July 25, 2024 by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Neurons have variable levels of chromatin compaction, shown as different shades of red. The less compact a neuron, the more likely it is to be recruited into the memory trace (green). Credit: Giulia Santoni (EPFL)When we form a new memory, the brain undergoes physical and functional...
by Alan Toth, Stanford University Researchers trained mice in a tricky maneuver to grab a food pellet (upper left) then used a technique called TRAP to label neurons in the mouse motor cortex that were active in learning the new skill (purple). They showed that these neurons develop new synaptic inputs during learning (Box: upper...
by Graciela Gutierrez, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For some adults, the use of a responsive neurostimulation (RNS) system implanted in the brain can help lessen or control seizures related to certain types of epilepsy. The device works similar to a pacemaker but is implanted in the brain and programmed to recognize...
