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With sophisticated tools in a simple model, scientists aim to learn how serotonin modulates behavior

February 20, 2020
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Fellowship enables study of how the brain makes memories of places

July 01, 2024
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How the brain responds to surprising events

June 01, 2022
… paper. Modulating behavior Noradrenaline is one of several neuromodulators that influence the brain, along with … which enable cell-to-cell communication, neuromodulators are released over large swathes of the brain, … and reward pursuit, less is known about the other neuromodulators, including noradrenaline. It has been linked …

From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study reveals serotonin’s effects

May 15, 2023
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Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors

June 11, 2020
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HHMI honor will advance Flavell’s studies of how internal brain states arise and affect behavior

July 23, 2024
… and dopamine. In all, the worm has more than100 different neuromodulators that might enable its internal states to … studies showing how specific neural circuits, employing neuromodulators, integrate inputs such as sensory information … worm. Another new area of work will delve deeper into how neuromodulators affect the animal’s internal states, ranging …

A simple animal’s response to sickness highlights the nervous system’s surprising degrees of flexibility

April 08, 2025
… highest level of flexibility given the set of neurons and neuromodulators you have,” said postdoc Sreeparna Pradhan, … How do brains use their repertoire of cells, circuits and neuromodulators to deal with what life hands them? At least … unique ones for each situation. “How combinations of neuromodulators released from different neuronal sources …

Feast or forage: Study finds circuit that helps a brain decide

November 22, 2021
… their ability to signal each other via chemicals called neuromodulators, means that one can hardly just look at the … and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Research Article Neuromodulators , neuromodulation , serotonin , nematodes … Feature Better living through brain chemistry Studying neuromodulators such as serotonin and norepinephrine could …

Grant to help scientists test whether brain region is a key locus of learning

July 23, 2021
… learning and cognition. Research Article circuit mapping , Neuromodulators , neuromodulation , behavior Print Share In … brain region is a key locus of learning circuit mapping Neuromodulators neuromodulation behavior Neural Circuits …

Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten

April 28, 2025
… for Learning and Memory. Research Article Dopamine , Neuromodulators , neuromodulation , amygdala , VTA Print … Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten Dopamine Neuromodulators neuromodulation amygdala VTA Learning and …

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