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·November 17, 2015·4 min read

Luminescent Nanoparticles Image Brain Function

Researchers are on pace to develop the next generation of functional materials that could enable the mapping of the complex neural connections in the brain.

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·November 17, 2015·3 min read

Repairing Neurons With Light

Researchers have successfully repaired an injured neural circuit in a zebrafish using optogenetics.

Drawing of a brain with red lines throughout it.

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·November 11, 2015·4 min read

Unraveling the Neural Circuitry of Cravings

Activating designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in the ventral pallidum, a new study reports.

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·November 11, 2015·2 min read

Imitating Synapses Could Lead to Smarter Electronics

Researchers have developed a synthetic synapse that mimics natural synaptic plasticity. They believe the synthetic synapse could help improve electronics and bring us one step close to human like artificial intelligence.

Image shows the location of the primary visual cortex in the brain.

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·November 6, 2015·3 min read

A Neural Match For the Complexity of the Visual World

A new study provides insights into how our brain extracts information about our natural surroundings from the light captured by our eyes.

Image shows neurons in the cerebral cortex.

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·November 5, 2015·4 min read

Reprogramming Neurons

Researchers have successfully shown that the networks of communication among reprogrammed neurons and their neighbors can also be changed.

Image of a cultured hippocampal dentate granule cell.

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·October 30, 2015·5 min read

How Neurons Regulate Their Activity

A new study reports AIS plasticity happens quickly, influencing the way cells fire action potentials.

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·October 16, 2015·4 min read

Transforming Glial Cells into Neurons

Researchers have used a cocktail of small molecules to transform astroglial cells into functioning neurons.

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·October 9, 2015·5 min read

How the Brain Keeps Time

Researchers have discovered how neurons in the lateral intraparietal cortex measure time intervals and accurately reproduce them.

This is a photo of a virtual brain slice.

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·October 8, 2015·3 min read

Building a Digital Piece of Brain

Researchers present 'first draft' of Blue Brain Project's digital reconstruction of the neocortex of a juvenile rat.

Pink stained neurons created from fibroblasts are shown.

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·October 8, 2015·4 min read

Ahead of Time: Researchers Learn How to Grow Old Brain Cells

Researchers have developed a technique to yield neurons which resemble those found in the brains of old people. They believe this can help with future research for age related neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's.