Unraveling the complexities of cell migration - Many types of cell move towards substances they find attractive via a process called chemotaxis. In their latest Developmental Cell paper, Dr. Carole P...
Causal Role of Theta Oscillations in Auditory Working Memory
Causal Role of Theta Oscillations in Auditory Working Memory. This study shows that driving brain oscillations with rhythmic stimulation can specifically improve auditory working memory performance an...
Will rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 encourage expansion of tropical mangroves and displacement of temperate salt marsh at their distributional boundaries? To answer this question, we experim...
Cancers Chew the Fat - Tumors undergo metabolic changes associated with increased malignancy. Watch and listen as Ben Cravatt and colleagues take you on a personally guided tour of their findings that...
Sensory Responses in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum
Sensory Responses in the Dopamine-Depleted Striatum. Ketzef et al. show that striatal sensory responses are altered in Parkinsonian mice. Specifically, the encoding of bilateral tactile inputs is impa...
Vesicular Glycolysis Provides On-Board Energy for Fast Axonal Transport
Frédéric Saudou and colleagues explain why the glycolytic enzymes GAPDH and PGK are present on axonal vesicles: to provide a steady energy source that supplies the ATP necessary for fast axonal transp...
Spatial Attention Attracts Receptive Fields Throughout the Human Visual Brain
Spatial Attention Attracts Receptive Fields Throughout the Human Visual Brain. We use attention to focus on relevant visual INFORMATION. Using human neuroimaging and modeling, Klein et al demonstrate ...
Neural Mechanisms of Courage - How does the brain encode courage in fearful situations? Watch and listen as Yadin Dudai and Uri Nili take you on a personally guided tour of their analysis of brain cir...