AutismFeatured·January 31, 2013·4 min readResearcher Uncovers Potential Cause, Biomarker for Autism and Proposes Study to Investigate TheoryBased on prior findings, researchers propose that depressed levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) in the blood of newborns could potentially serve as a biomarker for the later development of autism.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 26, 2013·4 min readPersistent Negative Attitude Can Undo Effectiveness of Exposure Therapy for PhobiasIn order to recover from phobias, researchers suggest people must alter memory driven negative attitudes about their feared object.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 29, 2013·5 min readA Better Way to Culture Central Nervous CellsA protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's patients provides a superior scaffold for growing central nervous system cells in the lab.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 30, 2013·3 min readScientists Learn more about how Inhibitory Brain Cells get ExcitedNew research discovers an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get excited. Erbin, a protein critical to brain development, is also crucial for the excitement of inhibitory cells.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 17, 2012·4 min readBlue Brain Project Accurately Predicts Connections Between NeuronsProof of concept: Researchers identify principles to support brain simulation models. Blue Brain Project has identified key principles that determine synapse-scale connectivity by virtually reconstructing a cortical microcircuit and comparing it to a mammalian sample. These principles now make it possible to predict the locations of synapses in the neocortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 5, 2017·5 min readWith Mini-Vessels, Mini-Brains Expand Research PotentialMini-brains that are able to grow blood vessels are paramount for future investigation of neurological disorders, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 8, 2017·5 min readSimple Tasks Don’t Test Brain’s True ComplexityThe brain's ability to use approximate probabilistic inference can not be studied by simple tasks that are not well suited to expose the inferential computations that make the brain special, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 27, 2013·3 min readDiscovery About Animal Memory Opens Doors to Research on Memory Impairment DiseasesA new study offers evidence of source memory in nonhuman animals.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 28, 2012·4 min readStudy Shows How The Brain Responds To Deceptive AdvertisingSeveral specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 16, 2017·2 min readNew Dye Gives Researchers Clearer Insight Into the BrainResearchers have developed a new dye that can be used to observe the activity of neurons in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 12, 2017·7 min readBrain Imaging Results Skewed by Biased Study SamplesResearchers say failure to follow principles of population science can skew results of brain imaging studies.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·July 31, 2013·2 min readNIH Launches Neurological Drug Development ProjectsThe NIH has launched three innovative projects which will focus on the development of therapeutics for nicotine addiction, AMD and Fragile X Syndrome.Read More
