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This is a diagram of a neural crest and neural tube.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·August 5, 2015·3 min read

Cancer Makers May Be Present in Neural Crest During Early Development

Researchers find possible markers for brain cancers in the neural crest.

This shows glial cells surrounding amyloid beta plaques.

Featured Neurology

·March 31, 2015·2 min read

Memory and Synaptic Connections Restored in Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s by Cancer Drug

Experimental cancer drug appears to block damage triggered during the formation of amyloid beta plaques, a new study reports.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 19, 2015·3 min read

New Brain Mapping Reveals Unknown Cell Types

Researchers have produced a detailed map of cortical cells types and gene activity within them. They also report identifying a number of previously unknown cell types.

This image shows the outline of a man drinking from a bottle. Behind him is a blue background covered in alcohol bottles.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 1, 2014·3 min read

Team Develops Drug to Reduce Side Effects of ‘Binge Drinking’

Researchers develop a new compound which helps reduce the harmful side effects of binge drinking.

This image shows Unc-5 receptors and axons.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 24, 2014·2 min read

Navigation for Nerve Cells

Researchers report FLRT proteins guide precursors of pyramidal cells during neurodevelopment.

Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 9, 2014·4 min read

Study Finds Link Between Neural Stem Cell Overgrowth and Autism Like Behavior in Mice

Researchers show how inflammation in pregnant mice can trigger excessive division of neural stem cells in their offspring. This can result in an overgrowth of the brain and autism like behaviors.

This image shoes neurons which have absorbed exosomes.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 6, 2014·2 min read

Neurons Can Use Glial Cell Exosomes to Defend Themselves

Researchers discover exosomes stimulate neurons on three fundamental levels.

This image shows a drosophila fruit fly.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 29, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Identify Process Producing Neuronal Diversity in Fruit Flies’ Visual System

Working with fruit flies, researchers identify a mechanism which helps explain how neurons which make up the visual system are generated.

The image shows the brain of an adult fruit fly.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 12, 2014·2 min read

Toxic Proteins Damage Nerve Cells

Researchers discover how a specific genetic mutation leads to neuronal damage associated with ALS and frontotemporal dementia.

The image shows astrocytes grown on a soft substrate.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 12, 2014·3 min read

Filling Me Softly

Implant stiffness is a major cause of foreign body reaction, neuroscience researchers claim.

The image shows myelin, stained in blue, in a rat's hippocampus.

Featured Psychology

·February 12, 2014·4 min read

New Evidence That Chronic Stress Predisposes Brain to Mental Illness

Researchers show chronic stress generates long term changes in the brain. The finding could explain why people suffering from chronic stress are prone to developing additional mental health problems.