They have developed a clever new tool that lights up active conversations between
neurons during a behavior or sensory experience, such as smelling a banana.
Not exact matches
Using what is called «calcium reporters,» researchers were able to see the
neurons firing up inside the worm and record the changes in cellular activity
during the egg - laying
behavior.
«Although running induces both substantial changes in number and morphology of young
neurons as well as significant changes in learning
behavior, this does not prove a causal relationship,» noted Professor Bischofberger, «Nevertheless, our results, together with previous findings, suggest that the enhanced pattern separation
during memory testing is most likely mediated via running - induced increase in adult neurogenesis.»
Here, monitoring individual
neurons in the dmPFC
during such tests revealed that a particular subset became more active
during both push and resistance (or dominance)
behaviors.
«Researchers optimize methods to study
neurons during motor activity: Scientists optimize imaging and
behavior approaches that provide unprecedented insight into organizational principles of motor learning.»
Automated method detects activity of
neurons during specific
behaviors, brainwide, at cellular resolution...
This ground - breaking work depended on O'Keefe and Dostrovsky being able to record the firing of a single
neuron in the hippocampus
during normal
behavior.