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… event memories are represented by connected ensembles of neurons called engrams. A key ingredient of Aqrabawi’s new … a symptom common across many autism spectrum disorders: sensory hypersensitivity. He’s found that it derives from … of neuron plays as a hub of cortical circuits enabling sensory processing in mice. As he spoke he traced roots of …

… Brady Weissbourd describes an experiment with jellyfish neurons to an audience of students from Everett and Lawrence … instance, he’s done experiments where he’s killed all the neurons needed for a jellyfish to execute a particular … with Fragile X syndrome can experience hypersensitivity to sensory stimulation, he said, and could point to ways to …

… and represent the cohesive coordination of ensembles of neurons, they are very useful for exploring the brain. “We … our goals and priorities control the representation of sensory information by gamma waves, which gives us the … Symposium, describing how persistent gamma rhythms in non-sensory, fast-spiking cells in the brain region responsible …

… found that when animals viewed something familiar, neurons in cortex, or outer layer of their brain, would be … studies had suggested that SRP occurs among excitatory neurons in layer 4 of the visual cortex and specifically … to the thalamus (a deeper brain region that relays sensory information) and to inhibitory neurons in layer 4, …

… can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain Researchers have … and speed. Using this approach, they can locate individual neurons, trace connections between them, and visualize … that control memory formation and recall, to study how sensory input leads to a specific behavior, or to analyze how …

… in representation is governed by a circuit of inhibitory neurons vision visual cortex multiphoton microscopy visual system inhibitory neurons inhibitory circuits … is important for controlling the temporal fidelity of sensory processing. A potential biophysical function of the …

… between a wide range of internal states that influence how sensory information is processed and how behaviors are … C. elegans worm. Though simple (the worms only have 302 neurons), the model has proven to produce important insights …

… brain. In this study, Tye identified two populations of neurons in the prefrontal cortex, based on other brain regions that they communicate with. One set of neurons sends information to the nucleus accumbens, which is … the “signal” is the meaningful input coming in, such as sensory information. When neurons that connect to the PAG …