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·February 5, 2020·3 min read

Parkinson’s and the immune system

Researchers provide new evidence of the link between Parkinson's disease and the immune system.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 1, 2020·3 min read

Why Drugs Sometimes Cause Receptor Potentiation Rather Than Inhibition

Receptor potentiation was observed when the antagonists bind to receptors that consist of different subunits, where it acts as a subunit.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 30, 2017·4 min read

Gamers Have an Advantage in Learning

People who play video games for more than 15 hours per week performed better in learning tasks and showed increased activity in brain areas associated with memory than non-gamers, a new study reports.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 3, 2018·4 min read

Crocodiles Listen to Classical Music in MRI Scanner

Exposing crocodiles to a variety of auditory and visual stimuli while in an MRI, researchers discover their brain processing patterns resemble that of other mammals and birds. The researchers speculate the fundamental mechanisms of sensory processing were formed at an early evolutionary stage.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·June 8, 2018·4 min read

Virtual Brain Gives Insights Into Memory Deficits in Depression

Researchers have developed a new computational model of major depressive disorder. The model reveals older memories, as well as short term memories, are affected by major depressive disorder. Researchers say how long the memory deficits go back depends on how long the depressive episode lasts.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·December 9, 2020·4 min read

New Biomarker Candidate for ALS

A novel method detected conformational changes to the TDP-43 protein in cerebral spinal fluid associated with ALS.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 15, 2021·4 min read

Why Do We Remember Stressful Experiences Better?

Memories of objects from stressful situations rely on similar neural activity to memories of the stressful events themselves.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 2, 2021·3 min read

Willpower Is the Key to Enhancing Learning and Memory

An increase in theta oscillations in the hippocampus help make learning and subsequent memory more efficient.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 26, 2023·4 min read

Fibromyalgia’s Impact on Brain Structure

Researchers delved into the brain's grey and white matter, investigating the impacts of fibromyalgia. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the team detected reduced grey matter volume in the pain-processing areas of fibromyalgia patients.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 16, 2021·3 min read

New Technique Provides Insights Into the Evolution of the Brain

H3 acetylation of basal neural precursor cells may have been an important factor in the evolution of the human neocortex.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 14, 2017·4 min read

Our Senses Can’t Learn Under Stress

Stress may impede perceptual learning and performance, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 14, 2021·3 min read

Getting Romantic at Home Wearing an EEG Cap

An EEG study of couples embarking on romantic gestures, such as hugging and kissing, reveal positive emotions are mainly processed in the left hemisphere of the brain.

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Parkinson’s and the immune system

Why Drugs Sometimes Cause Receptor Potentiation Rather Than Inhibition

Gamers Have an Advantage in Learning

Crocodiles Listen to Classical Music in MRI Scanner

Virtual Brain Gives Insights Into Memory Deficits in Depression

New Biomarker Candidate for ALS

Why Do We Remember Stressful Experiences Better?

Willpower Is the Key to Enhancing Learning and Memory

Fibromyalgia’s Impact on Brain Structure

New Technique Provides Insights Into the Evolution of the Brain

Our Senses Can’t Learn Under Stress

Getting Romantic at Home Wearing an EEG Cap

Neuro-Insights of the Week From Neuroscience News, October 1, 2023

Circadian Rhythm Off Beat: Parkinson’s and Nighttime Neuron Damage

ChatGPT’s Role in Shaping Identity and Personal Narratives

New Brain Structures in Language Processing Identified

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