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·March 23, 2015·2 min read

Novel Mechanism That Drives Progression of Frontotemporal Dementia Identified

Researchers uncover mechanism which controls synaptic growth and causes them to overgrow.

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·March 4, 2020·5 min read

Five amazing facts about your brain

Do you know how many milliliters of blood is delivered to the brain per heartbeat, or whether you experience pain during brain surgery? Researchers explore five things you probably didn't know about the human brain.

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·December 5, 2021·4 min read

New Insight Into How Antidepressant Drugs Work

Hippocampal HCN channels are more highly expressed in people with major depressive disorder. Antidepressants that increase cAMP signaling interfere with TRIP8b's ability to bind to HCN channels, helping to restore cognitive ability in those with MDD.

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·May 12, 2017·5 min read

Neuroscience Explanations For ‘Alien Abduction’ Aren’t So Out of This World

Researchers provide more real, scientific explanations as to why some people are convinced they have experienced alien encounters.

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·June 19, 2013·3 min read

Staging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease Progression

Performing post-mortem staging of the brains and spinal cord tissue of patients with ALS, researchers discover the neurodegenerative disease could progress from one start point in the CNS to other regions of the brain and spinal cord.

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·January 30, 2012·3 min read

Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing Center

New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...

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·October 17, 2017·4 min read

Schizophrenia Disrupts Brain’s Entire Communication System

USC researchers reveal schizophrenia may be due to a disruption in the brain's entire communication system, not just the temporal and prefrontal lobes.

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·November 15, 2017·3 min read

Chimp Study Reveals How Brain’s Structure Shaped Our Evolution

A new neuroimaging study reveals patterns of asymmetry in the human brain may be unique to our species and could help explain how we developed language skills.

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·August 1, 2019·3 min read

Super-resolution microscopy sheds light on how dementia protein becomes dysfunctional

A microscopy study revealed tau controls Fyn clustering in dendrites. The findings shed new light on how certain forms of dementia may occur.

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·July 27, 2015·2 min read

Memories More Accessible After a Good Night’s Sleep

According to a new study, a good night's sleep can help people recall facts they were unable to remember prior to taking a nap.

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·September 20, 2012·2 min read

Fear Can Be Erased from the Brain

Newly formed emotional memories can be erased from the human brain.The findings may represent a breakthrough in research on memory and fear. This is shown by researchers from Uppsala University in a study being published by Science.