FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 2, 2016·5 min readSensorimotor Cortex Commands the Performance of Skilled MovementResearchers report the sensorimotor cortex is essential for initiating and executing complex movement.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2016·2 min readAlzheimer-Type Brain Pathology Following Transplantation of Dura MaterResearchers have discovered Alzheimer-type pathology in the brains of some dura mater transplant recipients who later died of CJD.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·January 7, 2016·4 min readSlow Stem Cell Division May Cause Small BrainsA new study reports delayed neural stem cells can produce smaller brains than normal.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 29, 2015·5 min readA New Method for Analyzing Synaptic DensityResearchers have developed a machine learning tool that could help further understanding of synaptic activity in learning and neurodevelopment.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 3, 2015·4 min readIs Dopamine to Blame For Our Addictions?A new paper considers the role dopamine plays in addiction.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 2, 2015·3 min readKeeping Emotions in Check With NeurofeedbackResearchers help children control their emotions with the help of neurofeedback.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 1, 2015·3 min readFish Could Be Conscious and Have EmotionsZebrafish display emotional fever and could have some degree of consciousness, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 16, 2015·3 min readHuman Brains Evolved to Be More Responsive to Environmental InfluencesA new study reports the human brain exhibits greater plasticity than the brains of chimpanzees, which may have accounted for part of our evolution.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·November 16, 2015·3 min readDecoding Patterns That Make Our Brains HumanResearchers provide an insight into the genetic coding that makes our brains distinctly human.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 5, 2015·4 min readReprogramming NeuronsResearchers have successfully shown that the networks of communication among reprogrammed neurons and their neighbors can also be changed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 29, 2015·3 min readDifferences Between Male and Female Brain Area? Big Data Says Not ReallyA new study uses big data to debunk the belief that the hippocampus is larger in women than in men.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 26, 2015·5 min readHow Alzheimer’s Protein Tangles Spread Through the BrainA new study provides a rare, pathological version of how tau proteins can pass directly from neuron to neuron in the brain.Read More
