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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 10, 2016·3 min read

Using Lasers to Connect Neurons

Researchers have developed a new method for connecting neurons using ultrashort laser pulses.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 13, 2015·5 min read

How the Arts Influence Our Minds and Nervous System

A new book reveals how entertainers in the 19th Century used scientific findings about cognitive function to play on the nerves of the spectators.

Featured Genetics

·October 22, 2015·3 min read

A Novel Link Between Movement Control and Genetics

According to a new study, a small cellular molecule previously believed to have little impact on behavior could be responsible for controlling precise movements.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 1, 2015·4 min read

Tissue Engineered Colon from Human Cells Develop Different Types of Neurons

According to a new study, a tissue-engineered colon derived from human stem cells can develop nerves required to function effectively.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 13, 2015·4 min read

Are We Wired to Be Lazy?

A new study reports our nervous systems are adept at altering the way we move so we expend the least amount of energy possible.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 30, 2015·3 min read

Study Uncovers Underlying Mechanism That Controls Age Related Memory Loss

A new study on Aplysia californica sea snails uncovers the first nervous system cells to fail during aging.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·June 29, 2015·3 min read

Men and Women Process Pain Differently

According to a new study, women and men have different sensitivity to pain and women are more likely to suffer from chronic pain conditions.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 16, 2014·4 min read

Do Gut Bacteria Rule Our Minds?

New research investigates how gut bacteria could affect our cravings and moods in order to consume the nutrients they require to grow best.

This is a diagram of the nervous system with all of the parts labelled.

Featured Genetics

·February 21, 2014·3 min read

Geneticists Show How Molecular Switches Coordinate the Nervous System

Geneticists discover the same molecular switches which induce non-descript cells to specialize also makes nerve cells respond differently to the environment.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Uncover Secrets of Newborn Neurons

Researchers identify a new form of cell sub-division key to the development of the nervous system.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 19, 2013·3 min read

Worm Research: Right Combination of Sugars Regulates Brain Development

A new study reveals how the tiny mir-79 molecule regulates neural development in roundworms.

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Featured Neurology

·June 13, 2013·2 min read

Study Points to Role of Nervous System in Arthritis

A new study supports growing evidence that the nervous system and nerve growth factor (NGF) play a significant role in arthritis. The findings also suggest reducing elevated NGF levels could be key in developing treatments for arthritis pain.