Electrode-laced plates capture patterns of neural firing
Growing neurons on tiny plates studded with miniature electrodes allows researchers to map patterns of neuronal activity within circuits.
Growing neurons on tiny plates studded with miniature electrodes allows researchers to map patterns of neuronal activity within circuits.
Researchers have documented the shape and electrical activity of more than 2,000 neurons in the mouse brain, and charted the connections between them.
Most symptoms of Rett syndrome stem from loss of the MeCP2 gene in just two types of neurons.
A tool kit of light-sensitive proteins allows researchers to mute communication between specific sets of neurons in mice.
A new tool marries an unusually bright fluorescent protein to a light-sensitive pigment to illuminate individual neurons as they fire.
A powerful form of light microscopy that maps neuronal connections could help researchers better understand communication among the cells.
A new method uses luminescent proteins to switch neurons on or off in the brains of freely moving rats.
Adults with autism struggle to reconcile conflicting visual information, hinting at a signaling imbalance in the brain.
An immune molecule that helps defend people from infection with viruses or bacteria may also keep brain activity in check, allowing people to be social.
Mice that lack the Rett gene in a subset of neurons that activate neural circuits develop tremor and anxiety-like behaviors, two characteristics of the syndrome.