Man sitting at the bar counter alone, seems to be binge drinking. Therapeutics developed based on neurons activated in response to binge drinking could help treat such compulsive drinking.
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Pinpointing brain circuits underlying binge drinking alcohol offers potential targets to develop interventions and reveals insights about neuronal wiring.

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What’s the Difference Between a Voltage Clamp and a Current Clamp?

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Patch Clamp: Unlocking the Secrets of Ion Channels in Electrophysiology

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Characterizing Human Stem Cell-Derived Disease Models with Microelectrode Arrays

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How a Parasite Excites the Brain

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Elusive Tsetse Pheromones

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How Neurons in a Dish Learned to Play “Pong”

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Infographic: Reverse Signaling Between Neurons

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Study Points to Novel Role for Microglia in Down Syndrome

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

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