MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling ...

Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that ...

New research explores the many ways our sensory experiences overlaps, teaching us new ways the brain perceives ...

This study presents solid evidence for distinct neurotransmitter release modalities between two subclasses of dopaminergic neurons in the olfactory bulb, highlighting an important finding that ...

Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social ...

The amplitudes of [Ca 2+] transients were proportional to the number of sodium action potentials in a short burst, indicating that dendritic [Ca 2+] may encode the neuron's recent activity 25.

The purpose of this study was to examine the available literature on the impact of sensory interventions on the quality of life of residents living in long-term care settings. Methods We conducted a ...

The world certainly looks different through the eyes of a young child; enormous, intriguing, and somewhat overwhelming, and it has long been believed that what we encounter as children shapes our ...

It has also been reported in parvalbumin-positive hippocampal basket cells, in dendrites innervated by feedback excitatory synapses. Whether other interneurons, which support feed-forward or feedback ...

Now, scientists have discovered a new mechanism by which these crucial supporting players detect and respond to neuron ... says. "Sensory organs, which include cilia-decorated dendrites surrounded ...

Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...