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·December 8, 2020·2 min read

Predicting Epilepsy From Neural Network Models

An innovative new model helps predict how damaging conditions in the brain can be triggered by complex dynamics in branching neural networks.

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·October 19, 2020·6 min read

Fear and Anxiety Share Same Bases in Brain

Fear and anxiety share overlapping neural circuits. The findings contradict the popular belief that anxiety and fear are distinct emotions with different triggers and segregated brain circuits.

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·October 13, 2020·5 min read

A New Model of the Brain’s Real-Life Neural Networks

A new computational model predicts how information deep inside the brain could flow from one network to another, and how neural network clusters can self optimize over time.

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·September 14, 2020·4 min read

Immune Cells Sculpt Circuits in the Brain

Microglia, immune cells that protect the brain from infection and inflammation, also appear to play a critical role in sculpting circuits in the developing brain.

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·August 24, 2020·2 min read

Faulty Brain Circuits Arise From Abnormal Fusion

Discovery reveals neurons can lose their individuality in some conditions. The findings contradict the conventional belief that neurons always stay separated and never fuse.

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·August 21, 2020·4 min read

Loop, Resonate, and Accelerate!

Researchers have identified a new role of bi-directional connections for accelerating communication between brain networks.

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·July 26, 2020·4 min read

Brain Thickness and Connectivity, Not Just Location, Correlates With Behavior

Cortical thickness and regional brain connectivity pay an equally important role in linking brain and behavior.

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·July 18, 2020·5 min read

Adults With Alzheimer’s Risk Factors Show Subtle Alterations in Brain Networks Despite Normal Cognition

APOEe4, a gene associated with Alzheimer's disease risk, doesn't appear to directly affect memory performance or brain activity in older adults without cognitive impairment. However, the gene does seem to influence brain regions and systems that older at-risk adults activate to support successful memory recall.

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·July 15, 2020·5 min read

Neural Circuits in the Brain ‘Sense’ Our Inner State

The activity of a network of dopamine neurons reflects both the innate preferences for smell and taste, as well as the physiological state of fruit flies.

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·July 3, 2020·3 min read

Brain Connectivity in Cannabis Users

Examining the brains of frequent cannabis users, researchers have identified a pattern of connectivity related to craving the substance. The findings add weight to the idea that brain regions do not work in isolation, but via the connectivity of multiple networks that signal to each other depending on state and need. Brain connectivity during cannabis cravings is not static but has fluctuations in connection patterns between the central executive network and nucleus accumbens.