FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 29, 2021·6 min readStudy Reveals a Protein’s Key Contribution to Heterogeneity of NeuronsJust one protein situated on the synapse can profoundly alter how some neurons communicate and implement plasticity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 22, 2021·6 min readFeast or Forage: Study Finds Circuit That Helps a Brain DecideA new study reveals the complex architecture of a decision-making circuit in the brains of C. elegans that prompts them to forage for food or stop once a source has been found.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 8, 2021·7 min readBehind the Scenes, Brain Circuit Ensures Vision Remains ReliableWhile some types of excitatory neurons respond to images and represent them in the visual cortex, the activity of two types of inhibitory interneurons combine in a circuit to reinforce visual stability and reliability.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2021·6 min readStatistical Model Defines Ketamine Anesthesia’s Effects on the BrainA new statistical model lays groundwork for understanding how ketamine induces an anesthetic response, steps to monitor unconscious patients, and provides new information about brain activity while unconscious.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 26, 2021·6 min readBrain’s ‘Memory Center’ Needed to Recognize Image Sequences but Not Single SightsWhile the visual cortex stores individual images in the brain, the hippocampus plays a significant role in the ability to recognize a sequence of images.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 23, 2021·5 min readNeuroscientists Posit That Brain Region Is a Key Locus of LearningA new study reveals the role the locus coeruleus plays in learning, behavior, and mental health.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 11, 2021·6 min readMemory Making Involves Extensive DNA BreakingBrain cells snap DNA in more places and in more cell types than previously realized in order to express genes for learning and memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 9, 2021·6 min readAs Novel Sights Become Familiar, Different Brain Rhythms and Neurons Take OverAs novel visual patterns become familiar, stark changes occur in the visual cortex. Gamma rhythms give way to low-wave beta waves, and the neural activity switches from PV neurons in favor of inhibitory SOM neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 7, 2021·7 min readAlgorithms Show Accuracy in Gauging Unconsciousness Under General AnesthesiaA newly developed artificial intelligence algorithm can accurately and reliably assess unconsciousness in patients under anesthesia based on brain activity.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 27, 2021·5 min readAnesthesia Doesn’t Simply Turn Off the Brain, It Changes Its RhythmsPropofol, the commonly used anesthetic, alters and controls the dynamics of the brain's rhythms. The findings can help doctors better monitor patients under anesthesia with the aid of EEG.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 23, 2021·6 min readBasic Cell Health Systems Wear Down in Huntington’s DiseaseHuntington's disease may progress to advanced stages as a result of degradation of the cells' health maintenance system than due to the increased disease pathology itself.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 8, 2021·7 min readAs You Look Around, Mental Images Bounce Between Right and Left BrainIn visual working memory, the brain immediately transfers the memory of object shifts by re-encoding the memory among neurons in the opposite brain hemisphere.Read More
