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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 12, 2021·3 min read

A Common Ancestor for Cells Involved in Hearing and Touch

Study points to the evolutionary and developmental similarities between sensory cells in the inner ear and skin.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·September 7, 2020·3 min read

Rubbing Skin Activates Itch-Relief Neural Pathway

Stroking the skin can be as effective at relieving an itch as scratching, a new study reports. Rubbing an itch activates touch receptors and recruits anti-itch neurons in the spinal cord.

Featured Neurology Pain

·August 19, 2020·5 min read

Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

c-Fos accumulates in the nucleus of peripheral nerve cells of mouse models of chronic pain. Researchers identified around 30 existing drugs that appear to target the importin alpha-3-c-Fos pathway to help treat chronic pain.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 7, 2020·4 min read

Sensory Neurons Outside the Brain Drive Autistic Social Behaviors

The loss of the protein neurofibromin 1 (NF1) in adult male flies resulted in social impairments. The deficits were traced back to a primary disruption in a small group of peripheral neurons which control external stimuli, including touch and smell, that communicate to the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 12, 2019·7 min read

Neuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzle

Time plays a key role when it comes to Weber's Law.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·December 31, 2018·4 min read

How Brain Cells Filter Information in Groups

A new study reports the neurons that focus on coarse visual details could change to prefer finer details under different conditions. The findings shed new light on the neural mechanism that helps shape our perception of the world.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 14, 2018·5 min read

Researchers ‘Transfer’ a Memory

A new study reports researchers have successfully generated an artificial memory by injecting a sea snail with the RNA from another. Researchers say this approach could lead to new treatments to restore memory and alter traumatic memories in humans.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 18, 2018·4 min read

Keeping the Excitement Under Control

Researchers have developed a new method to identify and monitor the activity of 'quiet' neurons.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 2, 2018·6 min read

Butterflies of the Soul: Study Sheds Light on Developmental Origins of Interneurons

A new study reveals how interneurons emerge and diversify in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 19, 2018·5 min read

Nerve Cells That Enable Fruit Flies to Escape Danger Discovered

Researchers have identified neurons that help to initiate an escape from danger response in fruit flies.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 25, 2018·4 min read

How Our Skin Communicates with the Brain

Inhibition of the P2X4 protein receptor in sensory neurons decreases sensitivity to touch, a new study reports. The findings could have implications for the development of new topical treatments for psoriasis and dermatitis.