FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 27, 2021·5 min readAnesthesia Doesn’t Simply Turn Off the Brain, It Changes Its RhythmsPropofol, the commonly used anesthetic, alters and controls the dynamics of the brain's rhythms. The findings can help doctors better monitor patients under anesthesia with the aid of EEG.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 11, 2020·5 min readAs Information Flows Through Brain’s Heirarchy, Higher Regions Use Higher Frequency WavesStudy provides new insight into how brain waves control the flow of information through the cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 23, 2021·5 min readNeuroscientists Posit That Brain Region Is a Key Locus of LearningA new study reveals the role the locus coeruleus plays in learning, behavior, and mental health.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 27, 2022·6 min readAnesthetic Drastically Diverts the Travels of Brain WavesNew findings reveal how anesthesia-induced unconsciousness differs from normal sleep in relation to delta wave activity in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 6, 2023·5 min readStudying Consciousness Without Affecting ItResearchers found a way to assess consciousness without external stimulation, using a little-used approach where volunteers squeeze a force sensor with their hand when they breathe in and release it when they breathe out, resulting in more precise and sensitive measurements that may help improve treatment for insomnia and coma reversal.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 29, 2021·6 min readStudy Reveals a Protein’s Key Contribution to Heterogeneity of NeuronsJust one protein situated on the synapse can profoundly alter how some neurons communicate and implement plasticity.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·August 23, 2023·7 min readThe Molecular Logic Behind Neuron DiversityResearchers 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.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 18, 2023·5 min readThe Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Variability in Neural DiversityResearchers reveal the intricate ways individual neurons communicate, even within the same type. Through their research on Drosophila fruit flies, they spotlight a protein, Complexin, responsible for curbing spontaneous neurotransmitter chatter.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 9, 2021·6 min readAs Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take OverAs novel visual patterns become familiar, stark changes occur in the visual cortex. Gamma rhythms give way to low-wave beta waves, and the neural activity switches from PV neurons in favor of inhibitory SOM neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 13, 2022·6 min readNext-Generation Tissue Expansion Method Improves Neural ImagingResearchers have developed a new method that vastly improves the imaging of the structures of neural connections using standard confocal microscopes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 2, 2023·7 min readSparse, Small, but Diverse Neural Connections Help Make Perception Reliable and EfficientThalamic 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 22, 2021·6 min readFeast or Forage: Study Finds Circuit That Helps a Brain DecideA new study reveals the complex architecture of a decision-making circuit in the brains of C. elegans that prompts them to forage for food or stop once a source has been found.Read More
