Recording device: The Neuropixels probe has hundreds of sites (black and white) that can make recordings of human neurons (red and blue). Angelique Paulk / NeuroMorpho.org (IDs: NMO_86955, NMO_86997, NMO_109433, NMO_61420, NMO_61421) A high-resolution probe commonly used in animals can be modified to simultaneously record the activity of hundreds of individual neurons across the human […]
Mice lacking the autism-related SHANK3 gene use more neurons to engage in social behavior than control mice, reflecting a more disorganized, less efficient signaling network in the brain, according to a new study. Mutations in SHANK3 occur in 1 to 2 percent of autistic people and can also lead to a related disorder called Phelan-McDermid […]
