"Neuronal firing" refers to the process in which brain cells, called neurons, send electrical signals to communicate with each other. It is like a cell phone sending and receiving messages to transmit information within the brain. Full definition
When he performed brain - imaging studies on an autistic savant artist who started drawing horses at 18 months, he saw abnormalities similar to those of artists with frontotemporal dementia: decreased blood flow and slowed neuronal firing in the left temporal lobe. (discovermagazine.com)
Again, Nrf2 - related activity was observed only when astrocytes were present in cultures, but significantly, Nrf2 signaling increased in tandem with neuronal firing, suggesting that neurons calibrate Nrf2 activity in astrocytes to keep pace with neural activity. (sciencedaily.com)
«While our findings are consistent with other reported changes in neuronal firing rates with attention, they go far beyond such descriptions, revealing never - before tested mechanisms at the synaptic level,» said study co-author Farran Briggs, PhD, assistant professor of Physiology and Neurobiology at the Geisel School of Medicine. (sciencedaily.com)