The auditory periphery of Ormia ochracea does not allow for spatial release from masking.

An implantable device based on organic electrochemical transistors is developed for quantitative mapping of neurotransmitter release across multiple brain regions, revealing a cross-talk between the mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathways.

Release site heterogeneity represents a previously unknown level of structural and functional organization within individual active zones in central synapses, which determines the spatiotemporal dynamics of multi-vesicular release.

Multi-electrode recordings and modeling are combined to reveal the transformations of signals from cones to bipolar cells and then to ganglion cells within the primate retina.

Asynchronous release is not uniform, but comprises two subpopulations of events, one occurring inside the active zone and another occurring ectopically, which are characterized by distinctive spatiotemporal dynamics in hippocampal synapses.

Cells control signal circulation to set the frequency of information transmitted over tissue scales.

Targeting a genetically-encoded glutamate sensor to postsynaptic sites demonstrates the feasibility of simultaneous optical quantal analysis of many inputs to a neuron in wide-field fluorescence microscopy.

A technology for measuring release of dopamine simultaneously from hundreds of release sites at the spatial resolution of a synapse is provided.

Acetylcholine, released from cholinergic fibers originating from the medial septum, shapes social memory, and controls the CA2 hippocampal circuit via nicotinic receptors localized on GABAergic interneurons.

Negative feedback signals within the substantia nigra regulate the output of the basal ganglia, with implications for disorders such as Parkinson's disease.