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·October 31, 2020·4 min read

Should I Run, or Should I Not? The Neural Basis of Aggression and Flight

Study reveals a key role for the ventromedial hypothalamus in fight or flight behaviors. Findings suggest the ventromedial hypothalamus alters in response to social experiences.

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Featured Neuroscience

·February 16, 2015·3 min read

New Pathways Discovered to Prevent Blindness

A new study investigates the relationship between brain plasticity and vision loss.

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·February 29, 2016·4 min read

Improving Memory Through Electrical Stimulation

An innovative study could help improve learning and memory with the use of transcranial direct current stimulation.

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·December 21, 2016·5 min read

Addictive Cravings Still Detectable After Death

Researchers report addictive cravings can be detected in the brain after death.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·September 10, 2012·3 min read

Researchers Create Short-Term Memories In-Vitro

Researchers have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial short-term memories in isolated brain tissue. Using isolated pieces of rodent brain tissue, the researchers demonstrated that they could form a memory of which one of four input pathways was activated.

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·October 25, 2022·5 min read

Word and Face Recognition Can Be Adequately Supported With Half a Brain

Hemispherectomy patients who had a hemisphere of their brain removed during childhood can correctly recognize differences between pairs of words or faces 80% of the time, a new study reports. The findings reveal how the brain adapts when it is highly plastic.

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·October 27, 2010·5 min read

Human Thought Can Voluntarily Control Neurons in Brain

Neuroscience research involving epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes shows that patients learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with thoughts.