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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.

The image shows eph receptors in a neuron's surface.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·February 5, 2014·3 min read

Sociable Receptors: In Pairs, Groups or in a Crowd

Researchers discover Eph receptors must form in groups of three or four in order to become active.

Electrophysiology Featured Neurology

·December 19, 2013·5 min read

Brain Repair After Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers have developed a new technology in order to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2013·2 min read

The Smoking Gun: Fish Brains and Nicotine

A new study hones in on one particular region of the zebrafish brain which could provide better understanding of the neural circuitry underlying nicotine addiction.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2013·3 min read

Research Advances Knowledge of Triggers in Memory Formation

A new study advances basic understanding of the biochemical mechanisms associated with how memories are formed.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 27, 2013·3 min read

Neuroscientists Discover New ‘Mini-Neural Computer’ in the Brain

Researchers show dendrites actively process information, multiplying the brain's "computing power". The findings could help provide better understanding of neurological disorders.

The figure shows the tunnel-like entry point to the binding sites of the sodium-potassium pump in the sodium-bound state.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 4, 2013·3 min read

International Research Collaboration Reveals the Mechanism of the Sodium-Potassium Pump

Researchers have been able to establish the structure of the sodium-potassium pump.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 2, 2013·2 min read

Scientists Develop New Process to Create Artificial Cell Membranes

Researchers have developed a new process to create synthetic cell membranes.

Electrophysiology Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 16, 2013·3 min read

New Mode of Cellular Communication Discovered in the Brain

A new study shows how reciprocal communication between different brain cells contributes to neuronal integrity.

This image shows the structural alterations of the TIM23 channel. The caption best describes the image.

Electrophysiology Featured

·July 8, 2013·3 min read

Peering into the Protein Pathways of a Cell

Researchers have captured the structural dynamics of the mitochondrion using fluorescent probes. This mapping could provide insights into the underlying causes of neurodegeneration associated with mitochondrial malfunction.

This is an image of the crab neuron described in the research article.

Electrophysiology Featured

·July 1, 2013·2 min read

Nerve Cells Can Work in Different Ways with Same Result

Researchers find seemingly identical neurons can behave the same, even though they are built differently under the surface.

Electrophysiology Featured

·June 19, 2013·2 min read

What Do Memories Look Like?

Researchers engineered microscopic probes which light up synapses in living neurons by attaching fluorescent markers onto synaptic proteins without affecting the neuron's ability to function.

The image shows human neuronal stem cells. The caption best describes the image.

Electrophysiology Featured Genetics

·June 6, 2013·4 min read

Alzheimer’s, Schizophrenia & Autism Can Be Studied with Brain Cells Reprogrammed from Skin Cells

A new method for obtaining mature neuronal cells from reprogrammed skin cells allows researchers to safely and effectively study diseases such as schizophrenia and autism.