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A genetic disorder leads to an increase in bioactive lipids in the brain, resulting in an imbalance between excitation and inhibition in neural circuits and promoting mental disorders.

Many neurons in the network that are at the right level of excitation would rely on this current to spontaneously spike.

"It involved delicate sample handling techniques and optimization of conditions, such as excitation wavelengths, for achieving deep imaging of flowers," she explained.

"The advantage is that ions allow highly localized, short-time excitations in the material compared to what laser light can do. This enables high-precision studies of how graphene and other 2D materials evolve over time."

Moreover, their extreme temporal confinement allows for temporal isolation of the sample's response from the main excitation pulse.