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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 19, 2016·4 min read

Neurons Form Synapse Clusters

Researchers report the contact points between specific neuron types are clustered in groups on the target neuron.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 30, 2016·4 min read

Can Neuroscience Help Identify Quick Language Learners?

Resting state brain activity may predict how quickly people are able to pick up a second language, a new study reports.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 23, 2016·4 min read

Human Brain Houses Diverse Populations of Neurons

Researchers have developed a scalable method to identify different subtypes of neurons in the brain.

Autism Featured Neurology

·June 20, 2016·5 min read

Brain Map Could Enable New Therapies for Autism and Huntington’s: Mouse Study

Researchers report they have mapped a portion of a mouse brain that could help explain which circuit disruptions may occur in Autism and Huntington's disease.

Featured Psychology

·June 13, 2016·3 min read

Neuroimaging Reveals Adaptations of the Alcoholic Brain

A new imaging technique could help to provide a way to break the cycle of alcoholism.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 13, 2016·4 min read

An Active Role for Dendrites in Cortical Processing

Researchers were able to predict the orientation preference of individual neurons by adding up the responses of their dendritic spines, a new study reports.

Image shows brain tissue sample of blast related TBI injuries and normal tbi samples.

Featured Neurology

·June 10, 2016·5 min read

Invisible Wounds of War Now Able to be Seen

Researchers have discovered a unique pattern of scarring in the brains of those who were exposed to blast brain injuries that differs from those exposed to other types of head injury.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2016·4 min read

How Interactions Between Neural Networks Changes During Working Memory

According to researchers, dopamine signaling within the cerebral cortex can predict changes between neural networks during working memory tasks.

Featured Genetics

·June 2, 2016·5 min read

Gene Critical For Human Brain Development Identified

Researchers report they have uncovered a gene responsible for brain development and also discovered how it may work.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 26, 2016·5 min read

Capturing the Activity of an Entire Brain in a Snapshot

Researchers have developed a new brain mapping technique that is able to capture a detailed snapshot of global activity in a mouse brain.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 11, 2016·3 min read

Mouse Model of Zika During Pregnancy Shows How Fetuses Become Infected

The Zika virus migrated from the mother's bloodstream and into the placenta, where it multiplied and spread into the fetal circulation before infecting the brains of fetuses in mouse models of the disease.