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Live imaging method brings structural information to mapping of brain function

Thursday, Sep 17
… Live imaging method brings structural information to mapping of … when they become electrically active (and show changes in calcium) in response to a particular stimulation. For … the strength of retinotopic mapping with three-photon imaging to get more structural information,” Yildirim said. …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/706

What separates the strong from the weak among connections in the brain

Tuesday, Jul 10
… connections in the brain July 10, 2018 Research Findings Calcium flux, channnels and time to mature are key synapse … formation synapse function synapse assembly synapse calcium calcium imaging https://elifesciences.org/articles/38268 To work at …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/355

The story behind the science: How discovery develops

Thursday, Jun 25
… it can take to publish new knowledge epilepsy drosophila calcium imaging endocytosis https://elifesciences.org/articles/44186 … electrical charge by taking in or ejecting ions of calcium, potassium and sodium. If they remain too …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/680

Study reveals how glial cells may play key epilepsy role

Tuesday, Apr 30
… glial cells and that the protein it makes helps to pump calcium ions out of the cells. But that didn’t explain much … cell’s difficulty maintaining a natural ebb and flow of calcium ions would lead adjacent neurons to become too active … Weiss, Littleton and their co-authors found that excess calcium in cortex glia cells causes them to hyper-activate a …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/509

New algorithm finds neural spikes in flashing lights

Wednesday, Jul 10
… ‘GDspike’ a new option for estimating neural activity from calcium fluorescence multiphoton microscopy Electrophysiology calcium imaging https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8680673 Neurons …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/542

BRAIN grant will fund new tools to study astrocytes

Tuesday, Aug 27
… astrocytes labeled blue also show green staining for calcium and red staining for ChromeQ a new tool for … the team will target different genes related to calcium biochemistry. One tool will give them temporal … control over receptors that the cells use to regulate calcium levels around neurons, for instance to intentionally …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/570

‘Researching from Home’: Picower science stays strong even at a distance

Wednesday, Apr 01
… Cunningham, for example, are poring over a huge amount of imaging data showing how the strength of connections between … example of data under analysis in the Littleton lab: "Cac" calcium channels (left) allow an influx of calcium to trigger neurotransmitter release, which is …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/633

New tool offers snapshots of neuron activity

Monday, Jun 26
… moment.” The researchers designed their tool to respond to calcium, because neurons experience an flux of calcium ions every time they fire an electrical impulse. However, the neurons are only labeled if this calcium flux occurs while the cell is also exposed to a beam …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/96

With new grant, MIT neuroscientists will give 'invisible' cells a new look

Thursday, Feb 08
… astrocytes do signal their activity with increases of calcium. A decade ago in Science , Sur and colleagues used … formation of neural connections called synapses, how the calcium activity arises, and what difference that activity … is first developing. Using sophisticated and precise imaging tools, Sur’s team will monitor astrocyte and neuron …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/164

Young Picower scientists present projects at ‘SfN’

Friday, Nov 12
… to ourselves?” Above: Wilson lab postdoc Wei Guo, employed calcium imaging of neural activity to show that over the course of … postdoc Jie Zhang debuted a new camera that enables vivid imaging of electrical activity in neurons. Even if remotely, …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/862

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