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Picower researchers ID brain mechanisms underlying alertness and attentiveness
Picower researchers ID brain mechanisms underlying alertness and attentiveness

Picower researchers ID brain mechanisms underlying alertness and attentiveness

[Source: MIT News, April 27, 2015]

Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmitter acts via a single type of neuron to enable the brain to process information more effectively. The study appears in the April 27 advance online edition of Nature Neuroscience.

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