GeneticsNeuroscience·December 15, 2011·2 min readNeuroscientists Boost Memory Using Genetics and Memory Enhancing DrugWhen the activity of a molecule that is normally elevated during viral infections is inhibited in the brain, mice learn...Read More
AutismNeurology·November 8, 2011·3 min readAutism Linked with Excess of Neurons in Prefrontal CortexA study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence shows that brain overgrowth in...Read More
Neuroscience·August 23, 2011·4 min readA New Nuance to NeuronsA fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 18, 2011·5 min readNeuroscientists Show Activity Patterns in Fly Brain are Optimized for Memory StorageWe know from experience that particular smells are almost inseparable in our minds with memories, some vague and others very...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 3, 2011·5 min readWhat Steers Vampires to Blood?UCSF researchers discover heat-detecting molecules on noses of vampire bats. Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 26, 2011·3 min readResearchers Graft Olfactory Receptors onto NanotubesPenn researchers have helped develop a nanotech device that combines carbon nanotubes with olfactory receptor proteins, the cell components in...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·July 20, 2011·5 min readResearchers Create First Artificial Neural Network Out of DNAMolecular soup exhibits brainlike behavior Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·July 7, 2011·4 min read“Unnatural” Chemical Allows Salk Researchers to Watch Protein Action in Brain CellsGenetically embedded tools in neural stem cells may aid in development of regenerative medicine – critical for safe and reliable...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·June 30, 2011·3 min readNervous System Stem Cells Can Replace Themselves, Give Rise to Variety of Cell Types, Even AmplifyTeam reconstituted stem cells’ “family tree” A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain...Read More
AutismElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 23, 2011·2 min readCompetition Between Brain Cells Spurs Memory Circuit DevelopmentFrom the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 14, 2011·2 min readResearchers Discover ‘Road Map’ in Fish Brain for How Vertebrates Produce SoundsCornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans,...Read More
Electrophysiology·June 9, 2011·2 min readNicotine Triggered Appetite Suppression Site Identified in BrainIt is widely known that smoking inhibits appetite, but what is not known, is what triggers this process in the...Read More
