FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 23, 2021·4 min readHow Neurons That Wire Together Fire TogetherA new study brings understanding how the brain processes information one step closer.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 7, 2019·4 min readComputer model helps make sense of human memoryA newly developed artificial neural network allowed researchers to insert inhibitory circuits into the model, altering the excitatory circuits and enabling them to extend associative memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 14, 2018·5 min readTwo Seemingly Opposing Forces in the Brain Cooperate to Enhance Memory FormationResearchers say homeostatic synaptic plasticity facilitates Hebbian plasticity, influencing memory formation and learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 23, 2018·4 min readThe Brain Learns Completely Differently than We’ve Assumed Since the 20th CenturyA new study challenges long held beliefs about how learning occurs. Researchers suggest learning occurs in dendrites that are in closer proximity to neurons, as opposed to occurring solely in synapses.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 14, 2018·4 min readCan’t Get an Image Out of Your Head? Your Eyes Are Helping to Keep it ThereA new study reveals the brain utilizes eye movements to help recall vivid memories of past experiences.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 7, 2017·2 min readA New Learning Rule for Memory Formation and Storage RevealedA new study questions traditional views of how memories are formed and stored in the brain. Additionally, researchers propose a new mechanism for learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 21, 2017·3 min readNew Model for the Origin of Grid CellsA new study theorizes the development of grid cells depends upon the synaptic input from place cells.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 9, 2017·4 min readNew Clues to How Memories Form in the BrainA study recently published in Neuron may provide new insights into how memory forms in the brain. Researchers discovered acquired olfactory memory is associated with synaptic long term potentiation, which can last for at least two weeks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 1, 2016·6 min readHow The Brain Recognizes FacesA new machine learning system can help shed light on how the human brain recognizes faces.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 11, 2016·5 min readResearchers Reprogram Network of Brain Cells in Mice With Thin Beam of LightA new optogenetics study adds support for brain plasticity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 13, 2016·4 min readNew Learning Rule For Pattern CompletionResearchers have discovered a new learning rule for a specific type of excitatory synaptic connection in the hippocampus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 22, 2015·5 min readThe Power of Two: Neural Cliques Provide a Prewired Framework For How Neurons ConnectResearcher proposes a Theory of Connectivity which suggests neural cliques provide a basic framework for how neurons connect and function.Read More