FeaturedNeuroscience·October 28, 2021·4 min readDopamine’s Many Roles, ExplainedStudy reveals dopamine neurons that play a role in learning and memory also drive motivation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 11, 2020·2 min readHow to tune out common odors and focus on important onesResearchers explain how odor habituation occurs. Familiar smells can be ignored in favor of new odors that are faint, but important.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 19, 2018·6 min readComplete Fly Brain Image at Nanoscale ResolutionHHMI researchers used electronic microscopy technology to generate a high resolution digital snapshot of the adult fruit fly brain.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 1, 2018·3 min readHow Decisions Form in the BrainResearchers describe what happens in the brain just prior to making a decision.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 17, 2015·4 min readRerouting Odor Information to Produce Flexible BehaviorA new study shows how dopamine can help change the flow of information in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 3, 2014·3 min readA Sparse Memory Is a Precise MemoryResearchers discover a key to forming distinct associative memories lies in how information from the senses is encoded in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 21, 2013·3 min readNeuron ‘Claws’ in the Brain Enable Flies to Distinguish One Scent from AnotherUsing fruit flies, researchers discover how the brain integrates multiple signals to identify unique smells.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 18, 2013·4 min readThe Discerning Fruit Fly: Linking Brain-Cell Activity and Behavior in Smell RecognitionResearchers have mapped the activity of brain cells in the mushroom body of flies conditioned to have Pavlovian behavioral responses to different odors. The findings suggest the activity of as few as 25 neurons are required to be able to distinguish between different odors.Read More
