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This image shows a slide of the three types of cells in the rat visual cortex.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 4, 2014·2 min read

Waking Up the Visual System

Researchers observe changes in two populations of visual cortex neurons in rodents waking from anesthesia.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 6, 2018·3 min read

Pathway for Alzheimer’s Degeneration Discovered

Researchers have developed a new neuroimaging method to track neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. The method helped uncover a new pathway for how degeneration spreads from one brain region to another.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 18, 2019·4 min read

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain

A set of neurons in the basal forebrain may drive aversions to certain foods.

Image shows the location of the hypothalamus.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 3, 2016·4 min read

Basal Forebrain Linked to Appetite Control and Nicotine Addiction

A new study opens the door for new treatments to help treat obesity and other eating disorders.

Image shows a person at a cross roads with signs saying risk and safe.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 27, 2016·5 min read

Neural Circuits Involved in Making Risky Decisions Identified

Researchers have uncovered what goes on in our brains when we are faced with the decision to take a risk or play it safe.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 29, 2016·4 min read

Motivation to Bully is Regulated by Brain’s Reward Circuits

Researchers report bullying behavior activates primary reward circuits in the brain, making it a pleasurable behavior to a certain subset of individuals.

Image of a glass of beer and a cigarette.

Featured Psychology

·October 27, 2015·4 min read

Study Helps Explain Why Many Alcohol Drinkers are Also Smokers

A new study reports nicotine reduces the sleep inducing effects of alcohol.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 9, 2022·4 min read

How Early Life Experiences May Affect Brain Wiring

Early life experiences may affect neural wiring patterns that can lead to the development of ASD, schizophrenia, and epilepsy later in life, a new study reports.