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A multifunctional tool for cognitive neuroscience

October 20, 2023

… neural activity in the brains of large animals. GABA neurotechnology working memory … in the fiber were used to deliver small amounts of GABA, a neurotransmitter that dampens neuronal activity, to …

Research offers insights into mechanisms underlying bipolar mania, sleep homeostasis

November 23, 2022

… homeostasis Bipolar Disorder neural systems Dopamine Sleep GABA … (VMP) region that produce the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. To reveal the physiological functions of VMP GABAergic …

Study finds tracking brain waves could reduce post-op complications

July 17, 2023

… than necessary. anesthesia consciousness cognition GABA aging metabolism … a commonly used anesthetic gas. Both of these drugs act on GABA receptors in the brain, which reduce neuron …

A molecular approach to autism

… year showed that a drug that mimics some of the actions of GABA, thereby suppressing glutamate in the mGluR5 pathway, … autism caused by the 16p11.2 mutation. Meanwhile that same GABA-boosting drug, arbaclofen, was undergoing testing in …

Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors

June 11, 2020

… a set of neurons that utilize the neurotransmitter GABA appear to play a critical role downstream of dopamine … amid plentiful food and roaming behavior to override GABA’s inhibition of egg laying, allowing this behavior to …

Dopamine coordination of motor behaviors

Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness

July 15, 2024

… Losing consciousness Propofol is a drug that binds to GABA receptors in the brain, inhibiting neurons that have …

Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Mriganka Sur, PhD, MIT "The Functional Logic of Cortical Astrocyte-Neuron Circuits"

Next-generation tissue expansion method improves neural imaging

January 13, 2022

… labeling components of receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA in inhibitory synapses (so called because they reduce a …

A neuron’s neighbors

March 14, 2025

… maintain the supply of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in neurons of the visual cortex. Doing so impaired the …