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·July 6, 2017·6 min read

Controlling Memory By Triggering Specific Brain Waves During Sleep

Using optogenetics, researchers manipulated pulses of neural activity during non REM sleep that made mice either remember of forget things they had learned. This novel study demonstrated that altering sleep spindle oscillations during sleep has an impact on memory formation and retention.

This microscopy image shows the mouse cortex during development.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·November 28, 2014·2 min read

‘Chatty’ Cells Help Build the Brain

Genetic cues and communication between neurons and progenitors influence the development o the cerebral cortex, a new study reports.

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·March 29, 2021·3 min read

Depression Affects Visual Perception

People with depression often experience problems with visual perception. Researchers report issues with visual perception are likely linked to information processing differences in the cerebral cortex.

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.

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.

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 Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 26, 2016·6 min read

Genetic Factors Responsible for Creating Anatomical Patterns in the Cortex

A new study reports anatomical patterning in the brain's cortex is controlled by genetic factors.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·December 29, 2016·5 min read

Scientists Engineer Gene Pathway to Grow Brain Organoids With Surface Folding

Findings could help to identify cells affected by Zika virus, researchers report.

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·June 18, 2018·4 min read

Why Being Left Handed Matters for Mental Health

Researchers believe some treatments for mental health conditions may be ineffective, or even dangerous for left handed people. A new study reports areas of the brain housing alertness and determination may be on the right side for left dominant people. The new theory suggests the location of a person's neural system for emotion depends on their handedness.

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·January 12, 2018·4 min read

Mapping Out Genetic ‘Switches’ Behind Human Brain Evolution

Researchers have created a map of gene regulation in human cortical neurogenesis. The study reveals a number of factors that govern brain growth and the development of some brain disorders.

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.

Many neurostem cells, nuclei and astrocytes are shown mixed together.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 5, 2019·4 min read

Discovery of the Genetics Conductor of Brain Stem Cells

Researchers describe their findings about how the Foxg1 gene is involved in the development and differentiation of neurons and glial cells from stem cells.

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