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·September 20, 2013·2 min read

Memory Related Brain Network Shrinks with Aging

Researchers find brain regions associated with memory shrink as adults age. This decrease in size is more pronounced in those who later develop neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's.

This image shows lead researcher, Stephen LaConte sitting in front of the fMRI machine.

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·September 20, 2013·4 min read

Covert Operations: Your Brain Digitally Remastered for Clarity of Thought

Neurofeedback which enhances the signal-to-noise ratio of brain activity, could have positive implication for rehabilitation following brain injury.

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·September 20, 2013·4 min read

Researchers Show How Brain Cell Connections Become Cemented Early in Life

A new study reports on how neurons keep their most active connections with other cells, while letting other synapses lapse.

This is a copy of the brain that changes itself.

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·September 20, 2013·1 min read

“The Brain That Changes Itself” Author Norman Doidge to Present Webinar Based on Best Selling Book

On Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), Scientific Learning Corp. will present a free, online seminar by Norman Doidge, M.D., author of the New York Times and international bestseller, "The Brain That Changes Itself."

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·September 19, 2013·4 min read

Coma: Researchers Observe Never Before Detected Brain Activity

Researchers observe brain activity beyond a flat line EEG in human patients with extreme deep hypoxic comas.

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·September 19, 2013·4 min read

Financial Boom and Bust Drivers, All in the Mind?

Biological mechanisms in the brains of traders lead them to predict how others will behave, resulting in stock marketing bubbles crashing; a new study suggests.

PirB (red) is heavily concentrated on the surface of growing nerve cells.

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·September 19, 2013·5 min read

Versatile Proteins Could be New Target for Alzheimer’s Drugs

Proteins which control the visual system development in young brains could also affect vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease in the aging brain, a new study reports.

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·September 19, 2013·5 min read

Circadian Clock is Key to Firing Up Cell’s Furnace

Researchers have identified how the circadian clock helps prime mitochondria to correctly use stored energy when we are not eating.

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·September 19, 2013·3 min read

Worm Research: Right Combination of Sugars Regulates Brain Development

A new study reveals how the tiny mir-79 molecule regulates neural development in roundworms.

This is a microscopic view of the entorhinal cortex.

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·September 19, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Gain New Insights into the Workings of the Brain

Researchers obtain new insight into the functioning of a region of the brain involved in spatial orientation, but which is damaged by Alzheimer's disease.