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·March 4, 2022·4 min read

Dirt Can Modulate the Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease

Verrucarin A, a secondary metabolite produced by the fungus Myrothecium spp, reduced the amounts of both amyloid-beta 40 and 42 in reprogrammed cortical neurons.

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Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·February 18, 2022·4 min read

The Ethics of Research on Conscious Artificial Brains

A new ethical framework proposes researchers should already assume brain organoids already have consciousness, rather than waiting for research to confirm they do.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·January 2, 2022·4 min read

Sleeping Mice Show Busy Brains

Findings reveal the brain may optimize visual information processing depending on its conscious state.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 13, 2021·3 min read

A New Neural-Optic System Can Manipulate Memories

A new neuro-optics technique can manipulate memory consolidation in mouse models by hindering long-term potentiation. Researchers say eliminating local LTP in the hippocampus erased memories. The method could be used to isolate memory formation at the cellular level.

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·July 28, 2021·6 min read

How to Make Up Your Mind When the Glass Seems Half Empty?

A new study reveals how anxiety affects the decision-making process in the brain, resulting in selecting more pessimistic choices.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 28, 2021·3 min read

Eat Me: The Cell Signal of Death

A nuclear fragment protein activates Xkr4 to display an "eat me" signal to phagocytes.

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·December 29, 2020·3 min read

Large Transporter Protein Linked to Schizophrenia

Mutations of the ABCA13 cholesterol transport protein are associated with schizophrenia-like behaviors in mouse models.

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·September 30, 2020·3 min read

Breastfeeding Hormones Make Mothers Happier

Breastfeeding mothers with higher levels of oxytocin show more enhanced positive recognition of adult faces. The findings shed light on how oxytocin may support both continued nurturing behaviors and affects general social cognition of other adults.

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·June 11, 2020·3 min read

From bacteria to you: The biological reactions that sustain our rhythms

Researchers uncover an intimate connection between methylation and the body's circadian rhythms.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 6, 2019·4 min read

Dendrites filtering neuron’s excitement

Purkinje cells can modulate and filter incoming signals. The findings shed new light on learning mechanisms within the cerebellum.

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·September 13, 2019·3 min read

Acute cerebellar inflammation and hyperexcitability induces ‘depression-like’ behavior

Acute inflammation of the anterior cerebellum resulted in depression-like symptoms in rodent models. Suppressing microglia helped reduce hyperexcitability and symptoms of depression.