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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.

This mri scan shows the location of the thalamus.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 22, 2013·2 min read

Different Gene Expression in Male and Female Brains May Help Explain Sex Differences in Brain Disorder

A new study reveals that there are widespread differences in how genes are expressed in male and female brains.

These brain scans are taken from the study.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 21, 2013·2 min read

Playing Computer Games Makes Brains Feel and Think Alike

Playing computer games can bring players' brain activity and emotional responses into unison, a new study finds.

This is a pencil drawing of a sleeping child.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 20, 2013·2 min read

Connections in the Brains of Young Children Strengthen During Sleep

The connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain strengthen during sleep for children. This strengthening could help brain functions mature, a new study suggests.

This is a PET scan image taken from the research paper.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 20, 2013·6 min read

Researchers Discover Idling Brain Activity in Severely Brain Injured Patients Who “Wake Up” After Using a Sleep Drug

Researchers discover a signature of brain activity in some severely brain injured patients, who regained some consciousness after using certain drug treatments.

The image shows a brain scan of a person with TBI.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 19, 2013·4 min read

Blood Test Accurately Diagnoses Concussion and Predicts Long Term Cognitive Disability

High levels of SNTF in the blood after TBI correlate with brain tissue damage, researchers discover.

The image shows the SPEC scan associated with the research.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 18, 2013·4 min read

New Hope for Victims of Traumatic Brain Injury

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy significantly revives brain function and improves quality of live for those with TBI, a new study reports.

These fMRI scans are taken from the research paper.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 6, 2013·2 min read

Personal Reflection Triggers Increased Brain Activity During Depressive Episodes

Using neuroimaging techniques, researchers find people experiencing depressive episodes have increased brain activity when thinking about themselves.

This is a rat in the virtual reality environmant.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 6, 2013·6 min read

Anticipation and Navigation: Do Your Legs Know What Your Tongue is Doing?

Researchers create a multisensory virtual reality environment in order to better understand how the brain processes spatial navigation and the anticipation of important events.

This is an fMRI scan of a person in a vegetative state.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 31, 2013·3 min read

Patient in ‘Vegetative State’ Not Just Aware, but Paying Attention

A new study reveals a patient in a seemingly vegetative state showed signs of attentive awareness which had not been detected previously. Researchers hope the findings could open the door to creating specialized devices to allow those in a vegetative state to interact with the outside world.