Oscillation Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich January 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Deep Brain Stimulation, Dissociation, Ketamine, mental health, Neural Oscillations, Optogenetics, Oscillation, Pain

The rhythm of detachment: how a brain oscillation dissociates people from themselves and the world

You don’t need to be a therapist to know common clinical terms like anxiety and depression. But terms like derealization and depersonalization remain strangely esoteric, evading popular discussions of mental… Read More

Brain Basics

Joel Frohlich May 18, 2016June 30, 2017 Action Potential, ADHD, Alpha, Beta, Brain, Buzsáki, Consciousness, Cortex, Delta, Depolarize, EEG, Electroencephalogram, Firing, Frequency, Gamma, György, Hans Berger, Hz, Monk, Neural Oscillations, Oscillation, Parkinson's, Pyramidal Cell, Rhythm, Rhythms of the Brain, Theta, waves, Zen

Brain Waves and Beta Buzz: The Wild Story of Neural Oscillations

What are brain waves? It’s no wonder the term sounds like science fiction. In the 1920s, a German psychiatrist embarked on a highly personal quest to discover the supposed medium… Read More

Did You Know?

Jillian L. Shaw May 11, 2016March 5, 2017 EEG, Hippocampus, Memory, Navigation, Neural Oscillations, Oscillation, Teleportation, Theta, Video game, Virtual

Teleportation! Hippocampal Oscillations during Navigation

Who hasn’t wanted to snap their fingers and dive into the pages of the gorgeous places featured in National Geographic? Caught in a miserable physics exam that you haven’t studied… Read More

Movement Neuro News SfN 2014

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