A new study shows that astrocytes use a protein called Gat3 to manage ambient GABA levels, helping neurons work together to ...

A new study has uncovered how the brain efficiently encodes and recalls visual memories—by organizing them into categories ...

The Gutenberg revolution appears to be waning as the written word, the defining mark of civilisation—whether on Babylonian stelae or in racy detective novels—re ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

Researchers at the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the human ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out ...

This is a valuable study on how past sensory experiences shape perception across multiple time scales. Using a behavioural task and reanalysed EEG data, the authors identify two unifying mechanisms ...

CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...

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