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·April 6, 2023·5 min read

Studying Consciousness Without Affecting It

Researchers 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.

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·March 10, 2023·5 min read

Astrocyte Cells Critical for Learning Skilled Movements

Study reveals two specific ways in which astrocytes directly impact motor learning.

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·February 2, 2023·7 min read

Sparse, Small, but Diverse Neural Connections Help Make Perception Reliable and Efficient

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.

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·December 29, 2022·7 min read

Holding Information in Mind May Mean Storing It Among Synapses

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.

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·September 6, 2022·6 min read

How the Brain Focuses on What’s in Mind

Rhythmic bursts of activity in the prefrontal cortex reduce variability as an animal focuses on a task.

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·July 28, 2022·6 min read

Sprint Then Stop? Brain Is Wired for the Math to Make It Happen

The brain naturally implements principles of calculus and integrated learned rules of life with sensory information to guide motor plans and actions.

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·July 23, 2022·8 min read

How Neurons Build and Maintain Their Capacity to Communicate

Researchers reveal how neurons set up and sustain the vital infrastructure that allows for seamless neurotransmission.

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·May 16, 2022·5 min read

Circuit Model May Explain How Deep Brain Stimulation Treats Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

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.