Using a mouse model of fragile X syndrome, the researchers recorded the activity of networks of neurons in a living mouse brain while the animal was both awake and asleep. (sciencedaily.com)
Higher brain functions emerge at the scale of networks of neurons; brain disorders such as dementia, epilepsy or schizophrenia appear to result when networks fail to operate correctly. (news.brown.edu)
The way networks of neurons connect and how individual cells react to incoming pulses in principle makes communication over large distances impossible. (sciencedaily.com)