FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 3, 2019·7 min readSurprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse StudyA new study challenges 75 year old dogma of mammalian vision. Researchers have shows the post rhinal cortex obtains visual data from the superior colliculus and is not dependent upon information from primary visual cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 25, 2018·3 min readResearchers Identify Brain Cells Responsible for Removing Damaged Neurons After InjuryA new study reveals how microglia help clear dead and damaged materials away from healthy, neighboring neurons following injury.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 15, 2017·4 min readThe Thalamus Helps the Cerebrum With LearningNew findings from Max Plank Institute researchers challenges conventional belief about the role of the thalamus in learning. Researchers report the thalamus plays a far more active role in visual processing in the context of learning than previously thought.Read More