AutismFeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 9, 2014·4 min readStudy Finds Link Between Neural Stem Cell Overgrowth and Autism Like Behavior in MiceResearchers show how inflammation in pregnant mice can trigger excessive division of neural stem cells in their offspring. This can result in an overgrowth of the brain and autism like behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 8, 2014·3 min readIn a Battle of Brains, Bigger Isn’t Always BetterBigger 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.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeuroscience·October 8, 2014·2 min readNeuroscientists 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.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 7, 2014·4 min readStroke Fighting Drug Offers Potential Traumatic Brain Injury TreatmentA new study reports that a drug used to help treatment the crippling effects of stokes also shows potential for healing similar damage in TBI.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 24, 2014·3 min readFor Neurons in the Brain Identity Can Be Used to Predict LocationResearchers develop a new mathematical model which uses gene expression data to predict where neurons are located throughout the brain.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·February 27, 2014·3 min readStudy Reveals Evolution at WorkNew research reveals some unique evolutionary innovations in the brains of primates.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 27, 2014·3 min readAfter Death, Twin Brains Show Similar Patterns of Neuropathologic ChangesResearchers 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 27, 2014·4 min readStudy First to Offer Detailed Map of Mouse Cerebral CortexA new study identifies eight distinct neural sub-networks which form the connectivity infrastructure of the mammalian cerebral cortex.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readIn One Ear and Out the OtherResearchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 26, 2014·3 min readOne Gene Influences Recovery from Traumatic Brain InjuryResearchers find a gene variant which could cause some people to be more impaired by TBI than others.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 26, 2014·5 min readStudy Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in KidsA new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readMaze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats LookProjecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.Read More
