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·October 7, 2019·5 min read

Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing

Criticality in the brain was linked to inhibitory neurons imposing and organizing the computational dynamics.

This is a brain slice scan from the study

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·September 24, 2019·4 min read

Do children’s brains really get thinner?

A new study questions whether a child's brain thins as they get older. Researchers say the cortex does not thin during childhood, but instead becomes more myelinated.

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·September 23, 2019·2 min read

Critical role of brain circuits in improving learning and memory revealed

A newly identified neural network in the hippocampal formation plays a critical role in memory and object-location learning. The findings are highly relevant to learning and memory disorders, including Alzheimer's disease.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·September 23, 2019·2 min read

How the brain repurposes unused regions

There is an underlying organization that dictates how the visual cortex is repurposed in blind people, which is not random.

This shows a woman with her face painted multiple colors

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·September 3, 2019·4 min read

Human perception of colors does not rely entirely on language

Based on the study of a stroke patient with damage to the occipito-temporal brain region, researchers made a big discovery about color categorization. They reveal color categorization and naming can be independent in the human brain. The finding challenges long-standing theories of the mandatory involvement of language in adult human cognition and color discrimination.

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·July 21, 2019·5 min read

How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at

Study reveals at least six types of mammals distinguish odors in similar ways, using neural networks that are evolutionarily preserved across species.

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·July 18, 2019·5 min read

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

Using optogenetics, researchers stimulated neurons in the visual cortex of mice to induce illusory images in the animals' minds.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 12, 2019·4 min read

The way a single neuron processes information is never the same

When a neuron receives information, dendrites functionally work together to adjust for the complexity of the input.

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·July 5, 2019·5 min read

Researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision

Using holographic optogenetics, researchers were able to control visual behavior in mice by activating neurons in the visual cortex.

This shows a brain and different colored puzzle pieces

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·June 27, 2019·3 min read

Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape

Visual neurons selectively respond to color and shape along a continuum. While some neurons are only activated by either a specific color or shape, others are responsive to color and shape simultaneously. The findings contradict previous beliefs about how visual processing works.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 9, 2019·5 min read

Neurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computation

When the soma of specific neurons is active, the dendrites of the same neuron are also active, even when animals are not engaged in a cognitively demanding task.

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·June 4, 2019·4 min read

Brains of children with epilepsy able to re-map after surgery to retain visual perception

Following surgery, the brains of children with epilepsy are able to remap and compensate for damaged areas of the visual cortex. The findings shed light on brain plasticity.

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visual cortex

Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing

Do children’s brains really get thinner?

Critical role of brain circuits in improving learning and memory revealed

How the brain repurposes unused regions

Human perception of colors does not rely entirely on language

How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at

Stimulating neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds

The way a single neuron processes information is never the same

Researchers controlled the behavior in a mouse’s brain with single-cell precision

Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape

Neurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computation

Brains of children with epilepsy able to re-map after surgery to retain visual perception

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Brain Prioritizes “Sound Offsets” During Hearing Repair

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

Why Your Brain “Dreams” Even When You’re Awake

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