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·April 27, 2017·5 min read

Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance and Depressive Behaviors: Mouse Study

Researchers have identified a gene that allows serotonin neurons to spread their branches throughout the brain. Mice lacking this gene showed entangled neuron branches and signs of depression.

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·April 20, 2017·3 min read

Study Overturns Seminal Research About the Developing Nervous System

Study overturns conventional thought about how axons grow during embryonic development.

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·April 19, 2017·4 min read

Cell Biologists Discover Crucial ‘Traffic Regulator’ in Neurons

Researchers provide a comprehensive map of transport in mammalian axons.

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·March 10, 2017·5 min read

Researchers Discover How Neurons Tell Each Other to Die Under Trauma and Disease

According to researchers, axons coordinate each other's destruction, contributing to neurodegeneration.

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·March 8, 2017·8 min read

Discovery Rewriting the Evolutionary History of the Nervous System

A new study tests conventional theories on the development of the nervous system and sheds light on how the nervous system may have evolved.

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·February 21, 2017·4 min read

Creative People Have Better Connected Brains

A new study reports highly creative people appear to have more connections between their brain hemispheres.

Image shows the in vitro model showing three distinct regions of the brain connected by axons.

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·January 13, 2017·5 min read

Multiregional Brain on a Chip

A newly developed brain on a chip models the connectivity between the amygdala, prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.

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·December 20, 2016·5 min read

White Matter Structure in Brain Predicts Cognitive Function at Ages 1 and 2

A new study reports white matter structure can predict an infant's cognitive abilities and functions at the ages of 1 and 2.

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·December 8, 2016·5 min read

New Clues to Myelination Could Help Identify Ways to Intervene in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Researchers discovered an important component of myelination following birth that could help treat neurodegenerative diseases.

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·November 21, 2016·3 min read

Musical Training Creates New Brain Connections in Children

According to researchers, taking music lessons can increase brain fiber connections in children. Music lessons may also prove a useful tool in treating Autism and ADHD.

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·November 17, 2016·4 min read

Walking is Bound Hand and Foot

Researchers have identified subpopulations of neurons in the spinal cord that help coordinate the movement of the arms and legs to ensure a stable body posture during locomotion.