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A neuron’s neighbors

March 14, 2025

Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision

July 22, 2025

… see the effects of its absence by visually tracking the calcium activity of neurons, a proxy for their electrical …

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

November 22, 2021

Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors

June 11, 2020

… authors of the study published June 8 in eLife . A new imaging platform To study how animals coordinate their motor … 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 …

FLARE

… protein). It works quickly because it is triggered by calcium, which is directly involved in neuronal firing, and a …

Study suggests new molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome

February 20, 2025

Study finds ‘volume dial’ for turning neural communication up or down

May 06, 2020

Whole-brain tracking in moving animals

… (typically indicated by flashes triggered by surges of calcium in the cell), the addition of a second light path …

Steven Flavell

How synapses change

… 4 (Syt4). When the postsynaptic neuron is very active and calcium ions flow in, Syt4 senses that and signals the …