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·September 5, 2023·5 min read

Neurons On Edge: Avalanches in Brain Reveal Info Processing Secrets

Researchers provided robust evidence supporting the controversial "critical brain hypothesis" through a project called DishBrain. This experiment, involving 800,000 human neural cells playing Pong, reveals how neurons, when informed about the surrounding environment, shift into a "neural critical" state, enabling cascades of brain activity.

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·August 23, 2023·7 min read

The Molecular Logic Behind Neuron Diversity

Researchers uncovered how distinct neuron types in the Drosophila fruit fly differentiate their functions despite originating from a similar genetic framework. In the study, two closely related neuronal subtypes expressed more than 800 different genes (~5% of the fly genome) differently.

$This shows neurons.$

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·August 22, 2023·4 min read

Neural Number Crunching: Why Mammal Brains Favor Lognormal Patterns

New research delves into how the statistical distributions of neuron densities shape mammalian brains. The study analyzed seven species, discovering that neuron densities follow a lognormal distribution - a fundamental organizational principle.

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·April 16, 2023·4 min read

A New Breakthrough in Alzheimer Disease Research

A novel imaging technique is capable of showing reactive astrocyte-neuron interactions. The technique sheds new light on Alzheimer's pathologies and offers a potential breakthrough for the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

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·March 14, 2023·7 min read

“A New Way Biology Works”: Neuronal Signaling Can be Modified by Mirror-Image Molecules

Researchers discovered that the orientation of a single amino acid in a sea slug can determine which neuron receptor is activated, leading to different types of neuronal activities. This finding sheds light on how the brain can regulate communication between cells in different ways.

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·February 15, 2023·6 min read

New Release of Blue Brain Project Atlas Sheds Light on Neuron Types

The Blue Brain Project has released a new and enriched 3D digital cell atlas containing more neuron types than the previous version.

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·January 20, 2023·6 min read

How Huntington’s Disease Affects Different Neurons

Researchers have identified how two different populations of neurons in the striatum are affected differently in Huntington's disease. The neurodegeneration of one of these populations leads to motor defects while damage to the other population located in striosomes may account for mood disorders associated with the early stages of Huntington's.

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·January 20, 2023·11 min read

A New Field of Neuroscience Aims to Map Connections in the Brain

Connectomics researchers aim to map and understand how individual neurons connect to each other to form functional networks.

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·December 10, 2022·4 min read

How Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their Excitability

The SLK protein plays a key role in neuron excitability and sensitivity, researchers report.

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·December 5, 2022·3 min read

New Findings on Neuronal Activities in the Sensorimotor Cortex

New findings about neural activity in the sensorimotor cortex may aid in the development of neuroprosthetics to help compensate for neuronal dysfunctions.

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·December 3, 2022·3 min read

Genes That Maintain Healthy Neurons Identified

Kinase enzymes are essential for neurons to perform autophagy. Researchers found deleting genes that encode kinase NDR1 and NDR2 impairs neuron health and spurs neurodegeneration in both young and old mice.