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This image shows neural structures and electrical signal lines.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 21, 2014·3 min read

Neuroscience’s Grand Question

Researchers create a new theoretical model to understand how cells monitor and self regulate their properties.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 1, 2014·3 min read

Switching Brain Cells with Less Light

A new computer model explains how ion channels react to optogenetics.

This is an fMRI scan which shows the location of the cerebellum in a schizophrenic patient.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 13, 2014·2 min read

How Memory and Schizophrenia Are Connected

Researchers identify a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for brain activity, memory and the development of schizophrenia.

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Featured Neurology

·July 25, 2013·5 min read

Epilepsy in a Dish: Stem Cell Research Reveals Clues to Origins and Possible Treatment

By turning skin cells of patients with Dravet syndrome into neurons, researchers create a miniature testing ground for epilepsy

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·July 26, 2012·2 min read

Ion Selectivity in Neuronal Signaling Channels Evolved Twice in Animals

Scientists have now revealed that voltage-gated sodium channels, which are responsible for neuronal signaling in the nerves of animals, evolved twice in higher and lower animals.

Neurology

·February 22, 2012·2 min read