FeaturedNeuroscience·July 21, 2011·2 min readGardening in the BrainSpecialist cells prune connections between neurons Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to...Read More
Brain CancerNeuroscience·July 18, 2011·2 min readCancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin – Brain Cells Grown from SkinScientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC grow brain cells from skin Oncogenes are generally thought to be...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2011·4 min readAtomic Structure Discovered for a Sodium Channel that Generates Electrical Signals in Living CellsThe achievement opens new possibilities for designing drugs for pain, epilepsy and heart rhythm disturbances Scientists at the University of...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·June 30, 2011·3 min readNervous System Stem Cells Can Replace Themselves, Give Rise to Variety of Cell Types, Even AmplifyTeam reconstituted stem cells’ “family tree” A Johns Hopkins team has discovered in young adult mice that a lone brain...Read More
AutismElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 23, 2011·2 min readCompetition Between Brain Cells Spurs Memory Circuit DevelopmentFrom the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the...Read More
Neuroscience·June 21, 2011·3 min readUC Riverside Neuroscientists’ Discovery Could Bring Relief to Epilepsy SufferersMaxim Bazhenov and Giri Krishnan used computational model to study epileptic seizures at the molecular level; research could lead to...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 14, 2011·2 min readResearchers Discover ‘Road Map’ in Fish Brain for How Vertebrates Produce SoundsCornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans,...Read More
ElectrophysiologyNeuroscience·May 17, 2011·1 min readSodium Channels Evolved Before Animals’ Nervous Systems, Research ShowsAn essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of...Read More
Neuroscience·May 13, 2011·4 min readAs Time Goes by, It Gets Tougher to ‘Just Remember This’It’s something we just accept: the fact that the older we get, the more difficulty we seem to have remembering...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 27, 2011·7 min readCan Traumatic Memories Be Erased?Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·April 26, 2011·3 min readMolecular Architecture of Key NMDA Receptor Subunit RevealedCSHL structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit Structure of GluN2D subunit when docked with certain neurotransmitters...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·April 21, 2011·2 min readFunctioning Synapse Created Using Carbon NanotubesResearchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes. Devices might be used in brain prostheses, or combined into a massive network...Read More
