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Featured Neurology

·August 24, 2016·6 min read

Identifying the Spark Plug That Ignites Nerve Cell Damage in ALS

Researchers have identified a key instigator of neural damage in people with ALS.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2016·2 min read

A Clear View of the Nervous System

A new imaging technique is allowing researchers to gain insights into structures of neural networks.

Featured Neurology

·August 8, 2016·5 min read

Beneficial Role Clarified for Brain Protein Associated with Mad Cow Disease

Researchers report a protein normally associated with prion diseases may help to maintain myelin.

Featured Neurology

·July 11, 2016·8 min read

Predicting Language Deficits Following Strokes with Connectome Based Imaging

Researchers report that, following a stroke, mapping the brain's white matter connections in addition to imaging tissue damage could help to predict which patients will have language deficits and how severe they may be.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 11, 2016·4 min read

Visual Activity Regenerates Neural Connections Between the Eye and Brain

A new study reports high contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons to regrow optic nerve fibers.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2016·4 min read

The Finer Details of Neuronal Communication

Researchers have optimized optical and electrophysiological recordings from single neurons to study axonal excitability with unprecedented detail.

Image shows the neural circuitry in the visual thalamus of a mouse.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 15, 2016·5 min read

Eye Opening Complexity: An Up Close Insight on Connections Between Retina and Thalamus

Researchers reveal the complex neural network that connects the retina and thalamus may represent the first stage in processing visual information learned by experience.