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·August 28, 2015·4 min read

Lighting Up Learning: Light Sensitive Switch Regulates Protein Implicated in Synaptic Plasticity

Researchers have developed a light-sensitive switch that regulates a protein implicated in synaptic plasticity. The researchers believe the photoswitch could help shed light on learning, memory and neurodegeneration.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2015·4 min read

Exposure to Sudden Sounds and Brief Trauma Results in Lasting Memories

According to a new study, brief exposure to mild trauma or sudden sounds can permanently alter neural networks and form long lasting memories.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 4, 2015·2 min read

Memory Permanence May Be Mediated by Neural Rehearsal Following Learning

According to researchers, electrical activity in the brain may be a primary factor in memory permanence.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 3, 2015·6 min read

Researchers Uncover a Mechanism for Learning in Adult Songbirds

Researchers have discovered a neurological mechanism which could help explain how songbirds are able to refine and alter their songs as adults.

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·July 30, 2015·3 min read

Study Uncovers Underlying Mechanism That Controls Age Related Memory Loss

A new study on Aplysia californica sea snails uncovers the first nervous system cells to fail during aging.

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Featured Neuroscience

·July 28, 2015·2 min read

Does Talent or Training Make a Musician Good? Depends on Their Brain Structure

A new study provides evidence to distinguish between the parts of the brain which account for individual talent and the areas activated through training.

This image is a drawing of the Rosetta Stone with DNA double helix strands.

Featured Genetics

·July 23, 2015·4 min read

Schizophrenia’s “Rosetta Stone” Gene Identified

Researchers have identified a critical function of what they believe to be schizophrenia's "Rosetta Stone" gene that could hold the key to decoding the function of all genes involved in the disease.