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Featured Neuroscience

·December 3, 2015·2 min read

Biochemical Mechanism Could Explain How Long-Term Memories Are Formed

A new study reveals a possible biochemical mechanism which underlies the formation of long-term memories.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 2, 2015·6 min read

Fountain of Youth: Tweaking Genes to Extend Lifespan

Researchers have identified genes implicated in physical aging and discovered that influencing just one of the genes can extend the healthy lifespan of animals.

Image shows amyloid beta attacking a cell.

Featured Neurology

·September 24, 2015·4 min read

Yeast Protein Could Offer Clues to How Alzheimer’s Plaques Form in the Brain

Understanding how yeast cells construct and destroy amyloid like structures could help researchers develop new drugs that destroy amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

Diagram of the treatment of primary cultured astrocytes with amitriptyline activates matrix metalloproteinases.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 15, 2015·3 min read

Several Antidepressant Classes Increase Early Growth Response in Astrocytes

Findings could help develop new treatments for depression, researchers report.

This image shows the stomatogastric ganglion of a Jonah crab.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 14, 2014·4 min read

New Study Finds That Neurons Actively Fine Tune Themselves at the Genetic Level

A new study presents evidence that neurons maintain correlated levels of mRNA to ensure a consistent ratio of ion channels.

The image shows ApHTT mRNA expression in Aplysia sensory neurons.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 12, 2014·2 min read

A Gene Linked to Disease Found to Play a Critical Role in Normal Memory Development

Researchers report huntingtin plays a critical role in long-term memory.

This diagram shows how neurons form in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 18, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Survey Protein Family That Helps the Brain Form Synapses

Researchers describe the diversity of neurexin proteins which are essential in the creation of synapses.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 13, 2014·2 min read

Protein Switch Dictates Cellular Fate, Stem Cell or Neuron

Researchers discover UPF1 helps determine whether an immature neural cell remains as a stem cell or develops into a functional neuron.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 23, 2014·6 min read

Watching Molecules Morph into Memories

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to obtain insights into how the brain makes memories.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 20, 2013·4 min read

The Logistics of Learning

Two new studies provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms that underlie the learning process.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 15, 2013·3 min read

To Live and Learn: Making Memories Has to Be a Speedy Business

Researchers discover neurons have a special preassembly technique to speed up the manufacture of proteins at synapses, enabling synaptic plasticity and the brain to rapidly form memories.