FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 19, 2022·4 min readHow the Action of the Eye Triggers Brain Waves to Help Remember Socially Important InformationA new study uncovers how the amygdala reacts and triggers memory-making activity when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 17, 2022·8 min readHow Do Social Interactions Conjure Up Memories and Emotional Responses in the Brain?Researchers reveal how memories and fear responses can be transmitted through social interactions.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 8, 2022·4 min readAstrocyte Networks in the Mouse Brain Control Spatial Learning and MemoryIn the brains of adult mice, astrocytes coupling contributes to neural functioning in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with spatial memory and learning.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 2, 2022·3 min readWhy Women Are More Susceptible to Alzheimer’s DiseaseIncreased follicle-stimulating hormones following menopause bind to FSHR neurons and activate the C/EBPβ/AEP pathway. The process plays an important role in triggering Alzheimer's pathology in females.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 24, 2022·3 min readHaving a Poor Score on a Simple Memory Test May Be Linked to Alzheimer’s BiomarkersEven for older people experiencing no general memory or thinking problems, performing poorly on a simple memory test may be linked to biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 9, 2022·3 min readHow Left and Right Hippocampal CA1 Regions in the Mouse Brain Talk With Each OtherResearchers have uncovered neural circuitry that allows the CA1 region of the hippocampus to communicate with its counterpart in the opposite hemisphere despite there being no connection between them.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 8, 2022·4 min readNewly Discovered Effect of Hyperthyroidism on BrainHyperthyroidism causes the amygdala and hippocampus to shrink when hormone levels are high, but when hormone levels subside, symptoms reduce and the brain areas resume their normal size.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 29, 2022·3 min readBreathing: The Master Clock of the Sleeping BrainDuring sleep, breathing entrains and coordinates neural activity across the limbic system, and enhances memory consolidation.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 28, 2022·4 min readPatients With Schizophrenia, Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder Have Distinct Reward Neural MechanismsWhile patients with schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder experience a lack of motivation and anhedonia, the neural patterns of emotion-behavior dissociation differ between the disorders.Read More
