… established investigators studying the cerebral cortex, the brain’s outer layers where circuits of neurons … underlies learning and memory. With a focus on the visual cortex, Nedivi’s lab investigates the molecular and cellular … can image multiple components of neural connections in the cortex of live rodents. In a message to Nedivi notifying her …
… influence the development and activity of neurons in the cortex. In the same spirit she learned in Axel’s lab, she has … neural inhibition specifically in the S1DZ region of the cortex. The team showed that by intervening to reduce excess …
… at distinct times, in distinct parts of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Specifically when animals needed to match … Roy. MIT News story Read more Research Article prefrontal cortex , oscillations , cognition Print Share Related … “beta” frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan responses. …
… blocks sensation by cutting off communication within the cortex Under propofol general anesthesia, sensory input still … on properly synchronized communication across the brain’s cortex and that the anesthetic drug propofol cancels sensory … still produced neural activity in an area of the cortex that receives incoming sensory information. But just …
… experience and deprivation modify the development of the cortex and are at a point where we think we’ve learned enough … pathways to auditory centers, including the auditory cortex. Astonishingly the ferrets did not leave that cortex fallow for lack of stimulation. Instead they …
… “beta” frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan responses. … have revealed key characteristics of beta waves in the cortex, the authors write: Beta rhythms occur in quick but … brain regions, they travel within specific locations of cortex. Considering these properties together, the authors …
… in Zydeco and showed that it specifically affected “cortex glial” cells and that it caused them to retain too … the seizures. He figured the excess of calcium in the cortex glia probably caused them to emit too much of some … found that it was specifically helpful to knock it down in cortex glia and that knocking it down in healthy flies didn’t …
… that the zydeco mutation was specifically expressed by cortex glial cells and that the protein it makes helps to … and their co-authors found that excess calcium in cortex glia cells causes them to hyper-activate a molecular … regulate ionic balance around neurons.” Above: Staining of cortex glia show much less of the protein sandman (green) in …