Posts Tagged ‘neuroscience research’
Memories May Skew Visual Perception
Taking a trip down memory lane while you are driving could land you in a roadside ditch, new research indicates. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that our visual perception can be contaminated by memories of what we have recently seen, impairing our ability to [Read More]
Gardening in the Brain
Specialist cells prune connections between neurons Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between [Read More]
Researchers Find Neural Signature of Mental Time Travel
Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have provided the first neurobiological evidence that memories formed in the same context become linked, the [Read More]
The Neuroscience of Creepy Robots – The Uncanny Valley Phenomenon
Your Brain on Androids Ever get the heebie-jeebies at a wax museum? Feel uneasy with an anthropomorphic robot? What about playing a video game or watching an animated movie, where the human characters are pretty realistic but just not quite right and maybe a bit creepy? If [Read More]
Breathing Restored after Spinal Cord Injury in Rodent Model
Study published in the online issue of Nature on July 14 Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breathing in an adult rodent model of [Read More]
Atomic Structure Discovered for a Sodium Channel that Generates Electrical Signals in Living Cells
The achievement opens new possibilities for designing drugs for pain, epilepsy and heart rhythm disturbances Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle have determined the atomic architecture of a sodium channel. The achievement opens new possibilities for [Read More]
Cracking the Code of the Mind – Neurons Connected to Computers to Decipher Neuronal Circuits’ Codes
TAU team connects neurons to computers to decipher the enigmatic code of neuronal circuits Machine logic is based on human logic. But although a computer processor can be dissembled and dissected in logical steps, the same is not true for the way our brains process [Read More]
“Unnatural” Chemical Allows Salk Researchers to Watch Protein Action in Brain Cells
Genetically embedded tools in neural stem cells may aid in development of regenerative medicine – critical for safe and reliable stem cell therapeutics Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate “unnatural” amino acids, [Read More]
What Causes Brain Cancer? Understanding Glioblastoma
Understanding glioblastoma at the genetic, molecular level Glioblastoma is the most common and most lethal form of brain tumor in people. Research published in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design offers a novel way to determine what biological [Read More]
Nervous System Stem Cells Can Replace Themselves, Give Rise to Variety of Cell Types, Even Amplify
Team reconstituted stem cells’ “family tree” A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain stem cell is capable not only of replacing itself and giving rise to specialized neurons and glia – important types of brain cells – but also of [Read More]
