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Single-neuron projectomes of macaque prefrontal cortex reveal primate-specific connectivity principle
In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...
Study examines early sensory processing and development in people with autism
A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...
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Robots can now feel difference between pat and punch with new artificial nerves
KAIST and Chungnam researchers build artificial sensory nerves for energy-efficient robots that mimic human habituation and ...
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Robot hand 'feels' pain and ignores harmless touch with new sensory system
In the midst of the co-development of artificial intelligence and robotic advancements, developing technologies that enable ...
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Unreliable homeostatic action potential broadening in cultured dissociated neurons
This study provides compelling evidence that action potential (AP) broadening is not a universal feature of homeostatic plasticity in response to chronic activity deprivation. By leveraging ...
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Astrocytic modulation of population encoding in mouse visual cortex via GABA transporter 3 revealed by multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...
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How the Brain Selects Between Perception and Memory
The brain constantly toggles between focusing on external sensory information and internal mental representations like ...
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Understanding the early roots of sensory differences in autism
A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...
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Neurons in an autism model fail to distinguish social from non-social touch
New research provides a potential brain-based explanation for social touch aversion in some forms of autism. A study published in Nature Communications finds that in a mouse model of Fragile X ...