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·May 7, 2019·6 min read

Why visual stimulation may work in fight against Alzheimer’s: Mouse study

Inducing gamma oscillations with visual stimulation via a process known as gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli, or GENUS, was shown to reduce amyloid plaques and phosphorylated tau in mouse models of dementia. Providing GENUS daily during the early stages of neurodegeneration helps preserve neural and synaptic density across multiple brain areas and improves cognitive performance for learning and spatial memory tasks.

this shows the corpus callosum in the brain

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 14, 2019·3 min read

Train your brain, change your brain

Neurofeedback training helps reinforce brain patterns associated with motor function while participants complete imaginary motor tasks. The findings may help in the rehabilitation for stroke and other disorders that compromise motor function.

This is a collection of neuroimaging photos from the study.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 8, 2019·3 min read

How education may stave off cognitive decline

Neuroimaging reveals those who have spent more years studying have increased cortical thickness in the medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal areas of the brain. Researchers also identified enhanced gene expression profiles in these brain regions that promote information processing and provide protection against some age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

A detailed drawing of the hippocampal formation is shown.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 27, 2019·6 min read

Quick thinking? It’s all down to timing

A pairing of presynaptic and postsynaptic activity in a population of hippocampal neurons can reduce the required number of synaptic plasticity evoking events. When spikes occur within ten milliseconds of each other, synapses strengthen for up to four hours.

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·February 5, 2019·4 min read

Learning Transistor Mimics the Brain

Researchers have developed an evolvable electrochemical transistor which has the ability to learn. The transistor is equipped with the ability for both long and short term memory. The new technology is a major step towards machine learning that utilizes organic electronics, the researchers report.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·January 21, 2019·3 min read

Mice Pass On Brain Benefits of Enriched Upbringing to Offspring

Researchers report life experiences may be transgenerationally inherited through a combination of epigenetics and parental behavior.

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·January 11, 2019·2 min read

Tracking the Birth of Memories

Researchers have identified three distinct stages of brain development that occur before an episodic memory can form.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·January 8, 2019·4 min read

Childhood Stress Affects Behavior of Offspring: Mouse Study

Researchers report on the epigenetic effect of early life stress. In a new study, researchers reveal mice who experienced stress in the first few weeks of life showed deterioration in memory, learning and maternal behaviors. Behavioral changes were seen in their later offspring, regardless of sex.

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·January 8, 2019·5 min read

Brain Plasticity Restored in Adult Mice Through Targeting Specific Neural Connections

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism which appears to be critical for the maturation of brain function, and may be used to restore plasticity in the aging brain.

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·October 24, 2018·4 min read

To See What’s Right in Front of You, Your Brain May Need Some Rewiring

Researchers provide new evidence of brain plasticity. A new study reveals visual cortex neurons sprout new axons and shed some old ones as animals improve at perceptual learning tasks.

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·October 23, 2018·5 min read

Neurons Reliably Respond to Straight Lines

Researchers report single neurons in the primary visual cortex can reliably detect straight lines, even though the makeup of the cell is constantly changing.