Stopping the brain's memory circuits from overheating
Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 14:22
in Biology & Nature
In the absence of CA2 activity, mice experience epilepsy-like activity, a sign that this area is essential for regulating the balance of excitation and inhibition in the brain. A silenced CA2 region has broader implications for information processing in hippocampal circuits, according to a new study.