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·August 10, 2020·4 min read

Individual Differences in the Brain

Distinct personality traits emerge and manifest via both behavior and neural activity.

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·July 21, 2020·5 min read

Scientists Observe Learning Processes Online in the Brain

Repeatedly administered tactile simulation over a sustained period of time alters neural processing of the hand area in the brain. The observable changes over time illustrate neuroplasticity and shed new light on the process of learning.

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·July 20, 2020·4 min read

Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

Oxytocin, the so-called "love hormone," could help to treat cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Researchers demonstrated oxytocin reversed the effects of amyloid-beta on hippocampal LTP in mice. The findings suggest oxytocin could be used as a therapeutic for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

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·July 6, 2020·6 min read

To Let Neurons Talk, Immune Cells Clear Paths Through Brain’s ‘Scaffolding’

Dropping the level of the IL-33 immune molecule increased the number of synapses in the brain. In older mice, ramping up IL-33 helped push the number of new synapses toward a more youthful state.

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·June 5, 2020·5 min read

Chemical messenger in brain could point to better treatments for anxiety

Corticotropin-releasing factor and neuropeptide Y work in synchronized opposition to each other to remodel and rewire neurons in the amygdala as a response to stress. The process, researchers say, can be manually reversed to help relieve anxiety.

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·June 4, 2020·3 min read

Adult neurogenesis essential for sleep-induced memory consolidation

Adult born neurons are essential for synaptic structural remodeling and memory consolidation during REM sleep, a new mouse study found.

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·May 4, 2020·4 min read

Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters

Neurons in the caudal pedunculopontine nucleus, an area of the brain that regulates motor coordination, switch neurotransmitters from acetylcholine to GABA as a result of exercise. The switch appears to provide feedback control that regulates motor coordination and skill learning.

This shows the brain scans of a person who had a hemispherectomy

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·November 19, 2019·4 min read

Brain scans reveal how the human brain compensates when one hemisphere is removed

The brains of adults who received hemispherectomies as children had unusually strong connections between functional brain networks in the remaining hemisphere, which help the body to function as if the brain were intact.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 7, 2019·5 min read

Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing

Criticality in the brain was linked to inhibitory neurons imposing and organizing the computational dynamics.

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·September 13, 2019·2 min read

Discovering biological mechanisms enabling pianists to achieve skillful fingering

Expert pianists have altered mechanisms by with tactile and proprioceptive sensations suppress activity in the primary motor cortex.

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·September 13, 2019·5 min read

The toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brains

Artists who paint with their feet have finely tuned toe maps in their brains. The study opens up questions about organizational principles of the whole body system.

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·June 4, 2019·4 min read

Brains of children with epilepsy able to re-map after surgery to retain visual perception

Following surgery, the brains of children with epilepsy are able to remap and compensate for damaged areas of the visual cortex. The findings shed light on brain plasticity.

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brain plasticity

Individual Differences in the Brain

Scientists Observe Learning Processes Online in the Brain

Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

To Let Neurons Talk, Immune Cells Clear Paths Through Brain’s ‘Scaffolding’

Chemical messenger in brain could point to better treatments for anxiety

Adult neurogenesis essential for sleep-induced memory consolidation

Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters

Brain scans reveal how the human brain compensates when one hemisphere is removed

Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing

Discovering biological mechanisms enabling pianists to achieve skillful fingering

The toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brains

Brains of children with epilepsy able to re-map after surgery to retain visual perception

Linking Stress to Comfort Food Cravings: A Brain Chemical’s Role

Childhood Stability Fosters Risk-Taking and Exploration

COVIDiots! How COVID-19 Reshaped Our Language

Internet Usage and Mental Health

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