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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.

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·September 29, 2016·3 min read

Meditation Keeps Emotional Brain in Check

Meditation can help people to take their negative emotions, a new study reports.

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·June 29, 2016·4 min read

Motivation to Bully is Regulated by Brain’s Reward Circuits

Researchers report bullying behavior activates primary reward circuits in the brain, making it a pleasurable behavior to a certain subset of individuals.

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·June 23, 2016·4 min read

The Finer Details of Neuronal Communication

Researchers have optimized optical and electrophysiological recordings from single neurons to study axonal excitability with unprecedented detail.

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·May 25, 2016·5 min read

Developmental Changes in Teen Brain Facilitate Recovery from Traumatic Memories: Mouse Study

The prefrontal cortex goes goes through a rearrangement during adolescence, where it forms a significant number of new connections to the hippocampus, a new study reports.

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·April 25, 2016·2 min read

Giving Astrocytes the Recognition They Deserve

Researchers report on how astrocytes help control the strength of connections between neurons.

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·April 14, 2016·5 min read

Improved Brain Mapping Tool 20 Times More Powerful Than Previous Version

Researchers have developed a new reagent that is able to map neural networks 20 times more efficiently than their previous versions.

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·April 8, 2016·3 min read

Intracellular Recordings Using Nanotower Electrodes

Researchers have developed a new 3D microneedle nanoscale tipped electrode that exceeds the range of conventional nanotube based intracellular devices.

Image shows location of medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in the human brain.

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·February 20, 2016·4 min read

4Hz Oscillations Synchronize Prefrontal Amygdala Circuits During Fear Behavior

Researchers show freezing behavior associated with feat is associated with an internally generated brain state that manifests in sustained 4 Hz oscillatory dynamics in the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex-basolateral amygdala circuits.

Image shows granual cells in the dentate gyrus of a rat.

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·February 6, 2016·4 min read

How the Brain Builds Place Memories

Researchers have succeeded in activating dormant memory cells in rats.

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·February 5, 2016·5 min read

An Amazing Axon Adventure

Researchers are using a variety of techniques to better understand how the brain 'wires up'.

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·February 5, 2016·4 min read

A Day in the Life of a Synapse

According to a new study, researchers have developed a new technique that has allowed them to track the daily dynamics of all the dendritic spines on a single neuron in the brain of a living mouse.