by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Model of neuronal regulation of the immune system during fasting. Orexigenic CAVLM neurons are activated during fasting, whose activation stimulates the release of glucocorticoids via the CAVLM→CRHPVN neural circuit targeting the adrenal glands, thereby driving T-cell homing to the bone marrow in a CXCR4CXCL12 axis-dependent manner and suppressing autoimmune...
by University of Science and Technology of China The neural pathway for metabolic modulation by light in mice. Credit: Prof. Xue Tian’s team A research team led by Prof. Xue Tian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) revealed the neural mechanism of photoreception suppressing thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT), thereby reducing glucose...
by Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Stained nerve tracts in the motor cortex of a mouse. Credit: Heidelberg University Hospital The motor cortex controls the voluntary movement of muscles. It remains largely unclear why its electrical or magnetic stimulation can alleviate therapy-resistant chronic pain—albeit unreliably. An interdisciplinary research group at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg (MFHD) has now tracked down...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Summary Figure of information shift from single neurons to populations. Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai scientists have discovered a neural mechanism that is believed to support advanced cognitive abilities such as planning and problem-solving. It does so by distributing information from single neurons to larger populations of neurons...
INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA (IBEC) IMAGE: FRONTAL VIEW OF THE HIPPOCAMPUS AND ITS MAIN FIBER TRACTS FRONTAL (A). v CREDIT: BRAINX3.COM, SPECS LAB. Thanks to the so-called deep learning, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms inspired by the brain, machines can match human performance in perception and language recognition and even outperform humans in certain tasks....
