FeaturedNeuroscience·February 19, 2013·5 min readEngineering Control Theory Helps Create Dynamic Brain ModelsModels of the human brain, patterned on engineering control theory, could assist researchers control neurological diseases, according researcher who is using mathematical models of neuron networks from which more complex brain models emerge.Read More
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ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2011·4 min readAtomic Structure Discovered for a Sodium Channel that Generates Electrical Signals in Living CellsThe achievement opens new possibilities for designing drugs for pain, epilepsy and heart rhythm disturbances Scientists at the University of...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2012·2 min readStimulating Brain Cells with LightThe work will be conducted on laboratory rats modelling Parkinson’s disease. The transplanted cells will be derived from skin from an adult human and will have been “reprogrammed” as nerve cells. The light-sensitive protein is obtained from a bacterium, which uses light to gain energy.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 31, 2012·5 min readScientists Decode Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on What We HearNeuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke...Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·March 30, 2012·2 min readThe Electronic Nose Knows When Your Cantaloupe is RipeHave you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you,...Read More
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