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… Brady Weissbourd describes an experiment with jellyfish neurons to an audience of students from Everett and Lawrence … instance, he’s done experiments where he’s killed all the neurons needed for a jellyfish to execute a particular … with Fragile X syndrome can experience hypersensitivity to sensory stimulation, he said, and could point to ways to …

… and represent the cohesive coordination of ensembles of neurons, they are very useful for exploring the brain. “We … our goals and priorities control the representation of sensory information by gamma waves, which gives us the … Symposium, describing how persistent gamma rhythms in non-sensory, fast-spiking cells in the brain region responsible …

… found that when animals viewed something familiar, neurons in cortex, or outer layer of their brain, would be … studies had suggested that SRP occurs among excitatory neurons in layer 4 of the visual cortex and specifically … to the thalamus (a deeper brain region that relays sensory information) and to inhibitory neurons in layer 4, …

… can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain Researchers have … and speed. Using this approach, they can locate individual neurons, trace connections between them, and visualize … that control memory formation and recall, to study how sensory input leads to a specific behavior, or to analyze how …

… Discovery  In the brain, large groups of interconnected neurons can fire together in a regular, synchronized manner … in higher-order brain functions such as attention, sensory perception, and memory—the same cognitive functions … test such devices. They are also looking at whether other sensory modalities, such as sound or smell, can produce the …

… in representation is governed by a circuit of inhibitory neurons vision visual cortex multiphoton microscopy visual system inhibitory neurons inhibitory circuits … is important for controlling the temporal fidelity of sensory processing. A potential biophysical function of the …

… between a wide range of internal states that influence how sensory information is processed and how behaviors are … C. elegans worm. Though simple (the worms only have 302 neurons), the model has proven to produce important insights …