, validating the hypothesis that a … team showed that there were not just six distinct types of sensory neurons in the vagal nerve, but 37. The results she …

… learning how to use optogenetics, a technology that makes neurons controllable with flashes of visual light, to … the brain must constantly evaluate whether incoming sensory information, like something it sees, is new and … brain’s expectations and control whether it encodes new sensory information in higher-frequency “gamma” waves. With …