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… 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 …

… 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 …

… between a wide range of internal states that influence how sensory information is processed and how behaviors are … the C. elegans worm whose nervous system contains only 302 neurons.  Though simple, the model has proven to produce …

… of translating messenger RNA into proteins in neurons. Based on their discoveries in cancer and infectious … level and is developing co-cultures of muscles and neurons. Raman’s hypothesis is that while traditionally … to potential therapeutics, such as gene therapies, or sensory stimulation of key brain rhythms. Juhyuk Park, a …

… enable them to perform complex computations important for sensory-motor processing and higher cognitive function, and …

… brain. In this study, Tye identified two populations of neurons in the prefrontal cortex, based on other brain regions that they communicate with. One set of neurons sends information to the nucleus accumbens, which is … the “signal” is the meaningful input coming in, such as sensory information. When neurons that connect to the PAG …

… arousal in locus coreuleus Neuromodulators inhibitory neurons prefrontal cortex arousal optogenetics multiphoton … how does this come about?” Locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons appear in red and GABAergic ones are in cyan. An NA … One type came about from those inputs – for instance from sensory processing circuits – that simultaneously connected …