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This image shows the cell activity in the hippocampus.

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·February 18, 2014·2 min read

A Circuit for Change

Researchers identify a region of the hippocampus which is sensitive to small changes in familiar context.

This is an MRI scan of a patient with ALS.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 18, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Discover How ALS Spreads

Researchers discover ALS is transmitted from cell to cell, suggesting the spread of the disease could be blocked.

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·February 14, 2014·2 min read

Will Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats?

Researchers develop a simulated brain which they hope can be used to test new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 13, 2014·2 min read

Protein Switch Dictates Cellular Fate, Stem Cell or Neuron

Researchers discover UPF1 helps determine whether an immature neural cell remains as a stem cell or develops into a functional neuron.

This is an fMRI scan which shows the location of the cerebellum in a schizophrenic patient.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 13, 2014·2 min read

How Memory and Schizophrenia Are Connected

Researchers identify a network of genes that controls fundamental properties of neurons and is important for brain activity, memory and the development of schizophrenia.

The image shows astrocytes grown on a soft substrate.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 12, 2014·3 min read

Filling Me Softly

Implant stiffness is a major cause of foreign body reaction, neuroscience researchers claim.

This is an illustration of a fruit fly with neurons above its head.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 12, 2014·4 min read

What Makes Memories Last

Researchers identify a protein which initiates the formation of stable long term memories.

The image shows myelin, stained in blue, in a rat's hippocampus.

Featured Psychology

·February 12, 2014·4 min read

New Evidence That Chronic Stress Predisposes Brain to Mental Illness

Researchers show chronic stress generates long term changes in the brain. The finding could explain why people suffering from chronic stress are prone to developing additional mental health problems.