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
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 27, 2014·4 min readFruit Fly’s Pruning Protein Could Be Key to Treating Brain InjuryA new study reports a protein which controls metamorphosis in Drosophila could play a role in reversing brain injuries.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 27, 2014·2 min readWhy Do Some Neurons Respond Selectively to Words, Objects and Faces?Researchers propose highly selective neural representations are well suited to co-activating multiple things at the same time in short terms memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 27, 2014·4 min readStudy First to Offer Detailed Map of Mouse Cerebral CortexA new study identifies eight distinct neural sub-networks which form the connectivity infrastructure of the mammalian cerebral cortex.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readIn One Ear and Out the OtherResearchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 26, 2014·3 min readOne Gene Influences Recovery from Traumatic Brain InjuryResearchers find a gene variant which could cause some people to be more impaired by TBI than others.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·February 26, 2014·5 min readStudy Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in KidsA new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 26, 2014·2 min readMysterious Polio Like Illness Found in Between 20 to 25 California ChildrenResearchers have identified a polio-like syndrome in a group of five California based children over a one year period.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readMaze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats LookProjecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.Read More
