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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·October 8, 2014·3 min read

In a Battle of Brains, Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Bigger brains don't necessarily mean greater intelligence, at least in mice and rats, a new study reports. The findings could have major implications for the future of research into learning and behavior.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience

·October 8, 2014·2 min read

Neuroscientists Use Snail Research to Help Explain “Chemo Brain”

A new study provides a possible explanation as to what causes cognitive and memory problems associated with chemotherapy treatments.

This image shows a bar chart and brain slices which show the cortical lesion volume after tbi and tpa treatment.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 7, 2014·4 min read

Stroke Fighting Drug Offers Potential Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

A new study reports that a drug used to help treatment the crippling effects of stokes also shows potential for healing similar damage in TBI.

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Featured Neuroscience

·March 24, 2014·3 min read

For Neurons in the Brain Identity Can Be Used to Predict Location

Researchers develop a new mathematical model which uses gene expression data to predict where neurons are located throughout the brain.

This image shows a slice of the visual cortex of an embryonic macaque monkey.

Featured Genetics

·February 27, 2014·3 min read

Study Reveals Evolution at Work

New research reveals some unique evolutionary innovations in the brains of primates.

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Featured Neurology

·February 27, 2014·3 min read

After Death, Twin Brains Show Similar Patterns of Neuropathologic Changes

Researchers compared the brains of twins where one, or both, died with Alzheimer's disease. They discovered many of the twins not only had similar progressions of the disease before death, but also similar combinations of pathologies.

This image shows stained axons and neurons in the mouse cerebral cortex.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 27, 2014·4 min read

Study First to Offer Detailed Map of Mouse Cerebral Cortex

A new study identifies eight distinct neural sub-networks which form the connectivity infrastructure of the mammalian cerebral cortex.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 26, 2014·3 min read

In One Ear and Out the Other

Researchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.

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Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 26, 2014·3 min read

One Gene Influences Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury

Researchers find a gene variant which could cause some people to be more impaired by TBI than others.

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Featured Psychology

·February 26, 2014·5 min read

Study Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in Kids

A new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 26, 2014·3 min read

Maze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats Look

Projecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.

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Autism Featured Psychology

·February 26, 2014·3 min read

New Autism Definition May Decrease Diagnosis by One Third

A new study reports a statistically significant decrease in patients being diagnosed with ASD by clinicians using the new DSM-5.

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