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·April 25, 2019·3 min read

Sleep frees the hippocampus for new memory contents

A rapid memory system transition from the hippocampus to the posterior parietal cortex is stabilized as we sleep. Sleep and repeated rehearsal of memory jointly contribute to long-term memory consolidation.

Image is a diagram showing how anesthesia disrupts neurodevelopment

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 12, 2019·4 min read

Anesthesia sends neurons down the wrong path in unborn rat babies

In utero exposure to anesthesia appears to disrupt the migration of neurons to developing brain areas critical to language and cognition in rats.

This shows the location of the thalamus in the brain

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·April 1, 2019·4 min read

Thalamus and cerebral cortex interactions influence the decision on sensory perceptions

The direction of information flow and instant synchronization of the sensory thalamocortical circuit play critical roles in sensory perception.

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.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 27, 2019·7 min read

First Common Risk Genes for Autism Discovered

Researchers have identified the first common genetic risk variants for ASD. The study, which also reveals specific genetics differences in clinical subgroups of autism, may help in providing more precise diagnoses for those on the autism spectrum.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 26, 2019·4 min read

‘Silent Type’ Cells Play Greater Role in Brain Behavior Than Previously Thought

A new study challenges the assumption of many scientists, that the most active neurons involved in complex activity are also the most important in controlling behavior.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 26, 2019·4 min read

Neural Mechanism of Developmental Dyslexia Discovered

Contrary to popular belief, developmental dyslexia is not caused by a structural dysfunction in the cerebral cortex, researchers report. A new study reveals developmental dyslexia is the result of a decrease in white matter connectivity between the mPT and MGB.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 25, 2019·7 min read

Estrogen Made by Neurons Important to Memory Making

Researchers report estrogen may play a significant role in synaptic plasticity and memory formation. The study reports mice whose neurons did not produce estrogen have impairments in spatial reference memories, recognition and contextual fear memories. Restoring estrogen levels assisted in reversing the memory impairments, the study revealed.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 22, 2019·5 min read

How the Brain Processes Images

Researchers report signals from the retina are subjected to selective processing at the earliest neural way-station in the functional pathway connecting the retina to the visual cortex.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 19, 2019·5 min read

Unexpected Place for Learning and Memory in the Brain

A new study reveals the somatosensory cortex plays a complex role in memory and reward learning.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·February 18, 2019·3 min read

Mapping Brain Circuits in Newborns May Aid Early Detection of Autism

Researchers used non invasive MRI brain scans to map the brains of newborns. The study reveals the brain architecture that emerges as the brain reshapes during the third trimester of pregnancy. The map can be used to detect atypical connections in the brain that serve as biomarkers for ASD.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 11, 2019·3 min read

Spinal Cord is Smarter than Previously Thought

A new study reveals how the spinal cord is able to process and control more complex functions researchers previously believed to have been goverened by the cerebral cortex.

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cerebral cortex

Sleep frees the hippocampus for new memory contents

Anesthesia sends neurons down the wrong path in unborn rat babies

Thalamus and cerebral cortex interactions influence the decision on sensory perceptions

Discovery of the Genetics Conductor of Brain Stem Cells

First Common Risk Genes for Autism Discovered

‘Silent Type’ Cells Play Greater Role in Brain Behavior Than Previously Thought

Neural Mechanism of Developmental Dyslexia Discovered

Estrogen Made by Neurons Important to Memory Making

How the Brain Processes Images

Unexpected Place for Learning and Memory in the Brain

Mapping Brain Circuits in Newborns May Aid Early Detection of Autism

Spinal Cord is Smarter than Previously Thought

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Brain Prioritizes “Sound Offsets” During Hearing Repair

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

Why Your Brain “Dreams” Even When You’re Awake

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