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·December 22, 2022·6 min read

New Sensor Uses MRI to Detect Light Deep in the Brain

Researchers have developed a new specialized MRI sensor that detects light deep within brain tissue.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 9, 2022·6 min read

Using Light to Manipulate Neuron Excitability

A new optogenetics-based technique allows researchers to control neuron excitability.

Featured Neuroscience Pain

·December 2, 2022·5 min read

How Touch Dampens the Brain’s Response to Painful Stimuli

A simple act such as rubbing your temples when you have a headache can help to alleviate pain. Researchers say this is because pain-responsive neurons in the brain quiet down when these neurons also receive touch input.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 30, 2022·7 min read

Silent Synapses Are Abundant in the Adult Brain

The adult brain contains millions of "silent synapses", or immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they are required for learning new information and storing new memories.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 17, 2022·7 min read

Not Every Young Reader’s Struggle Is the Same

Brain signatures and types of difficulties children of a lower socioeconomic status experience when it comes to reading are different from those children who struggle to read but are from a higher socioeconomic status.

This shows tissue samples from the study

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·November 16, 2022·7 min read

Alzheimer’s Risk Gene Undermines Insulation of Brain’s ‘Wiring’

When people carry the Alzheimer's associated APOE4 gene, oligodendrocytes fail to transport fatty molecules to wrap neurons that make brain circuitry connections. This deficit of myelin may contribute to the pathology and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

This shows how the device monitors a person's gait

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·September 22, 2022·7 min read

In-Home Wireless Device Tracks Disease Progression in Parkinson’s Patients

A new in-home device that monitors movement and gait speed can evaluate Parkinson's disease severity, progression, and a patient's response to medication.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·August 31, 2022·5 min read

How the Brain Generates Rhythmic Behavior

A new study in rodents reveals a whisking oscillator that consists of a population of inhibitory neurons in the brainstem that fires in rhythmic bursts during whisking behaviors.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 27, 2022·5 min read

Artificial Intelligence Model Can Detect Parkinson’s From Breathing Patterns

A newly developed artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson's disease by reading a person's breathing patterns. The algorithm can also discern the severity of Parkinson's disease and track progression over time.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 26, 2022·6 min read

Researchers Have Discovered a Population of Neurons That Light up Whenever We See Images of Food

Images of food stimulate a newly discovered population of food-responsive neurons in the ventral visual stream. Researchers believe there may be an evolutionary reason for this neural population that may reflect the significance of food in human culture.

This shows the visual cortex in a brain slice

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·August 19, 2022·5 min read

When Alzheimer’s Degrades Cells That Cross Hemispheres, Visual Memory Suffers

Alzheimer's disease disrupts some forms of visual memory by degrading a newly identified brain circuit that connects the primary visual cortex of each hemisphere.