Neuroscience
Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain
The eyes have a surprise.
Apr 30, 2020
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Discovery of a new key player in long-term memory
A McGill-led multi-institutional research team has discovered that during memory consolidation, there are at least two distinct processes taking place in two different brain networks—the excitatory and inhibitory networks. ...
Oct 7, 2020
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New study may explain why people with autism are often highly sensitive to light and noise
Many people with autism spectrum disorders are highly sensitive to light, noise, and other sensory input. A new study in mice reveals a neural circuit that appears to underlie this hypersensitivity, offering a possible strategy ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Study helps explain why elderly have trouble sleeping
As people grow older, they often have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, and tend to awaken too early in the morning. In individuals with Alzheimer's disease, this common and troubling symptom of aging tends to ...
Aug 20, 2014
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Good vibrations: Cortical oscillations modulated by sensory, environmental, internal, and volitional inputs
(Medical Xpress)—Cortical information is carried by axonal spike timing, which is also a key factor in synaptic plasticity. Spike timing, in turn, can be synchronized by cortical oscillations, thereby regulating cortical ...
Neuroscience
Your brain's got rhythm
Not everyone is Fred Astaire or Michael Jackson, but even those of us who seem to have two left feet have got rhythm—in our brains. From breathing to walking to chewing, our days are filled with repetitive actions that ...
Feb 14, 2017
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What happens when synapses run out of transmitter?
(Medical Xpress)—The recent Nobel Prize Award in Medicine highlights the importance of vesicle-based transport for different kinds of cells. One of the recipients, Thomas Sudhof, has contributed extensively to our current ...
Neuroscience
Zeroing in on a new treatment for autism and epilepsy
Children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that begins in infancy, experience seizures, usually for their entire life. They are at high risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and can also develop ...
Apr 27, 2022
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'Dimmer switch' for mood disorders discovered
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a control mechanism for an area of the brain that processes sensory and emotive information that humans experience as "disappointment."
Sep 18, 2014
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Studying memory's 'ripples'
Caltech neuroscientists have looked inside brain cells as they undergo the intense bursts of neural activity known as "ripples" that are thought to underlie memory formation.
Feb 19, 2016
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