FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·June 30, 2011·3 min readNervous System Stem Cells Can Replace Themselves, Give Rise to Variety of Cell Types, Even AmplifyTeam reconstituted stem cells’ “family tree” A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeuroscience·June 30, 2011·3 min readScientists Use ‘Optogenetics’ to Control Reward-Seeking BehaviorThe findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 28, 2011·3 min readEat Today, Pay Tomorrow: Lean Women Think AheadStudy reveals possible gender-specific influence of overeating on the brain. Being overweight is accompanied by changes in brain structure and...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 27, 2011·2 min readNeuroscientists Find Famous Optical Illusion Surprisingly PotentScientists have come up with new insight into the brain processes that cause the optical illusion below The yellow jacket...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 20, 2011·2 min readBrain Pathway Links Nicotine and Weight LossSmokers often gain weight when they quit. A new study in mice may help explain why. Scientists have pinpointed a...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 17, 2011·3 min readRestoring Memory, Repairing Damaged Brains With An Artificial HippocampusBiomedical engineers analyze and duplicate the neural mechanism of learning in rats Scientists have developed a way to turn memories...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 14, 2011·2 min readResearchers Discover ‘Road Map’ in Fish Brain for How Vertebrates Produce SoundsCornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans,...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·June 10, 2011·3 min readFragile X Protein Acts as Toggle Switch in Brain CellsNew research shows how the protein missing in fragile X syndrome – the most common inherited form of intellectual disability...Read More
Electrophysiology·June 9, 2011·2 min readNicotine Triggered Appetite Suppression Site Identified in BrainIt is widely known that smoking inhibits appetite, but what is not known, is what triggers this process in the...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 8, 2011·5 min readFirst Images of Rod Photoreceptors in the Living Human EyeAdaptive optics technology likely to spur sight-saving interventions, usher in new era of eye disease research, diagnosis and treatment Scientists...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 3, 2011·4 min readBlast-Related Injuries Detected in the Brains of U.S. Military PersonnelAn advanced imaging technique has revealed that some U.S. military personnel with mild blast-related traumatic brain injuries have abnormalities in the brain that have not been seen with other types of imaging.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 2, 2011·3 min readResearchers Map, Measure Brain’s Neural ConnectionsComputer scientists at Brown University have created software to examine neural circuitry in the human brain. The 2-D neural maps...Read More
