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·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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·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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·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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·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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·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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·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.