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… to reveal how synapses, or the connections between neurons, change in the live brain with neural electrical … has revealed novel principles of information flow from sensory through parietal to frontal and cingulate cortex in … have shown how cortical areas rewire amid changes in sensory inputs, have revealed new rules of synaptic …

… “ For his discovery of fundamental mechanisms by which sensory experience and deprivation modify synapses by … brain disorders.” Synapses are the connections neurons make to form the circuits that enable brain functions … In the 1990s, Bear’s Lab led the discovery that reduced sensory input weakens synaptic connections by a mechanism …

… organs. The lab had identified six different types of sensory neurons in the nerve bundle, validating the hypothesis that a … team showed that there were not just six distinct types of sensory neurons in the vagal nerve, but 37. The results she …

… learning how to use optogenetics, a technology that makes neurons controllable with flashes of visual light, to … the brain must constantly evaluate whether incoming sensory information, like something it sees, is new and … brain’s expectations and control whether it encodes new sensory information in higher-frequency “gamma” waves. With …

… interpret new situations April 6, 2020 Research Findings Neurons that store abstract representations of past … Martin are also authors of the paper. Above: Though many sensory details may differ each time, our brain can identify … also showed that if they used optogenetics to inhibit sensory input from a part of the brain called the medial …

… to recognize the behavioral significance of incoming sensory stimuli, and to make flexible decisions about those … and subcortical areas, to transform stimulus encoding in sensory cortical areas into task-related cognitive encoding … to monitor the activity patterns of populations of neurons in multiple brain areas during visual learning, …

… The brain connects sensory information from the environment to our subjective … brains need to disconnect — i.e., sleep — from the noisy sensory world that we’re steeped in. Sleep helps us maintain … formation when the brain is essentially cut off from the sensory world? “The content of memory is hidden during sleep …

… or deleted, the gene alpha CaM kinase II, which enables neurons in the hippocampus to form and strengthen connections … into categories, a feat that requires combining new sensory information with prior experience (i.e. the meaning … The team focuses on areas of the cortex that process new sensory information as well as areas, like the prefrontal …

… begins with the connections, or “synapses,” that neurons form with each other. In her talk Picower Institute … instantaneously to changes in the ongoing onslaught of sensory inputs as well as changes in your cognitive and … neurons and help configure prefrontal circuits to inhibit sensory inputs that would compete with the stimulus of …