Brain Circuits Multitask to Detect, Discriminate the Outside World

Garrett Stanley, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, whose lab performed the research. Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mar 05, 2014 - Atlanta, GA
A new study found that neural circuits in the brain rapidly multitask between detecting and discriminating sensory input, such as headlights in the distance.

“Bursting” Cells Gain the Brain’s Attention for Life-or-Death Decisions

Using optogenetics and other technology, researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated bursting activity of cells in the thalamus, tying it to the sense of touch. Shown are Georgia Tech graduate student Clarissa Whitmire and Georgia Tech professor Garrett Stanley.(Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Jan 14, 2016 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated the bursting activity of cells in the thalamus.
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