Journal of Neuroscience News
The study was published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
The researchers focused on the area of the brain called hippocampus, which plays an important role in learning and social interactions; and synapses, which are specialized contacts between neurons.
"We found the changes in the E/I balance are regulated by astrocytes in the developing brain through the ephrin protein," said Iryna Ethell, a professor of biomedical sciences in the UCR School of Medicine who led the mouse study.
The research was published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
One pattern is tuned to detect a furrowed brow, another is tuned to detect the upturn of lips into a smile, and so on.
When stroke occurs, the nerve cells in the damaged area of the brain die, causing an inflammation that attracts cells from the immune system.
Some researchers say those regions talk to each other, enabling better recognition of an object.
Researchers found that when we are engaged in a visual task, the brain response to sound is significantly reduced.
Researchers have found that a drug used in cancer therapy could also sharpen memory and help those with dementia by rewiring the brain and keeping neurons alive.
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