How Your Brain’s Traffic System Powers Thought and Memory
A recent study highlights the role of interneurons in the brain, functioning as traffic controllers that regulate other brain ...
Scientists reveal how brain cells called interneurons act as traffic controllers
A study led by Dr. Marco Bocchio in the Durham University Department of Psychology reveals how specific brain cells called ...
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Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory
A new study reveals how interneurons, brain cells that regulate the firing of other neurons, act as traffic controllers in ...
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Spinal V1 inhibitory interneuron clades differ in birthdate, projections to motoneurons, and heterogeneity
Major differences among the main spinal V1 inhibitory interneuron subgroups were revealed based on neurogenesis, circuit placement, and motoneuron targeting, and Foxp2-V1 interneurons were identified ...
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Brain Cells As Traffic Controllers
A groundbreaking study led by Dr Marco Bocchio in our Department of Psychology reveals how specific brain cells called ...
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Astroglia Reprogrammed Into Cells Resembling Interneurons
Researchers have illustrated how astroglia – cells that support the functioning of the brain – can be reprogrammed into cells ...
Researchers Find How Stress Alters Our Memory, Offering Hope for PTSD Treatment
A new study found that stress alters how our brain encodes and retrieves aversive memories. The research team exposed ...
How stress changes our memories: Engrams and the endocannabinoid system may inform new PTSD treatments
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have uncovered that stress changes how our brain encodes and ...
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How Stressful Events Alter Memories
Researchers have discovered how stress disrupts memory specificity, leading to generalized aversive memories—a hallmark of PTSD.
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Hyperactive interneurons impair learning in a neurofibromatosis model
Recent work shows that lack of neurofibromin impairs memory because overactive ERK signaling in hippocampal interneurons causes excessive GABA release. These conditional knockouts were then tested ...