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·April 19, 2017·4 min read

Beet This: Beetroot Juice Before Exercise Helps Older Brains Perform More Efficiently

Researchers say drinking beetroot juice prior to exercise can help the aging brain to perform more efficiently.

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·April 19, 2017·5 min read

Brain Sets Unique Learning Rate for Everything We Do By Self Adjusting to the Environment

Using a synaptic mechanism called metaplasticity, the brain can self adjust learning rates, researchers report.

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·March 22, 2017·5 min read

Brain Rewires Itself to Enhance Other Senses in Blind People

Researchers report on the combined structural, functional and anatomical changes that occur in those born blind that are not present in the brains of people born with sight.

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·March 4, 2017·3 min read

The Chef’s Brain

Researchers report a chef's skills and expertise are embodied in the cerebellum, an area of the brain associated with motor function and cognition.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 13, 2017·4 min read

Neurons Support Cancer Growth Throughout the Body

Researchers consider whether targeting neurons could be an effective way to treat a variety of cancers.

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·February 6, 2017·4 min read

New Software Automates Brain Imaging

Newly developed software allows researchers to study synaptic plasticity in dendritic spines.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 3, 2017·4 min read

Brain Plasticity: How Adult Born Neurons Get Wired

Researchers report adult neurogenesis not only helps increase the number of cells in a neural network, it also promotes plasticity in the existing network. Additionally, they have identified the role the Bax gene plays in synaptic pruning.

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·January 12, 2017·4 min read

New Insight Into Role of Cell Protein in Learning Ability and AIDS-Related Dementia

Researchers report a protein that affects learning abilities in healthy subjects also plays a role in AIDS related dementia.

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Featured Neuroscience

·January 10, 2017·3 min read

Scrapping Excessive Neural Connections Helps Build New Connections

Findings could help in the development of new prevention options and treatments for drug addiction, researchers report.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·January 6, 2017·3 min read

Nerve-Signaling Protein Regulates Gene Associated with Schizophrenia

A cell membrane protein that regulates neuroplasticity regulates the function of a gene associated with schizophrenia, a new study reports.

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·December 28, 2016·6 min read

The Late Effects of Stress: New Insights Into How the Brain Responds to Trauma

A new study reports on how a single instance of extreme stress can lead to long term neurological changes and trauma.

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·December 21, 2016·3 min read

How To Define Maturity When the Brain Never Stops Changing

As different areas of the brain mature at different rates, neuroscientists argue it is more difficult that it seems to argue just when the brain 'reaches maturity'.