By optically controlling the activity of pyramidal cells, we demonstrate that these excitatory neurons induce vasoconstriction when their action potential firing is increased by releasing glutamate ...
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This year’s Physics prize has been awarded to John J Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and ...
Place cells are well known to encode individual locations, but new experiments and analysis indicate that stitching together ...
A new study reveals how the brain forms cohesive mental maps of spaces and highlights the critical role of sleep in this process.
Place cells are well known to encode individual locations, but new experiments and analysis at MIT indicate that stitching ...
Animals and humans develop a certain tolerance to prolonged heat: the body adjusts to release heat instead of generating it, ...
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