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·June 9, 2021·4 min read

Eating Soft Foods May Alter the Brain’s Control of Chewing

Rats fed either a diet of soft or hard foods showed differences in jaw activity and muscle control when a chewing-related region of the brain was stimulated. Findings reveal the anterior cortical masticatory area strongly influences the regulation of chewing and is influenced by sensory input during development.

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·May 24, 2021·5 min read

Specialized Inhibitory Cluster Gates Plasticity in Fear Learning

The apical intercalated cell cluster (apITC), a specialized portion of inhibitory circuitry in the amygdala, has rich connectivity and plays a unique role in modulating synaptic plasticity.

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·May 19, 2021·5 min read

New Study Identifies Plasticity Disparities Between Patients With Brain Malformation

Patients with Corpus Callosum Dysgenesis (CCD), a genetic condition marked by incomplete development of the connecting structures between the brain hemispheres, have distinct reconfiguration of their neural connections, researchers report.

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·May 4, 2021·4 min read

Gene Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model Preserves Learning and Memory

Novel gene therapy treatment prevents learning impairments and memory loss in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·April 28, 2021·4 min read

A Psychedelic-Like Drug Without the Hallucinogenic Side Effects

PsychLight, a newly developed genetically encoded fluorescent sensor, helped researchers identify a psychedelic compound that acts on beneficial neural pathways to treat psychiatric disorders without the hallucinogenic effect.

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·April 16, 2021·3 min read

Neural Plasticity Depends On This Long Noncoding RNA’s Journey From Nucleus to Synapse

Study sheds new light on the role noncoded RNAs play at the synapse.

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·April 8, 2021·5 min read

Pathway That Transitions Brain From Plasticity to Stability Discovered

Astrocytes help transition the brain from a highly plastic state to one that is more stable.

This is a 3D reconstruction of dendrites

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·March 30, 2021·3 min read

Vitamins for Your Neurons

All-trans retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivative, induces synaptic plasticity in human cortical neurons.

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·March 19, 2021·4 min read

Happiness Can Be Learned

An intensive retreat program that exposes people to neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, helps improve positive emotion while reducing stress, anxiety, and negative emotions.

This shows the brain with the VTA highlighted

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·March 15, 2021·5 min read

How the Brain Learns From Subconscious Stimuli

When the ventral tegmental area was stimulated, monkeys were better able to identify details associated with subconscious visual stimuli they were exposed to.

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·March 8, 2021·4 min read

Watching the Brain Learn

In older mice, adult neurons in the primary visual cortex with an increased number of "silent synapses" and lacking PSD-95, showed the same structural changes only seen previously in younger animals.

This shows motor neurons in green and purple

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·February 17, 2021·6 min read

How Some Neurons Compensate for Death of Their Neighbors

Some neurons have the ability to detect and compensate for neighboring neurons, while others do not. The findings shed new light on synaptic plasticity.

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