New Technique Helps Uncover Changes in ALS Neurons
A new method reveals some ALS affected neurons display hypo-excitability. Researchers say these changes most likely represent early steps in the disease progression.... Read More...
Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology research articles can cover research involving whole cell patch-clamp recordings, voltage clamping, current clamping, multielectrode arrays, EEG, brain machine interfaces, field potentials, neural prosthetics, deep brain stimulation, synaptic plasticity and other work.
New Microscope Captures Detailed 3-D Movies of Cells Deep Within Living Systems
Researchers have created a revolutionary new tool to help shed light on living cells. By combining two existing imaging technologies, researchers were able to image living cells in 3D.... Read More...
Keeping the Excitement Under Control
Researchers have developed a new method to identify and monitor the activity of 'quiet' neurons.... Read More...
Seeing the Brain’s Electrical Activity
A new optogenetics approach allows the imaging of neurotransmission without the use of electrode, researchers report.... Read More...
Body Movements Just Need a Puff of Dopamine to Get Started
Researchers say findings about how dopamine affects the initiation of movement could pave the way for the development of new treatments for Parkinson's and other movement related disorders.... Read More...
New Silicon Probe Records Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously
New probe will provide researchers with a clearer picture of how neurons and different parts of the brain work together to process information.... Read More...
The Rhythm of Memory
A new Nature Communications study sheds light on how the brain processes information relevant to memory.... Read More...
Learning During Development is Regulated by an Unexpected Brain Region
Researchers report the thalamus plays a critical role in regulating how the brain learns to integrate binocular input during development. ... Read More...
Nerve Cells’ Gatekeepers Take Many Forms
Rice University researchers detail the dynamics of how receptors alter their shapes to control sensitivity of the gate to chemical signals.... Read More...
A Brain System That Builds Confidence in What We See, Hear and Touch
A new study sheds light on the mechanisms behind metacognition and how we make sense of the world around us.... Read More...
Study Reveals Contrast in How Groups of Neurons Function During Decision Making
A new study published in Nature sheds light on how populations of neurons work together during working memory and decision making tasks. Researchers report individual neurons are briefly active, but populations of neurons working together carry information for longer periods of time by being active at different times.... Read More...
Rules of the Neural Roads: Traffic Control in Your Synapses
Researchers investigate the path of synaptic vesicles.... Read More...