The way in which experience shapes the activity of hippocampal place cells to create flexible cognitive cards
The brain of mammals is known to produce mental representations of the space environment, called cognitive cards, which help humans ...
Tag: Hippocampal
Targeting hippocampal neurons to unlock existing Alzheimer’s drugs
A team of researchers from Kobe Gakuin University in Japan has genetically modified insulin-fused proteins capable of targeting hippocampal neurons. ...
Psychedelics stimulate hippocampal cells to reduce anxiety, study finds
A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescaline, activates a type of cell in the brain that silences other ...
Hippocampal study reveals distinct protein mechanisms for calcium channel clustering and vesicle priming
In neuroscience, the term "active zone" refers to a specialized area of the presynaptic membrane of synapses (i.e., the connections ...
