Seeking the neural code
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Neuroscientists are trying to decipher the neural language and early hypotheses about sensory perception have envisioned strictly linear transmission of signals along discrete neural routes between stimulus receptors and higher processing centers in the brain. The monitoring large populations of neurons in sensory pathways has revealed instead that the information is encoded in the spatiotemporal activity patterns of entire neural ensembles.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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Simulating water and the molecules of life
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The bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) is the widely-used protein used in the analysis of water molecules due to its inherent simplicity. By integrating BPTI in computer simulation models, experts may be able to evaluate the biological reactions occurring at the cellular level.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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