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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.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 18, 2023·5 min read

How Some Brain Cells Transfer Material to Neurons in Mice

Study reveals how oligodendrocyte-lineage cells transfer cell material to neurons in mouse brains. The new understanding opens the door for the development of novel therapies for a range of neurodegenerative disorders.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 16, 2023·4 min read

Long-Term Use of Steroids Could Impair Memory

Hippocampal activity was profoundly impaired in rodent models of long-term steroid exposure, leading to memory deficits.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 11, 2023·2 min read

Key Memory Receptors Are Located on Interneurons

Interneural α5-GABAARs play a critical physiological role in promoting spatial learning and serve as essential targets for the modulation of contextual memory.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 26, 2023·4 min read

How Salt Can Taste Sweet

Researchers have identified new mechanisms of taste perception. The study reports chloride ion channels bind to sweet taste receptors to evoke taste sensation.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 20, 2023·4 min read

Excess Calories During Development May Alter the Brain and Spur Adult Overeating

Early overnutrition rewires brain development to crave unhealthy food and increases the risk for obesity late in life in children born to mothers who were overweight during pregnancy.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·February 22, 2023·5 min read

Researchers Record Long-Term Electrical Activity in a Single Brain Cell

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers developed an electronic implant that collected information about brain activity from a single neuron for over one year.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 23, 2022·4 min read

How the Brain Stores Remote Fear Memory

Remote fear memories, or memories of trauma formed in the distant past, are stored in the connections between neurons in the prefrontal cortex.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 10, 2022·4 min read

How Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their Excitability

The SLK protein plays a key role in neuron excitability and sensitivity, researchers report.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 5, 2022·3 min read

New Findings on Neuronal Activities in the Sensorimotor Cortex

New findings about neural activity in the sensorimotor cortex may aid in the development of neuroprosthetics to help compensate for neuronal dysfunctions.