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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·January 2, 2021·4 min read

Tracing the Many Paths of Vision

Study supports the theory that highly specialized neurons in the brain are key to translating diverse visual stimuli into behavior.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 20, 2020·4 min read

Machine Learning, Meet Human Emotions: How to Help a Computer Monitor Your Mental State

Researchers test machine learning algorithms to determine the metal workload and affective states of the human brain.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·October 28, 2018·4 min read

Mini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and Brain

Findings could help to develop new treatments to restore site when connections between the eyes and brain are damaged, researchers say.

Featured Neurology

·January 18, 2017·7 min read

Toxic Brain Cells May Drive Many Neuodegenerative Disorders

A new study reports astrocytes may be a driving force behind a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 19, 2015·4 min read

Deciphering the Role of Brain Layers

A new study sheds light on the role of layers in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·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.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 9, 2012·5 min read

Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains

A neuron’s fate was thought to be determined by the timing of its birth date. Neuroscientists recently showed that there is a distinct stem cell progenitor that gives rise to upper layer neurons, regardless of birth date or place.

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Tracing the Many Paths of Vision

Machine Learning, Meet Human Emotions: How to Help a Computer Monitor Your Mental State

Mini Retinas Shed Light on Connection Between Eyes and Brain

Toxic Brain Cells May Drive Many Neuodegenerative Disorders

Deciphering the Role of Brain Layers

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

Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains

Amygdala’s Role in Epilepsy Sudden Death

Psilocybin Microdosing Promising for Mental Health Disorders

Age-Related Changes in Spoken Word Recognition

Personality Disorders Linked to Increased Risk of Fatty Liver Disease

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