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·September 12, 2016·7 min read

Mapping Auditory Brain Cells for Maximum Hearing Precision

Researchers have identified the specific synaptic and post-synaptic characteristics that allow auditory neurons to compute with temporal precision.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 19, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Explore How the Brain Perceives Direction and Location

The Who asked “who are you?” but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube “where are you?” and “where are you going?” Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. He is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one’s location and direction.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 27, 2013·3 min read

Neuroscientists Discover New ‘Mini-Neural Computer’ in the Brain

Researchers show dendrites actively process information, multiplying the brain's "computing power". The findings could help provide better understanding of neurological disorders.

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·June 22, 2018·3 min read

New Technique Helps Uncover Changes in ALS Neurons

A new method reveals some ALS affected neurons display hypo-excitability. Researchers say these changes most likely represent early steps in the disease progression.

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·November 7, 2013·3 min read

Scientists Identify Clue to Regrowing Nerve Cells

Researchers have identified a chain reaction which triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell branches. The finding could someday help improve treatments for nerve injuries which can cause loss of sensation or paralysis.

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·January 18, 2020·4 min read

Neuron found in mice could have implications for effective diet drugs

CALCR, a type of neuron found in the medulla of mice, may hold the key to the development of drugs that can effectively curb overeating and fight obesity in humans.

Electrophysiology Neuroscience

·May 17, 2011·1 min read

Sodium Channels Evolved Before Animals’ Nervous Systems, Research Shows

An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of...

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·May 17, 2017·4 min read

Researchers Predict Cognitive Dissonance By Looking At Brain Activity

A new study uncovers the mechanism behind cognitive dissonance.

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·October 26, 2012·2 min read

Stimulating Brain Cells with Light

The work will be conducted on laboratory rats modelling Parkinson’s disease. The transplanted cells will be derived from skin from an adult human and will have been “reprogrammed” as nerve cells. The light-sensitive protein is obtained from a bacterium, which uses light to gain energy.

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·October 25, 2013·2 min read

A Trace of Memory: Researchers Watch Neurons in the Brain During Learning and Memory Recall

Researchers track single neurons in mice brains over time using advanced neuroimaging techniques. The new technique allowed them to establish the processes at play during memory formation and recall.

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·May 5, 2016·4 min read

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

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.