The human brain conducts high-capacity computations, but only requires a very low energy power of about 20 W, which is much lower than that of electronic computers. The neuronal connections in the brain network have a globally ...
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When the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's become clear enough to make a diagnosis, there have already been significant changes in a person's brain. That's why researchers believe that finding a way ...
Jun 8, 2021
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has found that reciprocal repulsions of cell-surface molecules prevent tangling in parallel hippocampal networks. In their paper published in the journal ...
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an automatic process that uses streamlined artificial intelligence (AI) to identify active neurons in videos faster and more accurately than current techniques.
May 24, 2021
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Cocaine is a highly addictive substance that, in the long term, can have adverse effects on health and wellbeing. There are around 18 million cocaine users globally, according to a U.N. report. Understanding how cocaine modifies ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in predicting the behavior of neurons in large networks operating at the mysterious edge of chaos.
Feb 19, 2021
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Neurons, the fundamental units of the brain, are complex computers by themselves. They receive input signals on a tree-like structure—the dendrite. This structure does more than simply collect the input signals: it integrates ...
Jan 27, 2021
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In a new study published in Nature Communications, research groups of Professor J. Matias Palva and Research Director Satu Palva at the Neuroscience Centre of the University of Helsinki and Aalto University, in collaboration ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Within the staggeringly complex networks of neurons which make up our brains, electric currents display intricate dynamics in the electric currents they convey. To better understand how these networks behave, researchers ...
Dec 8, 2020
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How can you build neuronal networks that are more complex than anything known today? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, have mapped the development of inhibitory neuronal circuitry ...
Dec 3, 2020
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