Cortical gamma band oscillations (GBO, 30–80 Hz, typically ∼40 Hz) are involved in higher cognitive functions such as feature binding, attention, and working memory. GBO abnormalities are a feature of ...

A brain circuit in the mouse basal forebrain that is involved in perceiving the outside world, connects with and overrides feeding behaviors regulated by the hypothalamus. After fasting for 24 hours ...

The basal forebrain is a wakefulness-promoting area, where three types of neurons (the cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatrgic) send their projections to the cortex, and through the activity of these ...

Researchers have identified a group of neurons in the basal forebrain that help synchronize activity in the cortex, triggering brain waves that are characteristic of consciousness, perception and ...

A group of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine led an investigation that offers new insight into the development of the human forebrain. The study, led by Changuk ...

Three the approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease attempt to boost the brain’s supply of acetylcholine, a critical neurotransmitter for cognition that wanes in people with the disease. But might ...

After fasting for 24 hours the typical laboratory mouse spends much time eating. Surprisingly, this is not what Jay M. Patel saw when he was studying basal forebrain circuits in mice. "When I joined ...