Category Archives: neuronal firing

dopamine transporter internalisation on dopamine neurons mediated by acetylcholine receptor stimulation of protein kinase C

Posted on May 11, 2024 by liz

Posted comment on ´Acetylcholine receptor stimulation activates Protein Kinase C mediated internalisation of the dopamine transporter` written by S.M.Underhill and S.G.Amara and published in Frontiers Cell Neuroscience 2021 vol 15 doi 10.3389/fncel.2021.662216 SUMMARY   Underhill and Amara report in their … Continue reading →

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parietal cortex activity during a recognition memory task

Posted on November 10, 2023 by liz

Posted comment on ´Adding meaning to memories: how parietal cortex combines semantic content with episodic experience` written by H. Lee, P.A. Keene, S.C. Sweigart, J.B. Hutchinson and B.A. Kuhl and published in the Journal of Neuroscience 2023 vol 43(38) p. … Continue reading →

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vibration encoding and frequency filtering in central Drosophila mechanosensory neurons

Posted on October 10, 2023 by liz

Posted comment on ´Active mechanisms of vibration encoding and frequency filtering in central mechanosensory neurons` written by A.W. Azevedo and R.I. Wilson and published in Neuron 2017 vol 96 (2) p. 446 doi 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.004 (available through ScienceDirect) SUMMARY    Azevedo … Continue reading →

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enhanced connectivity of some visual system areas of a visual artist

Posted on May 11, 2023 by liz

Posted comment on ´Enhanced intrinsic functional connectivity in the visual system of a visual artist: implications for creativity` written by T-Y. Hong, C-J. Yang, C-H. Shih, S-F. Fan, T-C. Yeh, H-Y. Yu, L-F. Chen, J-C. Hsieh and published in Front. … Continue reading →

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nascent protein synthesis in response to pharmacologically induced seizures

Posted on April 11, 2023 by liz

Posted comment on ´Activity-induced cortical glutamatergic neuron nascent proteins` written by L.M. Schiapparelli, Y. Xie, P. Sharma, D.B. McClatchy, Y. Ma, J.R. Yates 3rd, A. Maximov and H.T. Cline and published in Journal of Neuroscience 2022 vol 42 (42) p. … Continue reading →

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BiP identification as CB1 receptor-interacting protein

Posted on September 12, 2022 by liz

Posted comment on ´Identification of BiP as a CB1 receptor-interacting protein that fine-tunes cannabinoid signalling in the mouse brain` written by C. Costas-Insua, E. Moreno, E.B. Maroto, A. Ruiz-Calvo, R. Bajo-Graneras, D. Martin-Gutierrrez, R. Diez-Alarcia, M.T. Vilaro, R. Cortes, N. … Continue reading →

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neuronal firing patterns relating to visual sequences

Posted on July 11, 2022 by liz

Posted comment on ´The human brain encodes a chronicle of visual events at each instant of time through the multiplexing of travelling waves` written by J-R. King and V. Wyart and published in Journal of Neuroscience 2021 41(34) p. 7224 … Continue reading →

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tonic inhibition by human cortical GABAergic interneurons

Posted on May 12, 2022 by liz

Posted comment on ´Tonic GABA A Receptor-mediated Currents of Human Cortical GABAergic Interneurons Vary Amongst Cell Types` written by M. Field, I.P. Lukacs, E. Hunter, R. Stacey, P. Plaha, L. Livermore, O. Ansorge and P. Somogyi and published in Journal … Continue reading →

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investigation of brain infraslow wave activity in meditating individuals

Posted on April 11, 2022 by liz

Posted comment on ´Brain infraslow activity correlates with arousal levels` written by D. Sihn and S.-P. Kim and published in Frontiers in Neuroscience 25th February 2022 doi 10.3389/fnins.2022.765585 SUMMARY    Although ISA (0.01 – 0.1 HZ) brain wave activity has … Continue reading →

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prior cocaine exposure changes firing in insula relating to reward-guided decision-making

Posted on October 11, 2021 by liz

Posted comment on ´Prior cocaine exposure increases firing to immediate reward while attenuating cue and context signals related to reward value in the insula` written by H.J. Pribut, D. Vazquez, A.T. Brockett, A.D. Wei, S.S. Tennyson and M.R.Roesch and published … Continue reading →

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