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This is a generic image of neurons and synapses.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 3, 2015·3 min read

Hippocampal Circuit Abnormalities Linked to Learning Difficulties in Down Syndrome

A new study sheds light into a possible cause of learning difficulties in Down syndrome.

This image shows five panels shows a memory snapshot created by hundreds of place cells while the rat was physically stationary at the top of the 1.8 m track (black).

Featured Neuroscience

·July 15, 2015·4 min read

Watching Memories Piece Together

According to researchers, memories are more like separate but connected “snapshots” in the brain than uninterrupted video reels.

An old picture shows a man on a tight rope crossing Niagara River.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 19, 2012·4 min read

Researchers Explore How the Brain Perceives Direction and Location

The Who asked “who are you?” but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube “where are you?” and “where are you going?” Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. He is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one’s location and direction.