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Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

Neuroscience NewsOctober 17, 2019

Fruit flies exposed to blue light had significantly reduced longevity than those exposed to natural light or kept in darkness. Exposure to blue light for 12 hours a day accelerated aging phenotypes, causing retinal damage, neurodegeneration, and impaired locomotion.... Read More...

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High Speed 3D Microscope Captures Stunning Videos of Fruit Fly Nerve Cells in Action

Neuroscience NewsMarch 9, 2019

Columbia team harnesses powerful technology to uncover never-before-seen details of the nervous system, demonstrating SCAPE's broad potential to decipher the brain.... Read More...

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Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking in Human Ancestors

Neuroscience NewsMarch 1, 2019

Researchers say the 4.5 million-year old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested.... Read More...

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Gut Bacteria May Control Movement

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2018

According to researchers, gut bacteria may regulate the neural circuits behind movement in fruit flies. Researchers say gut bacteria may play a similar role in controlling mammalian locomotion, and even movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.... Read More...

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Smell and Behavior: The Scents of Taking Action

Neuroscience NewsOctober 29, 2018

Researchers report an inhibitory circuit which releases GABA into the olfactory bulb modulates behavioral responses to odors in lampreys.... Read More...

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Fly Protein Has Protective Effect on Dopaminergic Neurons

Neuroscience NewsOctober 3, 2018

Researchers report the Scarlet protein has a neuroprotective effect on dopaminergic neurons in fruit flies.... Read More...

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Real and Imagined Movements Are Controlled by the Brain in the Same Way

Neuroscience NewsApril 24, 2018

Researchers report imagined movements can alter our sense of perception in the same ways as real movements do. The study reveals our brains predict how we would feel sensations if the imagined movements were executed.... Read More...

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Run Faster, Learn Better

Neuroscience NewsApril 16, 2018

Researchers claim they have identified a causal link between running speed and enhanced learning in mice.... Read More...

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How the Brain Tells Our Limbs Apart

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 21, 2018

Researchers have identified contrasts in interneurons that govern motor control.... Read More...

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Walking Fish Suggests Locomotion Control Evolved Much Earlier than Thought

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 8, 2018

New research reports the first ambulatory creatures may have remained under water. Researchers report modern descendants of these creatures exhibit walking behaviors on the ocean floor.... Read More...

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Midbrain ‘Start Neurons’ Control Whether We Run or Walk

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 17, 2018

University of Copenhagen researchers have identified two areas of the midbrain that appear to play specific roles in the start, speed and content of dependent selection of locomotion in mice.... Read More...

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When Your Spinal Cord Takes Charge

Neuroscience NewsDecember 9, 2017

Researchers have uncovered how our spinal cord knows when to process specific information, and when to ignore it from distracting us at the task at hand.... Read More...

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locomotion

Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

High Speed 3D Microscope Captures Stunning Videos of Fruit Fly Nerve Cells in Action

Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking in Human Ancestors

Gut Bacteria May Control Movement

Smell and Behavior: The Scents of Taking Action

Fly Protein Has Protective Effect on Dopaminergic Neurons

Real and Imagined Movements Are Controlled by the Brain in the Same Way

Run Faster, Learn Better

How the Brain Tells Our Limbs Apart

Walking Fish Suggests Locomotion Control Evolved Much Earlier than Thought

Midbrain ‘Start Neurons’ Control Whether We Run or Walk

When Your Spinal Cord Takes Charge