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·June 8, 2015·4 min read

Injectable Device Delivers a Nano-View of the Brain

Researchers have developed a method of fabricating nanoscale electronic scaffolds that can be injected. The scaffolds can be used to monitor neural activity or promote neurogenesis.

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·April 30, 2015·4 min read

Location of Spinal Cord Axon Injury Determines Whether Neurons Will Regenerate or Stabilize

A new study reports the location of a spinal cord axon injury can determin whether neurons will regenerate.

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·December 30, 2014·3 min read

In Search of the Origin of Our Brain

According to a new study, nerve cell centralization does begin in multicellular animals.

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·December 4, 2014·4 min read

Barrier Breaking Drug May Lead to Spinal Cord Injury Treatments

A new drug could partially relieve paralyzing spinal cord injuries, researchers report.

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·November 28, 2014·2 min read

‘Chatty’ Cells Help Build the Brain

Genetic cues and communication between neurons and progenitors influence the development o the cerebral cortex, a new study reports.

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·October 17, 2014·5 min read

Scientists Develop Decoy Drug to Aid Ailing Brain

Researchers succeed in restoring the ability of adult mice to form new connections in the brain.

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·October 13, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Sniff Out Unexpected Role for Stem Cells in the Brain

Researchers report neurogenesis in the olfactory system of mice is crucial to maintaining correct neural connections.

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·October 10, 2014·3 min read

Mechanism That Repairs Brain After Stroke Discovered

Following an induced stroke in mice, researchers find astrocytes help promote neurogenesis in the damaged part of the brain.

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·September 23, 2014·5 min read

Dying Brain Cells Cue New Brain Cells to Grow in Songbird

Researchers describe the events which cue neurogenesis in songbirds.

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·August 29, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Identify Process Producing Neuronal Diversity in Fruit Flies’ Visual System

Working with fruit flies, researchers identify a mechanism which helps explain how neurons which make up the visual system are generated.

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·June 27, 2014·3 min read

Running Combined with Visual Experience Restores Brain Function

Researchers discover running, when accompanies by visual stimuli, helped restore brain function to normal levels in mice which had been deprived of visual experience early in life.

The image shows a slice of a mouse hippocampus with the interneurons and mossy fibers dyed.

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·March 27, 2014·4 min read

Chronic Stress in Early Life Causes Anxiety and Aggression in Adulthood, Researchers Find

Researchers report results of experiments designed to assess the impacts of social stress upon adolescent mice, both at the time they are experienced and during adulthood.