“Researchers have previously related optogenetic stimulation to behavior [in animals], but this study breaks new ground by investigating the dynamics of neural activity in relation to the ensemble to ...

When mice encounter an unfamiliar food, neurons in a brain region called the amygdala light up (blue). If the mice start feeling sick after the meal, the same neurons get reinforced to help the mouse ...

While the brain's contribution to the encoding and processing of pain has been widely explored in the past, the role that neural circuits in ... ensembles in the adult mouse spinal cord encoding ...

Brain circuits ... how genes and neural activity interact to establish functional neural circuits that control complex behaviors. For their studies, the Sillitoe group uses an interdisciplinary ...

Research in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease ... to grow new neurons that join in naturally with the circuits controlling movement,” said Abdellatif Benraiss, PhD, a research associate ...

such as bringing mouse pups to their nest. Next, they explored how their technology could affect feeding behaviors by targeting neural circuits known to control motivation. Activating neurons ...