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This image shows half a brain with points to represent a neural network connected to a DNA strand.

Featured Genetics

·June 11, 2015·6 min read

Synchronized Interactions Between Remote Brain Regions Have Genetic Underpinnings

Study provides evidence of genetic underpinning for neural synchrony.

Featured Genetics

·April 27, 2015·5 min read

Neurons Constantly Rewrite Their DNA

For neurons to function, DNA regulatory tags are cut out and replaced, a new study reports.

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Featured Neuroscience

·February 4, 2013·4 min read

Finding the Way to Memory

A new study reveals DCC, the receptor for a crucial protein in the nervous system known as netrin, plays a key role in regulating the plasticity of nerve cell connections in the brain.

Featured Neurology

·January 16, 2013·2 min read

Promising New Finding for Therapies to Treat Persistent Seizures in Epileptic Patients

In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers reported today that new medication could help halt these devastating seizures.