FeaturedNeuroscience·March 6, 2014·5 min readScientists Create Detailed Picture of Membrane Protein Linked to Brain DisordersResearchers gain a better understanding of the mGlu1 receptor which they believe to be a viable target for future medications to treat a number of brain disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 6, 2014·3 min readNew High Tech Lab Records the Brain and Body in ActionA new lab at UCSF promises to bridge the worlds of technology and neuroscience to help better understand and treat neurological diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 5, 2014·3 min readResearchers Find Drug Therapy That Could Eventually Reverse Memory Decline in SeniorsResearchers believe they have found a drug therapy which could potentially reverse age related memory decline.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 5, 2014·3 min readPlumes in the Sleeping Avian BrainNew research provides deeper insights into the sleeping avian brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 4, 2014·2 min readMotion Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain Know About Directional ChangesResearchers discover our ability to process directional movements is a result of cortical activation of signals which originate from retinal neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 4, 2014·3 min readResearchers Discover a Link Between Sharp Vision and the Brain’s Processing SpeedResearchers have discovered new evidence which correlates foveal crowding with the brain's processing speed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 3, 2014·3 min readA Sparse Memory Is a Precise MemoryResearchers discover a key to forming distinct associative memories lies in how information from the senses is encoded in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 2, 2014·3 min readResearch Reveals First Glimpse of a Brain Circuit That Helps Experience Shape PerceptionResearchers observe inhibitory neurons which link olfaction with cognition and memory in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 28, 2014·4 min readResearchers Reveal the Dual Role of Brain GlycogenResearchers report an accumulation of glycogen in Lafora disease directly causes apoptosis, triggers autophagy and synaptic failure.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 28, 2014·5 min readMuscle Controlling Neurons Know When They Mess UpNew research unravels how the feedback system between climbing fibers and Purkinje cells works.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·February 27, 2014·3 min readStudy Reveals Evolution at WorkNew research reveals some unique evolutionary innovations in the brains of primates.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 27, 2014·3 min readAfter Death, Twin Brains Show Similar Patterns of Neuropathologic ChangesResearchers compared the brains of twins where one, or both, died with Alzheimer's disease. They discovered many of the twins not only had similar progressions of the disease before death, but also similar combinations of pathologies.Read More