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This shows a glioma on the left parietal lobe via a CT scan.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Videos

·April 23, 2015·6 min read

Neural Activity in the Cerebral Cortex Stimulates Glioma Brain Cancer Growth

According to a new study, neural activity can stimulate the growth of high-grade glioma brain cancers.

This is a 3-D image of human neurons in a dish.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 23, 2015·4 min read

Targeting Protein Pathway Could Provide New Alzheimer’s Treatments

Manipulating the rate at which APP is broken down is directly connected to tau levels in the brain, a new study reports.

This image shows the fMRI scans which demonstrate the over and underconnectivity in the brain of children with autism.

Autism Featured

·April 8, 2015·4 min read

Sensorimotor Regions of the Brain Become Overconnected in Children with Autism

A new study reports the connections between the cerebellum and cerebral cortex appear to be overdeveloped in the sensorimotor regions of the brain in children with autism.

Image shows color-coded flat map of 1,923 rat cortical association .

Featured Neuroscience

·April 6, 2015·3 min read

Study Reveals Internet-Like Networks in Cerebral Cortex of Rats

A new study could change the way neuroscientists view the architecture of the brain.

Electrophysiology Featured

·March 18, 2015·3 min read

Researcher Explores Decoding of Complex Neural Circuits

Researchers develop a new method that utilizes lasers, which they hope will help decode complex neural circuits.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 8, 2015·3 min read

Mice Don’t Need the Cortex to Sing Their Songs

Researchers explore the foundations of vocal learning.

This image shows the location of the cerebral cortex in the human brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 5, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Map ‘Switches’ That Shaped the Evolution of the Human Brain

A new study provides detailed information about human specific changes in gene regulation and human brain development.

This image shows axonal fibers from basal forebrain parvalbumin GABA neurons.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 2, 2015·4 min read

Basal Forebrain Neurons Fine Tune Consciousness by Synchronizing Rhythms

A new study provides deeper understanding of the mechanisms the brain uses to sync up for conscious thought.

This image shows a brain slice of an embryonic mouse cerebral cortex. The caption best describes the image.

Featured Genetics

·February 27, 2015·3 min read

A Gene for Brain Size

Researchers discover a specific gene only found in humans, Neanderthals and Denisova-Humans which trigger brain stem cells to form a bigger pool of stem cells.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 19, 2015·3 min read

New Brain Mapping Reveals Unknown Cell Types

Researchers have produced a detailed map of cortical cells types and gene activity within them. They also report identifying a number of previously unknown cell types.