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Neuroscience research articles and press releases that cover research published in Open Access journals are listed below. We use Open Access (OA) to mean that the general public has free, open access to research journal articles published online.

Illustration of a cannabis plant from a horticultural book.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 30, 2016·4 min read

More Research Needed on Effects of Cannabis on Human Development

More research is needed on the link between maternal cannabis use and the health of newborns, researchers report.

Image shows a PET brain scan of an Alzheimer's patient.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 29, 2016·4 min read

New Imaging Technique Opens Possibility for Alzheimer’s Drug Development

Tau PET neuroimaging could help open the door to developing new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 29, 2016·3 min read

Genes Underlying Dogs’ Social Ability Revealed

According to a new study, social ability of dogs appears to be affected by genes that also influence human behavior.

Electrophysiology Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 29, 2016·3 min read

Meditation Keeps Emotional Brain in Check

Meditation can help people to take their negative emotions, a new study reports.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 29, 2016·4 min read

To Help or Not? Emergency Situations Amplify Tendencies to Behave Egotistically or Prosocially

A new study reports readiness to help in an emergency situation depends heavily on your personality.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 29, 2016·4 min read

Alcohol Shown to Act in Same Way as Rapid Antidepressants

Researchers report alcohol produces the same neural and molecular changes as drugs that have proven to be rapidly effective antidepressants.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·September 28, 2016·2 min read

New Insight into Eye Disease

Researchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 27, 2016·5 min read

Ear Ossicles of Modern Humans and Neanderthal Had Different Shape but Similar Function

Findings could shed new light on the emergence of human spoken language.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 27, 2016·4 min read

Perceived Hardship and Poverty Affect Cognitive Function, May Contribute to Premature Aging

A new study finds a link between sustained exposure to economic hardship, premature aging and reduced cognitive function.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 27, 2016·6 min read

Experimental Imaging Agent Reveals Concussion Related CTE in Living Brain

Researchers use an experimental PET scan tracer to effectively find brain protein deposits specific to CTE in the brain of a retired NFL player.

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·September 27, 2016·6 min read

Shape Programmable Miniscule Robots

Researchers have developed new microbots that use magnetic fields to generate desired time varying shapes.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 27, 2016·6 min read

Pinpointing a Brain Circuit That Keeps Fear at Bay

Researchers have discovered a method to prolong the benefits of extinction and identified a new way to improve exposure therapy in people suffering from phobias and PTSD.