Month: August 2022

Disorder and the Neural Representation of Complex Odors

Imagine trying to make sense of a vast library filled with all sorts of books, but you only have a few shelves to store them. That’s the challenge our brains face when it comes to processing complex odors. Luckily, olfactory circuits have a clever solution. By using disorder, diffuse sensing, and redundancy, they can compress […]

Published on August 8, 2022

Rotenone’s Impact on Parkinson’s Pathology in Aging Mice

In the complex world of Parkinson’s disease (PD), various factors like genes, environment, and age play a role in its development. Imagine PD as a puzzle with missing pieces. Researchers wanted to understand how these pieces fit together, so they zoomed in on mutant mice. These mice were treated with a low dose of rotenone, […]

Published on August 8, 2022