FeaturedNeuroscience·January 29, 2013·3 min readIn-Brain Monitoring Shows Memory NetworkWorking with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers show that areas of the brain work simultaneously to recall memories. The approach promises new insights into how we remember details of time and place.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 24, 2013·2 min readNeuroscientists Create Fiber Optic Method of Arresting Epileptic Seizures in MiceUC Irvine neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals, heralding a novel opportunity to treat the most severe manifestations of the brain disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurology·August 20, 2012·3 min readDeep Brain Stimulation to Treat Obesity?Electrical brain stimulation targeting the “dysregulated reward circuitry” could make deep brain stimulation a new option for the difficult-to-treat problem of obesity.Read More
ElectrophysiologyNeuroethics·June 4, 2012·2 min readNeuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are BlindWhen people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...Read More
FeaturedNeuroethicsNeuroscience·April 7, 2011·3 min readTechnique for Letting Brain Talk to Computers Now Tunes in SpeechScientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted brain-computer interfaces to listen to regions of the brain that control speech.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·October 27, 2010·5 min readHuman Thought Can Voluntarily Control Neurons in BrainNeuroscience research involving epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes shows that patients learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with thoughts.Read More
