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This shows different brain cells in the origanoid

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·October 12, 2022·7 min read

Human Brain Cells in a Dish Learn to Play Pong

Brain cells grown in a petri dish can perform goal-directed tasks, such as learning to play a game of Pong.

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·September 30, 2022·4 min read

Superager Brains Contain ‘Super Neurons’

Neurons in the memory-associated entorhinal cortex of super-agers are significantly larger than their cognitively average peers, those with MCI, and even in people up to 30 years younger. Additionally, these neurons contained no signs of Tau, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 8, 2022·5 min read

Modern Humans Generate More Brain Neurons Than Neanderthals

Study reveals greater neuron production in the modern human frontal lobe during development compared to the Neanderthal brain. Researchers say this is due to a change in a single amino acid in the TKTL1 protein.

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·August 30, 2022·3 min read

Neuronal Back-up System Discovered

Neurons have an emergency backup system that enables them to remain functional even when their energy supply is disrupted.

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·August 15, 2022·6 min read

New Role for Blood-Brain Barrier in Neuron Function and Damage

The signals that originate in the cells of the blood-brain barrier also play a direct role in controlling what happens to the neurons the barrier is protecting.

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·August 8, 2022·5 min read

Into the Brain of Comb Jellies: Scientists Explore the Evolution of Neurons

A study of combo jellies reveals the type of messenger that likely functioned in the ancestral nervous system.

This shows a diagram of dendrites branching

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·August 5, 2022·3 min read

Researchers Visualize the Intricate Branching of the Nervous System

Study reveals the molecular mechanism that allows neural networks to grow and branch out.

This shows a clock and a head made up of cog wheels

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·August 2, 2022·3 min read

Neurons Sync Their Beats Like Clocks on the Wall

A group of hippocampal neurons show rhythmic activity at different frequencies in the desynchronized state, but can align their rhythmic frequency to produce a synchronized brain rhythm upon activation.

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·June 30, 2022·5 min read

Cosmological Thinking Meets Neuroscience in New Theory About Brain Connections

A new mathematical model that identifies essential connections between neurons reveals some neural networks in the brain are more essential than others.