Interneuron Archives - Knowing Neurons

Jillian L. Shaw November 16, 2014March 5, 2017 Afferent Sensory Neurons, Alex Honnold, Efferent Motor Neurons, GABA, GABAergic neurons, GAD2, inhibitory, Interneuron, Microcircuit, motor neuron, Nature, Oscillation, Presynaptic inhibition, Proprioception, SfN14, Spinal cord, Thomas Jessel

Smooth Move: How GABAergic Interneurons Regulate Skilled Motor Behavior

In early 2014, the American free-solo rock climber Alex Honnold climbed 2,500 feet of limestone without ropes. The demanding route called El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico required… Read More

Movement Neuro News Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

knowingneurons November 12, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Corollary discharge, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Glycine, Interneuron, Laura Kngloer, Motor, Movements, Neuron, Reflex, Sensory, SfN14, Zebrafish

What Zebrafish Teach Us About Touch

Unlike the sense of vision, which is perceived only by light-sensitive photoreceptors in our eyes, the mechanoreceptors that respond to light touch are located in sensory neurons all over the… Read More

Brain Basics Brain Development Interviews SfN 2014

Anita November 3, 2014March 5, 2017 Conversation, Excitation, GABA, glutamate, Gordon Fishell, Graduate School, Inhibition, Interneuron, Interview, NYU, Presidential Lecture, Research, SfN, SfN14

Science Fiction, Serendipity and Interneuron Specification: A Conversation with Dr. Gordon J. Fishell

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175092412″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] It is easy to assume that if a car has a gas pedal, it needs to have brakes, and similarly, if our brain… Read More