by University of Barcelona Optogenetic stimulation of M2 cortex terminals in the SC evoked similar electrophysiological responses in WT and HD mice. A, Schematic representation of AAV-CamKII-ChR2-YFP construct injection at M2 cortex. B, Representative MEA location in coronal slices containing the SC with axons from M2 cortex expressing ChR2. C, Amplitude of fPSC triggered by increasing...
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: RENDERING OF BRAIN/NEURONS FIRING (NIH) CREDIT: NIH Severe and persistent disability often undermines the life-saving benefits of cancer treatment. Pain and fatigue — together with sensory, motor, and cognitive disorders — are chief among the constellation of side effects that occur with the platinum-based agents used widely in chemotherapy treatments...
JANUARY 8, 2022 by Georgia Institute of Technology Rendering of brain/neurons firing (NIH). Credit: NIH Severe and persistent disability often undermines the life-saving benefits of cancer treatment. Pain and fatigue—together with sensory, motor, and cognitive disorders—are chief among the constellation of side effects that occur with the platinum-based agents used widely in chemotherapy treatments worldwide. A...
by University of Tübingen Inhibitory (red) and excitatory cells (green) neurons in an 80% inhibitory culture (4 times the normal). The resulting networks are surprisingly robust to this structural perturbation. Credit: University of Tübingen A team of researchers from Tübingen and Israel uncovers how brain structures can maintain function and stable dynamics even in unusual conditions....
by University of Michigan A compilation of brain images from the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment response and its correlation with activation during cognitive and reward processing tasks. Credit: University of Michigan New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them—something that eludes more...
by University of Alabama at Birmingham This research offers fundamental insights about sensory thalamic subnetworks and will enable powerful new strategies to probe behavioral and perceptual functions of these distinct circuits. Credit: UAB The thalamus is a “Grand Central Station” for sensory information coming to our brains. Almost every sight, sound, taste and touch we...
by Dartmouth College Social connection with others is critical to a person’s mental and physical well-being. How the brain maps relationships with other people in relation to one’s self has long been a mystery. A Dartmouth study finds that the closer you feel to people emotionally, the more similarly you represent them in your brain....
by University of Warwick Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick have found when tanycytes are selectively stimulated appetite was increased. It has previously been discovered that tanycytes—cells found in part...
by Rice University A sample of Rice University’s ‘magnetoelectric’ film atop a bed of uncooked rice. Rice neuroengineers created the bi-layered film to power implantable neural stimulators that are approximately the size of a grain of rice. The film converts energy from a magnetic field directly into an electrical voltage, eliminating the need for a...
Automated 3D brain imaging data analysis technology offers more reliable and standardized analysis of the spatial organization of complex neural circuits.- THE KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) KAIST researchers developed a new algorithm for brain imaging data analysis that enables the precise and quantitative mapping of complex neural circuits onto a standardized...
