Study reveals two specific ways in which astrocytes directly impact motor learning.
Thalamic inputs into superficial layers of the cerebral cortex are both rare and weak, yet surprisingly diverse in their distribution patterns. However, they are reliable and efficient representatives of information.
Findings support modern thought that neural networks store information by making short-term alterations to the synapses. The study sheds new light on short-term synaptic plasticity in recent memory storage.
Rhythmic bursts of activity in the prefrontal cortex reduce variability as an animal focuses on a task.
The brain naturally implements principles of calculus and integrated learned rules of life with sensory information to guide motor plans and actions.
Researchers reveal how neurons set up and sustain the vital infrastructure that allows for seamless neurotransmission.
A new computer model shows the beneficial effects of deep brain stimulation arise from how it interrupts the cycle promoting runway beta in a circuit loop between the subthalamic nucleus and striatum.
New findings reveal how anesthesia-induced unconsciousness differs from normal sleep in relation to delta wave activity in the brain.
Brain mapping study reveals memory engrams are widely distributed throughout the brain, including among regions not previously realized.
Researchers measured how brain waves travel in the prefrontal cortex during working memory tasks.
Researchers have developed a new method that vastly improves the imaging of the structures of neural connections using standard confocal microscopes.
Just one protein situated on the synapse can profoundly alter how some neurons communicate and implement plasticity.
