Latest

synaptic plasticity

·April 27, 2011·7 min read

Can Traumatic Memories Be Erased?

Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 26, 2011·3 min read

Molecular Architecture of Key NMDA Receptor Subunit Revealed

CSHL structural biologists reveal molecular architecture of key NMDA receptor subunit Structure of GluN2D subunit when docked with certain neurotransmitters...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 21, 2011·2 min read

Functioning Synapse Created Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes. Devices might be used in brain prostheses, or combined into a massive network...

Neuroscience

·April 8, 2011·2 min read

Dopamine Controls Formation of New Brain Cells

A study of the salamander brain has led researchers at Karolinska Institutet to discover a hitherto unknown function of the...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 25, 2011·3 min read

‘Can you hear me now?’ Researchers Detail How Neurons Decide How to Transmit Information

There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of thousands of these neurons might...

Psychology

·March 24, 2011·1 min read

Could Training the Brain’ Help Children with Tourette Syndrome?

Children with Tourette syndrome could benefit from behavioural therapy to reduce their symptoms, according to a new brain imaging study....

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 9, 2011·5 min read

Reelin Nerve Cells Into Neocortex Without Glial Cell Hooks

Scientists found that the protein named reelin is deeply involved in the migration of new nerve cells to the neocortex...

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·January 28, 2011·4 min read

Spinal Cord Regeneration Barriers Removed with Cancer Drug

The researchers claim Taxol was effective in promoting regeneration of injured spinal cord nerve cells in rats following spinal cord lesions. Only a few weeks following the spinal cord lesions and Taxol application, rats showed significant improvement in movements.

Electrophysiology Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 27, 2011·3 min read

Myelination, Schwann Cells Devastated in Erk Knock-out Mice

The researchers knocked out the Erk gene during peripheral nervous system development in mice. The researchers noticed the neurons of these knock-out mice were largely unaffected, but Schwann cells were "just devastated at every stage of development."

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·January 26, 2011·4 min read

Natural IGF-II Improves Memory and Slows Forgetting in Rats

The naturally occurring insulin-like growth factor (IGF-II) improved memory and slowed forgetting in rats according to new research.

Electrophysiology Neuroscience

·January 24, 2011·4 min read

Neural Networks Forget Information Quickly

Researchers have figured out the speed that neural networks in the cerebral cortex can delete sensory information is a bit...

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 21, 2011·3 min read

Practicing Memory Recall Boosts Science Learning

Psychology researchers recently found that practicing memory recall lead to improved long-term retention of science information when compared to other...