FeaturedNeuroscience·June 22, 2020·3 min readAdult-born neurons grow more than their infancy-born counterpartsNeurons created as a result of adult neurogenesis mature for longer and grow larger than those created during infancy. Findings suggest adult-born neurons may have a more powerful function than those created during infancy and may play a critical role in neuroplasticity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 2, 2020·1 min readNewly identified dendritic action potentials give humans unique brain powerComputational power is amplified in the brain by newly discovered action potentials in dendrites.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 6, 2019·4 min readDendrites filtering neuron’s excitementPurkinje cells can modulate and filter incoming signals. The findings shed new light on learning mechanisms within the cerebellum.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 6, 2019·3 min readHow gene mutation causes autism and intellectual disabilityGenetic mutations in Usp9X results in the brain growing fewer synapses during development. The mutation also causes hyperactivity and an increased risk of anxiety. The findings shed new light on the cause of autism and other intellectual disabilities.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 17, 2019·3 min readFundamental insight into how memory changes with ageNew memories are laid down via different mechanisms in older mice compared to younger mice. Additionally, synaptic changes linked to new memory formation were harder to modify in older mice.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 29, 2019·4 min readLack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cells, as previously thoughtA lack of oxygen as a result of preterm birth does not cause hippocampal neurons to die but does impair hippocampal development. Hypoxia causes hippocampal cells to fail to mature normally, causing a reduction in long-term potentiation and impaired learning.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·August 6, 2019·6 min readLooking to the body to better understand the brainFrom researching the microbiome and immune system to nociception, scientists are looking beyond the nervous system to gain a better understanding of neurological and mental health disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 1, 2019·3 min readSuper-resolution microscopy sheds light on how dementia protein becomes dysfunctionalA microscopy study revealed tau controls Fyn clustering in dendrites. The findings shed new light on how certain forms of dementia may occur.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 12, 2019·4 min readThe way a single neuron processes information is never the sameWhen a neuron receives information, dendrites functionally work together to adjust for the complexity of the input.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 2, 2019·4 min readShort bout of exercise enhances brain functionShort bursts of exercise, equivalent to a pick-up game of basketball, boosts the function of a gene that increases dendritic spines in the hippocampus, helping to improve memory and learning.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·June 17, 2019·3 min readStem cells reprogrammed into neurons could reveal drugs harmful to pregnancyA new experimental system which uses embryonic stem cells reprogrammed into neurons has the potential to assess the pathogenic effects of a drug on brain development.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 9, 2019·5 min readNeurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computationWhen the soma of specific neurons is active, the dendrites of the same neuron are also active, even when animals are not engaged in a cognitively demanding task.Read More
