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… brain, brain waves give short windows of opportunity for neurons to fire optimally – the ‘refresh rate’ of the brain, … other and makes the refresh rate less effective, so that neurons become more disorganized about when they can fire. … awake. “Under propofol-mediated loss of consciousness, the inhibitory function of alpha/beta became diminished and/or …

… and aging-related changes within different subtypes of neurons of the vagus nerve, particularly in the context of … regions Kailong Wen Linlin Fan Wen is investigating inhibitory synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus with a particular interest in understanding how inhibitory neurons contribute to place cell formation in vivo …

… data showing how the strength of connections between neurons, or synapses, mature and how that depends on the … has been looking at microscope images tracking how inhibitory interneurons innervate the visual cortex of mice … the lab hopes to improve understanding of the role of inhibitory circuitry in the experience-dependent changes, or …

… to reveal how synapses, or the connections between neurons, change in the live brain with neural electrical … cells and investigated roles for neuromodulatory inputs to inhibitory and excitatory neurons in shaping cortical activity mediated by attention. A …

… undermine the protein’s expression and its function in neurons, potentially contributing to disease. Motivated by … arbor remodeling in the adult brain, and identify inhibitory connections as the most plastic component of …

… Picower scientist Takato Honda presented findings of key neurons involved in the neuropsychiatric disorder and sleep … Picower scientist Takato Honda presented findings of key neurons involved in the neuropsychiatric disorder and sleep … in the ventral midbrain/pons (VMP) region that produce the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. To reveal the physiological …

… Aging Brain Initiative at MIT. “And the brain is not just neurons. It’s many other cell types. How these cell types may … worse on cognitive assessments. Moreover, many vulnerable neurons were interconnected in a common neuronal circuit. And … the researchers also found that specifically vulnerable inhibitory neuron subtypes identified in a previously study …