… of specific mechanisms including preservation of neural circuit connections called synapses; a reduction in a cause … result is important, the researchers wrote, because neural circuit activity, which depends on maintaining synapses, is …
… of sleep Sleep emerges from biochemical changes among circuit nodes or “nuclei” deep in the brain. Brown summarized … that sleep’s onset and cycles involve a “constellation” of circuit nuclei and brain chemicals. In a review in Science in … she wrote that the broad-based transformation of neural circuit activity during sleep likely represents the …
… April 11, 2022 Research Findings Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that “engrams,” the ensembles of neurons … Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that “engrams,” the ensembles of neurons … a graduate student in the RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics at The Picower Institute led by senior …