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Image shows drawings of serotonin neurons and reading glasses.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 6, 2015·5 min read

Diverse Subtypes of Serotonin Producing Neurons Discovered

Researchers report differences in serotonin producing neurons likely matter in different diseases.

Image shows how neurons in biploar patients react to lithium.

Featured Psychology

·October 28, 2015·5 min read

Response to Lithium Can Be Predicted by Bipolar Patients’ Brain Cells

Study reveals why some people with bipolar disorder respond to lithium while others don't.

Image of an oligodendrocyte seen myelinating several axons.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 9, 2015·3 min read

Calling for Aid: Damaged Nerve Cells Communicate with Stem Cells

Findings could help researchers develop new treatments for the most devastating forms of multiple sclerosis and other demyelinated diseases.

Pink stained neurons created from fibroblasts are shown.

Featured Genetics

·October 8, 2015·4 min read

Ahead of Time: Researchers Learn How to Grow Old Brain Cells

Researchers have developed a technique to yield neurons which resemble those found in the brains of old people. They believe this can help with future research for age related neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 1, 2015·4 min read

Tissue Engineered Colon from Human Cells Develop Different Types of Neurons

According to a new study, a tissue-engineered colon derived from human stem cells can develop nerves required to function effectively.

Image shows stem cells in the developing brain.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 1, 2015·6 min read

Diverse Mutations Reveal Lineage of Neurons

Researchers discover somatic mutations appear to occur most often in the genes neurons use most.

Diagram of the human subventricular zone in the brain.

Featured Genetics

·September 24, 2015·6 min read

Stem Cell Findings May Explain How the Human Brain Evolved

Researchers map the genes of a unique group of neural stem cells that appear to generate most of the neurons in the cerebral cortex.

Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 21, 2015·6 min read

Neurotoxicity Predicted by Organoids Derived from Stem Cells

Researchers have developed a new approach to predicting developmental neurotoxicity that uses stem cells to model features of the developing human brain.