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… rhythms with “beta” frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan … especially given the prominence of beta bursting in inhibitory control processes … and their importance in ADHD, … how sensory inputs are selectively processed, reshaped by inhibitory cognitive operations and ultimately result in …

… in Nature Communications , demonstrates in mice that neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) area of the … SC when executive control is necessary. “The ACC provides inhibitory control of this ancient structure,” said senior … Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. “This inhibitory control is a dynamic entity depending on the task …

… to regulate arousal in locus coreuleus Neuromodulators inhibitory neurons prefrontal cortex arousal optogenetics multiphoton … that release the neurotransmitter GABA, which has an inhibitory effect on the activity of receiving neurons. …

… called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring … the chemical conditions necessary for groups of neurons to team up to encode information. Specifically, the … about the movies lab mice were seeing. GABA is a common inhibitory neurotransmitter that sharpens neural activity and …

… synaptic plasticity, specifically the development of inhibitory synapses onto cortical pyramidal neurons. As a Picower graduate fellow, she has continued her work begun as a tech on the plasticity of inhibitory synapses onto pyramidal neurons and functionally …

… required genetically engineering the mice so that their neurons could be controlled by light from a fiber optic … cells accelerated fear extinction and suppressing the neurons made fear extinction harder, demonstrating that … among neurons. Yet another theory focuses on the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA, suggesting that reduced …

… The lab had identified six different types of sensory neurons in the nerve bundle, validating the hypothesis that a diversity of vagal neurons sensed problems in the body and responded with … difference was the relative abundance of specific types of inhibitory neurons. A "UMAP" showing the categorical …