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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience
          ·May 3, 2012·6 min read

          Scientists Show How a Gene Duplication Helped Our Brains Become ‘Human’

          Extra copy of brain-development gene allowed neurons to migrate farther and develop more connections; findings may offer clue to autism...
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 7, 2012·3 min read

          A Brain Filter for Clear Information Transmission

          Frequently, as many as one thousand signals rain down on a single neuron simultaneously. To ensure that precise signals are delivered, the brain possesses a sophisticated inhibitory system. Scientists have now illuminated how this system works.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 21, 2012·4 min read

          Research Identifies Protein that Regulates Key Fate Decision in Cortical Progenitor Cells

          Researchers solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: how progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, the seat of cognition and executive function in the mature brain.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 24, 2014·4 min read

          Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

          Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.
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          The image shows the flow of the stimuli to the fear memory output.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 16, 2015·2 min read

          Implanting Fear

          Researchers report noradrenaline and Hebbian plasticity work in tandem to form memories of fearful events.
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          This shows synthetic pyramidal neurons.
          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·March 31, 2015·2 min read

          Tracking Dendritic Activity During Learning Reveals How the Brain Encodes and Stores Information

          A new study provides additional insight into how the brain stores and encodes new information.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·April 7, 2015·3 min read

          Scientists Discover Important Communication Mechanism Between Two Brain Areas Implicated in Schizophrenia

          Disruptions in an inhibitory brain circuit between the thalamus and prefrontal cortex may underlie cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·May 4, 2015·5 min read

          Three Previously Unrelated Theories About Cause of Schizophrenia Linked

          New research could lead to new treatment strategies for the underlying causes of schizophrenia.
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          This image shows a a labelled diagram of a synapse.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 23, 2015·5 min read

          Synapses Last as Long as the Memories They Hold

          A new study confirms that synapses between hippocampal neurons remain for the duration of an episodic memory.
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          Illustration of a healthy brain slice and a brain slice from a person with Alzheiemr's.
          FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·September 3, 2015·5 min read

          Mechanism for Unhealthy Brain Aging Associated with Alzheimer’s Identified

          Researchers report they have discovered a link between unhealthy brain aging and a protein responsible for regulating calcium.
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          FeaturedNeurologyPain
          ·October 12, 2015·4 min read

          Chronic Pain is in the Brain

          A new study reports on the role of HCN channels in pain processing.
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          Image of visual cortex neurons.
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·December 17, 2015·5 min read

          Shedding Light on How the Brain Processes Visual Information

          A new study helps further understanding on how the brain processes visual information.
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