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… on different frequencies of brain rhythms synchronizing neurons in distinct layers of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), … a study showing that gamma waves perked up in power when sensory (neuroscientists call it “bottom-up”) information was … that few groups have applied in cognitive, rather than sensory, areas of the cortex. Bastos realized that if he made …

… a method dubbed “ GENUS ” for Gamma ENtrainment Using Sensory stimuli, strengthens the rhythm across the brain and … Pathological amyloid and tau protein buildups decline, neurons and their circuit connections are protected from … MIT, he is channeling that passion into understanding how sensory stimulation can entrain oscillations. “That’s what …

… detect when bacteria are ingested; once that occurs, the neurons release a neurotransmitter that signals the brain to … researchers also discovered that this neurite acts as a sensory ending for NSM neurons, playing a key role in … cells that make serotonin and release it to sensory neurons that carry information to the brain. …

… have this ability, you’d be overwhelmed by details of the sensory world. Every time you experienced something, if it … in a different part of the brain takes over when simple, sensory comparison is not enough for us to judge whether two …

… at whole-brain scale, during development and after Tsai's sensory Alzheimer's treatment. Young-Gyun Park presented a … and Susumu Tonegawa labs to track down the ensemble of neurons that form a contextual memory, or “engram,” even … insights into how cortical circuits and cells represent sensory information and use it to guide movement and …

… Communications . Working in rhythm There are millions of neurons in the brain, and each neuron produces its own … gamma rhythms are associated with encoding and retrieving sensory information. They also found that when gamma rhythms … rhythms are produced by superficial layers, which process sensory information. They also found that the beta waves were …

… researchers can identify functional regions by engineering neurons to flash when they become electrically active (and … studies of structural and functional coupling in other sensory and non-sensory cortical areas in the brains of mice and other animal …

… and chaos. It’s got to be excitable enough for its neurons to influence one another, but if it gets too … drug that binds to GABA receptors in the brain, inhibiting neurons that have those receptors. Other anesthesia drugs act … were able to quantify how the brain responds to sensory inputs, such as sounds, or to spontaneous …

… much less is visible in the cortex of a mouse treated with sensory gamma stimulation (right) than in a mouse left … and labeling, respectively. Memory improvement The brain’s neurons generate electrical signals that synchronize to form … demonstrated here is that we can use a totally different sensory modality to induce gamma oscillations in the brain. …