neural circuit

The Yale neuroscientist seeks to understand the brain’s architecture and function using C. elegans.

Adult neurogenesis, already appreciated for its role in learning and memory, also participates in mental health and possibly even attention, new research suggests.

The Francis Crick Institute neurobiologist aims to learn how physiological states, such as hunger, alter information processing in the brain.

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine neuroscientist has revealed surprising functions of the brain region, such as its role in the brain’s rewards circuits and in addiction.

Scientists create a micro-CT scan image of Drosophila in fine detail.

The connectomes trace 385 neurons in the male worm and 302 neurons in the hermaphrodite worm.

Young rats injected with a synthetic cannabinoid have more of the brain’s motivating dopaminergic signaling and fewer numbers of inhibitory neurons than controls.

Scientists have proposed a variety of features that influence one’s ability to remember things and solve problems.

Precisely timed electrical stimulation and intensive rehabilitation restore some capacity to walk among three men more than four years after their debilitating injuries.

Scientists map the fruit fly brain, giving an in-depth look at its neurons.

This is the first time the precise brain cells and their connections controlling a complex behavior have been worked out. 

Optogenetic stimulation of the perirhinal cortex can cause macaques to process never-before seen-objects as familiar and known objects as brand new.

Using machine learning, researchers have created extensive maps of the neuronal circuits associated with social and locomotion behaviors in the fruit fly. 

The results suggest that breathing is orchestrated by three—rather than two—excitatory circuits in the medulla.

This third excitatory network helps to regulate postinspiration.

The UCLA neurobiologist uses computational modeling, in vitro electrophysiology, and human psychophysics experiments to explore how neurons and the brain as a whole perceive and respond to time.

With light, researchers can coax a group of neurons in the visual cortices of living mice to fire in concert.

Surprisingly small sections of brain, and even neuronal and glial networks in a dish, display many electrical indicators of sleep.

Sleep-like patterns of neural activity are apparent not just at the level of the whole brain, but also in isolated neural circuits.