FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2019·4 min readOpiates reduce the brain’s ability to form and maintain synapsesOpiate exposure causes synaptic rewiring in the nucleus accumbens in addition to decreasing dendritic spines. The findings shed light into the neurobiology of opiate relapse.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·May 14, 2018·4 min readEpigenetic Balance Reinstates Memory in Fly Model of Alzheimer’sA new study reports researchers have successfully reversed memory loss in fly models of Alzheimer's disease by restoring the balance between to enzymes that regulate gene expression.Read More
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