Researchers
recorded neurons in a distinct portion of their brains, a part of the cortex that is inter-connected with the basal ganglia, located within the center of the brain.
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When the
investigators recorded neurons in the hippocampus — a structure adjacent to the amygdala that also is involved in processing of thoughts, emotions and memories — they found that the cells responded to the visual stimuli, but those responses did not reflect the patients» subjective judgment.
EEG [electroencephalography]
electrodes record the neurons» activity from outside the head or on top of the cortex, but the resolution is blurry.
Simultaneous to watching the macaques» behavior in both experiments, Platt and his
colleagues recorded neuron behavior in the posterior cingulate cortex.
We isolated NMDA - R EPSC responses for cortical layer 4 → layer 2/3 (L4 → L2 / 3) projections
by recording neurons in L2 / 3 while electrically stimulating presynaptic neurons in L4 during constitutive pharmacological block of other ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPA and kainate receptors) and GABA receptors.
For more than a decade, he has embedded electrodes in slices of the hippocampus — which plays a role in learning and memory — and
recorded neurons» responses to a wide range of electrical stimuli.
How do
the recorded neurons act?
When they plugged in the activity patterns of the 205
recorded neurons, the computer spat out an image that looked almost exactly like what they had shown the monkeys.
For more than a decade, he has embedded electrodes in slices of hippocampus — which plays a role in learning and memory — and
recorded neurons» responses to a wide range of electrical stimuli.
In a study appearing in the journal Nature, researchers from Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the University of California Davis studied communications between synaptically connected neurons under conditions where subjects shifted their attention toward or away from visual stimuli that activated
the recorded neurons.