Optimal brain processing requires balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons, study suggests

The brain's ability to process information is known to be supported by intricate connections between different neuron ...
Science Daily

First insights into how excitatory and inhibitory brain signals change as people age using wearable scanner

University of Nottingham. "First insights into how excitatory and inhibitory brain signals change as people age using wearable scanner." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 April 2025.
Quanta Magazine

How the Brain Balances Excitation and Inhibition

From Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s hand came branches and whorls, spines and webs. Now-famous drawings by the neuroanatomist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries showed, for the first time, the ...
ALZFORUM

Losing BIN1 Is a Blow to Inhibitory Synapses, Too

BIN1, a late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) genetic risk factor, is involved in many cellular phenomena, including vesicular trafficking and tau production. Now, in the August 26 Cell Reports, ...
Nanowerk

Light-driven nanofluidic device simulates dendritic integration for neuromorphic control

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Efforts to design computing systems that operate more like the brain have pushed engineers to rethink how information is processed, transmitted, and stored. Biological neurons are ...
Science Daily

Study links gene regulating brain circuit formation to autism and seizures

A new study offers insights into how the gene neuropilin2 contributes to the development of behavioral changes associated with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy. The gene neuropilin2 encodes a ...