FeaturedNeuroscience·January 12, 2016·4 min readTweaking Brain Circuit Boosts Social MemoryResearchers use optogenetics to tweak neural circuitry and enhance social memory in mice.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedPsychology·January 6, 2016·4 min readLoss of Hippocampal Cells Linked to SchizophreniaA new study reports social memory deficits in schizophrenia may be a result of a decreased number of inhibitory neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·5 min readHow Fast Do Your Nerve Cells Talk?Researchers engineered chimeras to tune the speed of neurotransmitter release.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 15, 2015·5 min readIncreasing Memory with a Flash of LightResearchers have successfully created a new, light sensitive, plant-human hybrid protein that efficiently modulates calcium channels.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2015·5 min readMechanism for Unhealthy Brain Aging Associated with Alzheimer’s IdentifiedResearchers report they have discovered a link between unhealthy brain aging and a protein responsible for regulating calcium.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 19, 2015·4 min readResearchers Discover Part of the Brain that Deciphers Memory from Novel ExperienceAccording to a new study, two parts of the hippocampus work together to identify is a stimulus is novel or familiar.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 6, 2015·4 min readGrowing Human Serotonin Neurons in a Petri DishResearchers have successfully generated human serotonin neurons from human fibroblasts.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 21, 2015·5 min readBlood Vessels Age WellAging could trigger an adaptive response to counteract the effects of oxidative stress on blood vessels, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 20, 2015·3 min readNeurons Learning to Remember: Mechanism of Neural Information Storage IdentifiedResearchers identify a calcium dependent mechanism for neuronal information storage.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 31, 2015·2 min readTracking Dendritic Activity During Learning Reveals How the Brain Encodes and Stores InformationA new study provides additional insight into how the brain stores and encodes new information.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·February 19, 2015·2 min readNew Insights into Underlying Cellular Mechanisms of Information Processing in the BrainA new study identifies a key factor in regulating information transmission during the early stages of auditory processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 16, 2014·2 min readLocking Shut the Calcium ChannelResearchers report a previously unknown mechanism which regulates the release of calcium could also be involved in some neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
