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·September 25, 2014·2 min read

The Seat of Consciousness

Researchers report the content of consciousness is based in two different regions of the brain.

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·September 25, 2014·2 min read

New Findings on How Brain Handles Tactile Sensations

A new study shows how tactile sensations are coded at the cellular level in the brain.

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·August 14, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Use Lasers to Control Mouse Brain Switchboard

A new optogenetics study could be a breakthrough in understanding how the TRN influences consciousness.

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·June 9, 2014·3 min read

Game Technology Teaches Mice and Men to Hear Better in Noisy Environments

Researchers have developed a new type of game that helps train people to enhance their ability to discriminate soft sounds in noisy backgrounds.

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·June 9, 2014·4 min read

Tangled Path of Alzheimer’s Linked Brain Cells Mapped in Mice

Researchers have mapped cholinergic neurons, the first type of cells to degenerate in people with Alzheimer's disease.

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·June 4, 2014·2 min read

Crows’ Memories are Made of This

NCL neurons allow crows to remember things in the short term, a new study reports.

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·May 29, 2014·3 min read

Neural Transplant Reduces Absence Epilepsy Seizures in Mice

Researchers identify areas in the cerebral cortex which are affected in mice with absence epilepsy. Transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas, the researchers were able to alleviate the symptoms of the disease by reducing seizure activity.

This image is an fMRI brain scan of a patient with the CLP1 mutation.

Featured Genetics

·April 24, 2014·3 min read

A Single Mutation Causes Rare Brain Disorder

Researchers trace a rare, previously unknown neurodegenerative disorder to a single genetic mutation in one individual born during the time of the Ottoman Empire.