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Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology research articles can cover research involving whole cell patch-clamp recordings, voltage clamping, current clamping, multielectrode arrays, EEG, brain machine interfaces, field potentials, neural prosthetics, deep brain stimulation, synaptic plasticity and other work.

This image shows neurons from a mouse hippocampus.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·September 29, 2014·4 min read

Single Neuron Hub Orchestrates Activity of an Entire Brain Circuit

A new study offers a precise model of the organization of developing neural circuits.

This image shows a mouse motor cortex brain slice with active neurons highlighed in green.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·May 5, 2014·2 min read

Motor Cortex Shown to Play Active Role in Learning Movement Patterns

Researchers discover the motor cortex plays an active role in learning new motor movements.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·January 18, 2013·2 min read

Scientists Build a Microimplant that Uses a Laser to Control Individual Nerve Cells

Scientists developed an implant that is able to genetically modify specific nerve cells, control them with light stimuli, and measure their electrical activity all at the same time.

This image shows the structural alterations of the TIM23 channel. The caption best describes the image.

Electrophysiology Featured

·July 8, 2013·3 min read

Peering into the Protein Pathways of a Cell

Researchers have captured the structural dynamics of the mitochondrion using fluorescent probes. This mapping could provide insights into the underlying causes of neurodegeneration associated with mitochondrial malfunction.

This image shows the CNiFERs implanted into a mouse brain.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 26, 2014·2 min read

Real Time Readout of Neurochemical Activity

Implanted engineered cells with fluorescent dyes which change color in response to dopamine and norepinephrine allows researchers to observe changes in neurosignalling in real time, a new study reports.

Electrophysiology Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 16, 2013·3 min read

New Mode of Cellular Communication Discovered in the Brain

A new study shows how reciprocal communication between different brain cells contributes to neuronal integrity.

Image shows axons and dendrites of different neurons.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 1, 2015·3 min read

Untangling the Wiring of the Neocortex

Researchers decipher the neural connections of the mouse neocortex, an area of the brain that appears to play a key role in perception and cognition.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·February 3, 2021·4 min read

Neurons Responsible for Rapidly Stopping Behaviors and Actions Revealed

A set of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus have been implicated in canceling planned behaviors or actions.

This image shows the injection sites in the dentate gyrus and basolateral amygdala.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 27, 2014·5 min read

Changing the Emotional Association of Memories

A new study reports researchers have been able to alter the emotional association of specific memories by manipulating neural circuits in mouse brains.