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Featured Neuroscience Neurotech Robotics

·June 27, 2022·4 min read

Supernumerary Virtual Robotic Arms Can Feel Like Part of Our Body

Researchers have developed a virtual robotic arm that can be controlled by a person's feet in a virtual environment to provide an "extra" limb. After training, users reported feeling the virtual limb felt as though it was part of their physical body.

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·June 15, 2022·6 min read

How Does the Brain Learn?

A new, open-source model of synaptic plasticity in the neocortex could propel understanding of how learning occurs in the brain.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 31, 2022·5 min read

How Sleep Builds Relational Memory

Study reveals the underlying mechanisms that strengthen and facilitate the formation of new relational memories during sleep.

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Electrophysiology Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 10, 2022·5 min read

How a Gene Mutation Causes Higher Intelligence

A rare genetic mutation that causes blindness also appears to be associated with above-average intelligence, a new study reports.

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·April 28, 2022·3 min read

New Brain Learning Mechanism Calls for Revision of Long-Held Neuroscience Hypothesis

Experimental observations conclude learning is mainly performed by neural dendrite trees as opposed to modifying solely through the strength of the synapses, as previously believed.

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·April 19, 2022·3 min read

When Neurons Behave Like a Double-Edged Sword

Researchers report the intrinsic excitability of neurons in response to immune cell reaction to bacteria depends on the different neuron subtypes in rats.

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·March 7, 2022·2 min read

Uncovering How Immune Cells Nurture Brain Connections

A new study in mice finds microglia help neurons grow synapses critical for cognitive function.

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·January 18, 2022·7 min read

Study Highlights Connections Between Addictive Drugs and Brain Function in Mice

Study reveals the specific changes that occur in the brains of mice exposed to cocaine. The findings shed new light on the role of dopamine in addiction, and provide new insight into dopamine transmission in the brain.

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·December 14, 2021·4 min read

Learning and Protecting Itself: How the Brain Adapts

Blocking matrix metalloproteinases MMP2 and MMP9 can have the opposite effect on neuroplasticity depending on whether the brain is healthy or injured.

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·November 29, 2021·6 min read

Study Reveals a Protein’s Key Contribution to Heterogeneity of Neurons

Just one protein situated on the synapse can profoundly alter how some neurons communicate and implement plasticity.

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·November 16, 2021·4 min read

Neuroimmune Interactions and Brain Plasticity

Researchers examine how neuroimmune interactions promote brain plasticity and shed new light on how neuroimmune activity may have implications for a range of disorders, including neurological changes experienced by COVID-19 survivors.

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·November 13, 2021·3 min read

A New Neural-Optic System Can Manipulate Memories

A new neuro-optics technique can manipulate memory consolidation in mouse models by hindering long-term potentiation. Researchers say eliminating local LTP in the hippocampus erased memories. The method could be used to isolate memory formation at the cellular level.

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