ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·April 11, 2023·2 min readKey Memory Receptors Are Located on InterneuronsInterneural α5-GABAARs play a critical physiological role in promoting spatial learning and serve as essential targets for the modulation of contextual memory.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 26, 2023·4 min readHow Salt Can Taste SweetResearchers have identified new mechanisms of taste perception. The study reports chloride ion channels bind to sweet taste receptors to evoke taste sensation.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 20, 2023·4 min readExcess Calories During Development May Alter the Brain and Spur Adult OvereatingEarly overnutrition rewires brain development to crave unhealthy food and increases the risk for obesity late in life in children born to mothers who were overweight during pregnancy.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·February 22, 2023·5 min readResearchers Record Long-Term Electrical Activity in a Single Brain CellIn a first-of-its-kind study, researchers developed an electronic implant that collected information about brain activity from a single neuron for over one year.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 23, 2022·4 min readHow the Brain Stores Remote Fear MemoryRemote fear memories, or memories of trauma formed in the distant past, are stored in the connections between neurons in the prefrontal cortex.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 10, 2022·4 min readHow Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their ExcitabilityThe SLK protein plays a key role in neuron excitability and sensitivity, researchers report.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 5, 2022·3 min readNew Findings on Neuronal Activities in the Sensorimotor CortexNew findings about neural activity in the sensorimotor cortex may aid in the development of neuroprosthetics to help compensate for neuronal dysfunctions.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·November 28, 2022·6 min readScientists Capture Detailed Snapshots of Mouse Brain Cells Nibbling on NeuronsOligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) play a significant role in synaptic pruning, a new study reveals.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·November 11, 2022·4 min readA Previously Unknown Ability of the Autonomic Nervous SystemThe autonomic nervous system has the ability to spontaneously restore muscle function following nerve injury.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·October 23, 2022·5 min readRecording Neurons to Pinpoint Synaptic LinksA new 3D electrode array allows researchers to map the activity and location of up to 1 million synaptic links in a living brain.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 31, 2022·5 min readHow the Brain Generates Rhythmic BehaviorA new study in rodents reveals a whisking oscillator that consists of a population of inhibitory neurons in the brainstem that fires in rhythmic bursts during whisking behaviors.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 27, 2022·2 min readA Methodological Leap in the Exploration of MemoryResearchers have developed a comprehensive "toolbox" to establish that the mobility of receptors exists in intact brain tissue, and this mobility is critical for certain types of memory.Read More
