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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 shows the outline of a man and a woman's heads

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·July 7, 2021·13 min read

For Neuroscientists and Researchers in General, a Checklist for Eliminating Gender Bias

Researchers set forth a new summary of the forms gender bias can take and propose a new checklist to remedy the problems they discovered.

This shows a brain in a lightbulb and an alarm clock

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·July 7, 2021·2 min read

Could a Longer Reproductive Period Put Women at Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?

Longer reproductive periods in women with an increased duration of endogenous estrogen were linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid.

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·July 7, 2021·5 min read

Dancing With Music Can Halt Most Debilitating Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Weekly musical dance classes can help to improve daily living and motor functions in those with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease.

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·July 6, 2021·6 min read

Digital Pens Provide New Insight Into Cognitive Testing Results

Performing written cognitive tests with a digital pen allowed researchers to identify differences between "thinking" and "writing" times that may be early biomarkers for cognitive and motor decline.

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·July 6, 2021·6 min read

Study Reveals Source of Remarkable Memory of “Superagers”

The structure of SuperAgers' brains and the connectivity of their neural networks more closely resembles the brains of younger adults, a neuroimaging study reveals.

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·July 6, 2021·4 min read

Rejuvenating Mouse Brains With Ketamine or Flickering Light

Ketamine and exposure to 60-hertz flickering light show promise as a potentially new, non-invasive therapy to help rejuvenate the aging brain.

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·July 5, 2021·3 min read

Structures Discovered in Brain Cancer Patients Can Help Fight Tumors

Researchers found lymph-node-like structures close to glioma brain tumors in cancer patients. The study reveals immune cells within these structures can be activated to attack the brain tumor.

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·July 5, 2021·4 min read

Being Clean and Hygienic Need Not Impair Childhood Immunity

Researchers report a cleaner living environment may not detrimentally impact a child's developing immune system, as current theories suggest.

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·July 5, 2021·3 min read

Nanomaterials Shape and Form Influences Their Ability to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier

Silver and zinc oxide nanomaterials are able to pass through an in vitro blood-brain barrier model in the form of both particles and dissolved ions.

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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

More Filling? Tastes Great? How Flies, and Maybe People, Choose Their Food

Neurochemistry may dictate our choices for certain kinds of food, even when we believe we are making a conscious choice in what to eat.

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·July 5, 2021·6 min read

Common Mechanism Underlies Some Behavioral Traits Seen in Autism and Schizophrenia

Certain genes that are mutated or missing in those with schizophrenia and autism cause similar dysfunction in neural networks within the thalamus.

This shows oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus

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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

The Same Neural Pathways Promote Maternal and Paternal Behaviors in Voles

Connections between oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and dopamine neurons in the reward system drive parenting behaviors in both male and female voles.