BRAINS IN BRIEFS
Scroll down to see new briefs about recent scientific publications by neuroscience graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. Or search for your interests by key terms below (i.e. sleep, Alzheimer’s, autism).
Scientists use zebrafish to understand how the brain makes decisions!
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The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) regulates zebrafish sensorimotor decision making via a genetically defined cluster of hindbrain neurons
[See original abstract on Pubmed]
How brain waves might help us see
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Visual evoked feedforward-feedback traveling waves organize neural activity across the cortical hierarchy in mice
[See original abstract on Pubmed]
Shedding light on migraines: Signals from the eye make people with migraine more sensitive to light
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Selective amplification of ipRGC signals accounts for interictal photophobia in migraine
[See Original Abstract on Pubmed]
My back hurts, my hand hurts: is pain different in different parts of the body?
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Sparse genetic tracing reveals regionally specific functional organization of mammalian nociceptors.
[See Original Abstract on Pubmed]
It’s all about balance. How a reduction in inhibitory signals in the developing brain could contribute to cognitive deficits in ASD.
or technically,
Exploring the relationship between cortical GABA concentrations, auditory gamma-band responses and development in ASD: Evidence for an altered maturational trajectory in ASD.
[See Original Abstract on Pubmed]
Highway to the brain: cells responsible for touch need a support system to grow really long distances during development
or technically,
Roof Plate-Derived Radial Glial-like Cells Support Developmental Growth of Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptor Ascending Axons
[See Original Abstract on Pubmed]