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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience often involves research from numerous science genres including brain science, psychology, neurology, computer science, artificial intelligence, big data, statistics, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, linguistics, electrophysiology, biology, anatomy and neurobiology.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 25, 2014·4 min read

Zombie Ant Fungi ‘Know’ Brains of Their Hosts

A new study reports a parasitic fungus emits a number of behavior controlling chemicals when it encounters the brains of ants.

This image shows a retina cross section from a healthy mouse.

Electrophysiology Featured Genetics

·August 25, 2014·3 min read

Changes in the Eye Can Predict Changes in the Brain

Researchers report retinal degeneration could be one of the earliest signs of FTD in people who have a genetic risk for the disorder.

This image shows a neuron created by numbers, like a matrix visual.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·3 min read

Neuroscience and Big Data: How to Find Simplicity in the Brain

A new paper describes the scientific motivations for studying neural activity, along with a class of machine learning, called dimensionality reduction, for interpreting the activity.

This image shows different items, such as a stuffed toy, desk and traffic sign.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·2 min read

Haven’t My Neurons Seen This Before?

A new study reports on how neurons in the inferotemporal cortex respond to being shown a barrage of images.

This image shows the blue light shining againsts a dark background.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·4 min read

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.

This image shows scans of an autistic brain from a previous study the researcher performed.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2014·3 min read

Are Three Brain Imaging Techniques Better than One?

Two new NIH grants will allow researchers to combine neuroimaging techniques to better explore autism.

This image shows coronal view of the striatum location in a mouse brain.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2014·2 min read

The Striatum Acts as Hub for Multisensory Integration

Researchers report the striatum acts as a sensory hub which integrates various types of sensory information.

This image shows the habenula region from a D2-eGFP (green) transgenic mouse stained for calbindin (red) and DAPI (blue) to show nuclei.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 21, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation

Researchers report the dorsal medial habenula could control a person's motivation to exercise.

This image is a neuron from the brain of a young person with autism.

Autism Electrophysiology Featured

·August 21, 2014·5 min read

Children with Autism Have Extra Synapses in Brain

According to a new study, children with autism have an excess of synapses in the brain, due to a slowdown of the normal pruning process during development.