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Image shows the location of the amygdala in the brain.

Manipulation of Specific Neurons Helps to Erase Bad Memories and Enhance Good Ones

Neuroscience NewsMay 5, 2016

According to researchers, traumatic memories are strengthened by an increased release of acetylcholine in the amygdala. Decreasing acetylcholine signaling during traumatic experience helped wipe out memory.... Read More...

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Image shows astrocytes in the hippocampus.

How the Brain Switches to Memory Mode

Neuroscience NewsMay 5, 2016

Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows memory to switch from recall to memorization.... Read More...

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Mapping Neurons Implicated in Parkinson’s Motor Impairment

Neuroscience NewsApril 21, 2016

Researchers have mapped out a circuit of neurons responsible for motor impairment in Parkinson's disease patients.... Read More...

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Brain Scans Link Physical Changes to Cognitive Risks for Common Over the Counter Drugs

Neuroscience NewsApril 18, 2016

A new neuroimaging study links neurobiological changes to the cognitive impairments associated with some common, over the counter medications.... Read More...

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Memory Suppressor Gene May Hold Key to New Alzheimer’s Treatments

Neuroscience NewsApril 14, 2016

Researchers have identified a unique memory suppressor gene that may be useful for developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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Lipid Based Diets Effectively Combat Alzheimer’s in Mouse Models of Disease

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 10, 2016

Researchers have developed several new lipid based diets that appear to slow the progression of Alzheimer's in mouse models of the disease.... Read More...

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Anticholinergic Drugs Do Not Increase Dementia Risk in Parkinson’s

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 4, 2016

A new study reports Parkinson's patients who take anticholinergic medications show no significant decline in cognitive performance from those who do not take the medications.... Read More...

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Image shows overlap of acetylcholine and glutamate in the habenular.

So Hard To Quit: New Mechanism in Nicotine Addiction Discovered

Neuroscience NewsDecember 2, 2015

Acetylcholine regulates glutamate signaling in the habenula, reinforcing nicotine addiction, researchers report.... Read More...

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Study Helps Explain Why Many Alcohol Drinkers are Also Smokers

Neuroscience NewsOctober 27, 2015

A new study reports nicotine reduces the sleep inducing effects of alcohol.... Read More...

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This is a cartoon of two surprised looking mice.

Cholinergic Neurons Send Brain Wide Broadcasts, Enabling the Ability to Learn From the Unexpected

Neuroscience NewsAugust 27, 2015

A new study reports cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain respond to reward and punishment with unusual speed and precision.... Read More...

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This drawing shows mature hair cells, left, lose connections to outgoing neurons (blue) and gain connections to incoming neurons (red) as they age, right.

Researchers Discover Possible Contributor to Age Related Hearing Loss

Neuroscience NewsJuly 13, 2015

A new study reports new nerve cell connections on sensory cells could contribute to age related hearing loss.... Read More...

ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurology5 min read

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Neurotransmitter Binding Site Function Revealed with Unprecedented Accuracy

Neuroscience NewsDecember 15, 2014

New research significantly advances understanding of how drugs activate receptors.... Read More...

ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience4 min read

News

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neuroscience

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neurology

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

AI

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Robotics

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Psychology

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Infants later diagnosed with autism seldom initiate joint attention

Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

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Manipulation of Specific Neurons Helps to Erase Bad Memories and Enhance Good Ones

How the Brain Switches to Memory Mode

Mapping Neurons Implicated in Parkinson’s Motor Impairment

Brain Scans Link Physical Changes to Cognitive Risks for Common Over the Counter Drugs

Memory Suppressor Gene May Hold Key to New Alzheimer’s Treatments

Lipid Based Diets Effectively Combat Alzheimer’s in Mouse Models of Disease

Anticholinergic Drugs Do Not Increase Dementia Risk in Parkinson’s

So Hard To Quit: New Mechanism in Nicotine Addiction Discovered

Study Helps Explain Why Many Alcohol Drinkers are Also Smokers

Cholinergic Neurons Send Brain Wide Broadcasts, Enabling the Ability to Learn From the Unexpected

Neurotransmitter Binding Site Function Revealed with Unprecedented Accuracy