FeaturedNeuroscience·May 5, 2016·4 min readManipulation of Specific Neurons Helps to Erase Bad Memories and Enhance Good OnesAccording to researchers, traumatic memories are strengthened by an increased release of acetylcholine in the amygdala. Decreasing acetylcholine signaling during traumatic experience helped wipe out memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 5, 2016·4 min readHow the Brain Switches to Memory ModeResearchers have identified a mechanism that allows memory to switch from recall to memorization.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 5, 2016·4 min readTracking Critical Development in the Young BrainResearchers combine two different imaging techniques to track the rate at which nerve fibers in the developing brain becomes wrapped in myelin.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosPsychology·May 4, 2016·6 min readKetamine Lifts Depression via a Byproduct of Its MetabolismA metabolite created as the body breaks down ketamine could hold the key to understanding its antidepressant action, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 4, 2016·2 min readBrain Prevents Anxiety by Suppressing Perception of HeartbeatIn order to reduce anxiety, the human brain suppresses the sensory effects of the heartbeat, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 4, 2016·4 min readBrains Use Statistics to Calculate Confidence and Make DecisionsResearchers report the human brain processes data to make statistical assessments that translate into confidence.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 4, 2016·5 min readLearning How The Brain Controls MovementA new study explores how the brain speeds up or slows down during movement.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 4, 2016·2 min readForeign Accent Syndrome Due to Impaired Neural ConnectionA new study reports foreign accent syndrome may be caused by impaired connections between the motor speech areas in the left hemisphere of the brain and the cerebellum.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 3, 2016·5 min readMapping the Circuit of Our Circadian ClockResearchers shed light on how neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus connect to one another.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 3, 2016·3 min readNew Drug Against Nerve Agent Sarin in SightResearchers present a structural model that shows how the antidote HI-6 approaches the nerve agent sarin.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 2, 2016·4 min readHigh Fat Diets Starve the BrainResearchers report the amount of glucose that reaches the brain is significantly reduced after only three days of following a high fat diet.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 2, 2016·4 min readFirst Structural View of the NMDA Receptor in ActionResearchers have been able to obtain images of the NMDA receptor in different states.Read More
