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… multiple pieces of information in mind? working memory prefrontal cortex consciousness synapse oscillations cognitive … interim, or “delay period,” do neurons in your brain’s prefrontal cortex maintain it by persistently firing away, …

… inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in neurons of the visual cortex. Doing so impaired the ability of the mice to properly … they responded wrong. But somehow after neurons in the prefrontal cortex (responsible for reasoning about what to do) received …

… When researchers knocked down a Mef2 gene in the frontal cortex of mice (blank areas), it prevented the mice from … active in a subpopulation of excitatory neurons in the prefrontal cortex of resilient individuals. To study cognitive …

… follows a progression through many regions of the cortex, and not exactly in the way many neuroscientists would … the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science . “The cortex is not modular,” said Earl Miller , Picower Professor … of hundreds of neurons in six regions across the cortex: prefrontal (PFC),  posterior inferotemporal (PIT), lateral …

… their structure and therefore their function visual cortex neurodegeneration synapse gamma … work identified neurons that connect the primary visual cortex (V1) of each hemisphere and showed that when the cells … heavily involved in memory such as the hippocampus or the prefrontal cortex. Curious about how this might differ in …

… less buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the visual cortex, the brain region that processes sight, than … reduced amyloid and tau not only in the auditory cortex, but also in the hippocampus, a crucial region for … reduced amyloid across the cortex, including the prefrontal cortex, a locus of cognition. In May, another …

… combine with others in other regions, such as the cortex, into an “engram complex.” Crucial to this process of … Above: Memory engram cells labeled green and red in the prefrontal cortex of a mouse. Image credit: Takashi Kitamura “More than …

… wanted to visualize activity through the brain’s entire cortex, which is where mice (and humans) perform … to image live neural activity all the way through the cortex’s six layers, a depth of more than a millimeter. A … that connect disparate regions, for example the prefrontal cortex and the superior colliculus. Alongside, …

… chemical acetylcholine in the brain’s outer surface, or cortex, the brain exhibits relatively high-frequency, … have shown that the hippocampus communicates with the cortex during sleep as it replays representations of … that during the peaks or “up states” of slow waves, the prefrontal cortex (the locus of reasoning and executive …