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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 10, 2016·3 min read

Enhancing Neural Activity Promotes Axon Regeneration in Adults

Researchers report axon regeneration can be boosted by using optogenetics or chemogenetics to enhance neural activity.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 21, 2016·5 min read

Viral Tool Maps Brain Activity in Real Time

Researchers use a neutered strain of the rabies virus to map brain activity in real time.

Image shows a section of a mouse spinal cord.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·November 19, 2015·4 min read

How Neurons Find Their Way in the Developing Brain

Researchers have discovered a molecule secreted by cells in the spinal cord that help guide axons during the development of the central nervous system.

Outline of a head with the brain exposed in orange.

Brain Cancer Featured

·November 7, 2015·4 min read

Tumor Network in Brain Increases Treatment Resistance

Researchers uncover a possible reason as to why astrocytomas don't respond to standard forms of cancer treatment.

Featured Psychology

·October 14, 2015·3 min read

Bigger Brains Don’t Mean Higher IQ

Brain structure, rather than brain size, appears to be more important for human intelligence and cognitive function.

Image shows zebrafish larva infected with cryptococcal meningitis.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Videos

·September 29, 2015·5 min read

Meningitis Model Shows Infection’s Sci-Fi Worthy Creep Into the Brain

A new study tracks, in real time, how Cryptococcal meningitis invades the brain.

Image shows a brain scan with the choroid plexus highlighted and a graph. The caption best describes the image.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·September 22, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Discover Unexpected Link Between Chronic Pain and Choroid Plexus

Researchers have discovered a novel link between the size of the choroid plexus and complex regional pain syndrome.

Diagram of a newborn babsy with an open defect spinal bifida.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 15, 2015·8 min read

Best Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery May Be Identified Through Brain Scans

A new study reports fetuses with enlarged ventricles may be less likely to benefit from prenatal surgery to treat spina bifida than other fetuses, and are more likely to require a second surgery to relieve a build up of pressure on the brain.

This shows two nerves (stained in red and green), which are responsible for transmitting information from the hair cells to the brain and from neurons (small green dots) that alter hair cell sensitivity.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 4, 2015·4 min read

Maintaining the Balance

A new study reports on how signals from the spinal cord adjust the sensitivity of hair cells in the inner ear to accommodate shifts in head position and to insure balance is maintained.

This image shows the routing of neural signals from the two eyes to the brain.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·August 14, 2015·6 min read

Can Your Brain Control How it Loses Control?

New findings about glaucoma may have implications for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

This shows a amyloid plaques in the brain.

Featured Neurology

·August 7, 2015·4 min read

Ability to Remove Alzheimer’s Disease Protein From the Brain Slows With Age

According to researchers, as we age, it takes a lot longer to clear amyloid beta from the brain, thus leading to a build up of the toxic protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease.