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·July 28, 2011·3 min read

Brain’s Connectome From Branch to Branch

Max Planck scientists develop new analytical tools for the fast and accurate reconstruction of neural networks. The human brain is...

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·July 26, 2011·3 min read

Researchers Graft Olfactory Receptors onto Nanotubes

Penn researchers have helped develop a nanotech device that combines carbon nanotubes with olfactory receptor proteins, the cell components in...

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·July 21, 2011·2 min read

Gardening in the Brain

Specialist cells prune connections between neurons Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to...

Brain Cancer Neuroscience

·July 18, 2011·2 min read

Cancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin – Brain Cells Grown from Skin

Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC grow brain cells from skin Oncogenes are generally thought to be...

Autism Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2011·2 min read

Competition Between Brain Cells Spurs Memory Circuit Development

From the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the...

Neurology

·May 19, 2011·5 min read

Paraplegic Man Stands, Steps With Assistance and Moves His Legs Voluntarily

Regimen of epidural spinal cord stimulation plus extensive locomotor training ‘a significant breakthrough;’ results published today in the Lancet A...

Neuroscience

·May 13, 2011·4 min read

As Time Goes by, It Gets Tougher to ‘Just Remember This’

It’s something we just accept: the fact that the older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 26, 2011·3 min read

Molecular Architecture of Key NMDA Receptor Subunit Revealed

CSHL structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit Structure of GluN2D subunit when docked with certain neurotransmitters...

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·April 9, 2011·2 min read

People Control Thoughts Better When They See Their Brain Activity

As humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people...

Electrophysiology Featured

·April 6, 2011·2 min read

Human Taste Cells Regenerate in a Dish

Success opens doors extending from health to new taste molecules Following years of futile attempts, new research from the Monell...

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·February 9, 2011·5 min read

Reelin Nerve Cells Into Neocortex Without Glial Cell Hooks

Scientists found that the protein named reelin is deeply involved in the migration of new nerve cells to the neocortex...

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·January 28, 2011·4 min read

Spinal Cord Regeneration Barriers Removed with Cancer Drug

The researchers claim Taxol was effective in promoting regeneration of injured spinal cord nerve cells in rats following spinal cord lesions. Only a few weeks following the spinal cord lesions and Taxol application, rats showed significant improvement in movements.

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