FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 9, 2017·3 min readHuman Minibrains Reveal Effects of Psychedelic SubstanceA new study reveals psychedelic substances may have a neuroprotective role when it comes to inflammation. Researchers also report psychedelics can alter signaling pathways associated with neuroplasticity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 2, 2017·2 min readHow Sleep Helps the Brain to Reorganize ItselfA Nature Communications study reveals the activity of dendrites increase as we sleep. This increased activity could be key to how we are able to form memories.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 21, 2017·4 min readHighly Precise Wiring in the Cerebral CortexResearchers from Max Planck Institute have identified a neural connectivity pattern in the medial entorhinal cortex that appears to assist with navigation.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·September 1, 2017·3 min readVirus Hijacks Cell’s Transportation SystemAccording to a PNAS study, the RNAs of tick borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are transported from the cell body to dendrites. The viral RNAs then reproduce the viruses within the dendrites, disturbing neural activity.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·August 7, 2017·3 min readA New View for Protein Turnover in the BrainResearchers discover lysosomes can travel to dendrites and also be recruited by dendritic spines.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 7, 2017·3 min readShedding Light on How Our Brain Processes Visual CuesResearchers shed light on how the eyes compute the direction of moving light.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 15, 2017·4 min readCertain Immune Reactions to Viruses Cause Learning ProblemsA new study reports researchers have discovered the mechanism which may cause learning disorders and memory problems as a result of the immune system's reaction to viral infections like HIV and flu.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·April 19, 2017·4 min readCloser Look at Brain Circuits Reveals Important Role of GeneticsResearchers report neurons in areas of the brain associated with memory formation can form networks in the absence of synaptic activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 10, 2017·4 min readOptimized Sensors to Study Memory and LearningA new biosensor can help visualize two proteins critical for synaptic plasticity, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2017·5 min readBrain is Ten Times More Active Than Previously MeasuredResearchers believe their findings could change the way scientists understand how the brain works.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 8, 2017·8 min readDiscovery Rewriting the Evolutionary History of the Nervous SystemA new study tests conventional theories on the development of the nervous system and sheds light on how the nervous system may have evolved.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·February 10, 2017·3 min readBright Spots in Brain CellsResearchers report neurons move the site of microRNA maturation away from the cytoplasm out to the dendrites.Read More
