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·November 5, 2015·4 min read

Reprogramming Neurons

Researchers have successfully shown that the networks of communication among reprogrammed neurons and their neighbors can also be changed.

Diagram of the hippocampus in the human brain.

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·October 29, 2015·3 min read

Differences Between Male and Female Brain Area? Big Data Says Not Really

A new study uses big data to debunk the belief that the hippocampus is larger in women than in men.

Diagram shows how tau protein affects the brain in Alzheimer's.

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·October 26, 2015·5 min read

How Alzheimer’s Protein Tangles Spread Through the Brain

A new study provides a rare, pathological version of how tau proteins can pass directly from neuron to neuron in the brain.

Image shows a baby and its mother taking a computerized test.

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·October 13, 2015·3 min read

New Imaging Tool Allows a Deeper Look Inside the Living Brain, Noninvasively

Researchers have developed a new, noninvasive imaging tool that allows them to see inside the living brain. They report the technology could allows tracking of neurodegenerative diseases progressing in the brain.

Image shows stem cells in the developing brain.

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·October 1, 2015·6 min read

Diverse Mutations Reveal Lineage of Neurons

Researchers discover somatic mutations appear to occur most often in the genes neurons use most.

Image shows a reconstruction of cerebral cortex neurons using the SegEM program.

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·September 28, 2015·3 min read

Speeding Up Reconstruction of the Connectome

Researchers have developed new software that speeds up connectome analysis by up-to ten times.

Diagram of the human subventricular zone in the brain.

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·September 24, 2015·6 min read

Stem Cell Findings May Explain How the Human Brain Evolved

Researchers map the genes of a unique group of neural stem cells that appear to generate most of the neurons in the cerebral cortex.

This is a fast spiking interneuron in the cerebral cortex of the mouse.

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·September 10, 2015·3 min read

Dynamically Tweaking Neurons

Researchers have discovered a new molecular ‘switch’ that controls the properties of neurons in response to changes in the activity of their neural network.

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·September 3, 2015·9 min read

Observing Nature Versus Nurture in Neural Stem Cells

New image tracking technology allows researchers to observe differences in growth and movement that exists between stem cells in two different areas of the brain.