FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 19, 2019Altered Brain Activity Patterns of Parkinson’s Captured in MiceResearchers have pinpointed how brain activity changes in mouse models of Parkinson's disease, providing clues as to what may drive symptoms of the disease in humans. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 20, 2019Early-and-regular cannabis use by youth is associated with alteration in brain circuits that support cognitive controlCompared to peers who do not use cannabis, teens and young adults with significant marijuana use history have reduced activation in brain areas that support cognitive control and conflict resolution. Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeatured·March 11, 2015Cells in Matrix and Striosome Compartments of Striatum Do Not Appear to CommunicateA new study reports martix and stirosome compartments in the striatum do not appear to exchange synaptic information. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 23, 2019Study Advances Understanding of How Brains Remember DecisionsThe medial prefrontal cortex persistently encodes value based decision variables. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 19, 2015Creatures of Habit: How Neurons Weigh Behavioral Cost and RewardAccording to a new study, habit formation is driven by neurons in the striatum which represent both the cost and reward of the behavior. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 15, 2017Not All Astrocytes in the Brain Are the SameA new study published in Neuron challenges the idea that astrocytes across the brain are largely identical. Researchers found astrocytes in the hippocampus and striatum have differences that affect how they function and interact with neurons. Striatal astrocytes also have different genes turned on that hippocampal astrocytes, the study reports. Read More
FeaturedGenetics·November 30, 2015Genetic Variants Associated with Schizophrenia Influence Gene Activity in Developing BrainResearchers shed ligh on how DNA sequence variation influences gene activity in brain development. Read More
FeaturedGenetics·September 11, 2012How Genetics Shape Our Addictions: Genes Predict the Brain’s Reaction to SmokingHave you ever wondered why some people find it so much easier to stop smoking than others? New research shows that vulnerability to smoking addiction is shaped by our genes. Read More
FeaturedMost PopularNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 6, 2016How Long Term Marijuana Use Alters the Brain’s Reward CircuitResearchers report chronic marijuana users show more brain activity in the mesocorticolimbic reward system when presented with cannabis cues than with natural reward cues. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 19, 2014Study Reveals Workings of Working MemoryThe brain uses similar circuits involved in planning motion when selecting tasks from working memory, new research reports. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 11, 2019New role for sensory signals in the brainOptogenetic stimulation causes signals in the sensory cortex to halt actions during a behavioral task, while altering signals in the motor cortex to cause mice to act more impulsively. Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 29, 2014Creatures of HabitA new study reports people affected by substance abuse, eating disorders and OCD share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure. Read More
