… signals to chemical transmitters requires presynaptic calcium channels that form pores in the cell membrane that … the volume, or change the tune completely. By altering calcium channel function, which can be done using a host of …
… caused non-neural “glial” cells to retain too much calcium. By 2019 they found out how that led to seizures. The excess of calcium overactivated a protein called calcineurin. That …
… the astrocytes’ ability to signal neurons with calcium. This not only undermined the smoothness of the … on astrocytes. It triggers a sustained increase in their calcium levels. That promotes them to release chemicals that …
… and flexibility of its nervous system C. elegans behavior calcium imaging … neuron in its head (cells are engineered to flash when calcium ions build up). Reliably distinguishing and tracking …
… their ability to track all neuron activity (based on their calcium fluctuations) and all behaviors to watch how the … neuron was impacted by serotonin. “We performed brain-wide calcium imaging in freely-moving animals with knowledge of …
… To keep constant track of neural activity, as indicated by calcium-triggered flashes of light, the Flavell lab invented … of neurons across the worm’s brain, as indicated by calcium-triggered flashes of light. Ji used the scope to …
… electrically active, an indication provided by a surge of calcium ions. From those flashes they saw that a particular … notes that recently-developed technologies for whole-brain calcium imaging have opened the possibility of measuring …
