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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.

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.

This image shows the location of the amygdala in the human brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 20, 2014·3 min read

Maturing Brain Flips Function of Amygdala in Regulating Stress Hormones

According to a new study, the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on cortisol during early development of nonhuman primates.

This image is a diagram which details a germline mutation in autism.

Autism Featured Genetics

·August 20, 2014·8 min read

Gene Technique Identifies Hidden Causes of Brain Malformation

Researchers report on a new technique which identifies genetic mutations that cause brain malformation.

This image shows is an MRI of white matter in the human brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2014·4 min read

Physically Fit Kids Have Beefier White Matter than Less Fit Peers

Researchers find children who are more aerobically fit have more compact and fibrous white matter tracts than their less fit peers.

The image is a diagram showing the different reactions between the sexes.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Business

·August 19, 2014·6 min read

Our Connection to Content

MIT's Innerscope Research uses a range of neuroscience tools to explore the connections between media and the consumer.

The image is shows the neurons grown from the blood cells.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Blood Cells Generate Neurons in Crayfish

Researching crayfish, scientists report the immune system can produce cells from stem cells. These cells can create neurons.

The image shows the outline of a head with lights shooting out from the brain.

Featured Neurology

·August 18, 2014·5 min read

Targeted Brain Stimulation Aids Stroke Recovery in Mice

Using optogenetics to stimulate mice brains five days after a stroke helped improve motor control and brain chemistry, researchers report.

The image is a diagram representing the circadian clock. There is a drawing of the sun with rays hitting the SCN in the brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Obtain Key Insights into How the Internal Body Clock is Tuned

Researchers discover a new way that circadian rhythm is regulated by long non-coding RNA.

The image shows arteries in the brain.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Taking the Pulse of Aging

Researchers have developed a new, non invasive technique to map the pulse pressure and elasticity of arteries in the brain.

$The image shows a child reading a book. Surrounding him are numbers and words associated with math.$

Featured Neuroscience

·August 17, 2014·5 min read

New Research Sheds Light on How Children’s Brains Memorize Facts

A new neuroimaging study could help explain how the brain reorganizes itself as children learn math facts.

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