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A Gentle Method For Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep Brain

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 27, 2019

Researchers report EEG technology has the ability to study activity of areas deep inside the brain, such as the thalamus and nucleus accumbens. The findings will help shed new light on disorders that affect these brain regions, such as Parkinson's disease and OCD.... Read More...

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Researchers Create Organoid of a Brain Region to Study Cognitive Disorders

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 22, 2019

Researchers have created an organoid of the thalamus, which they have fused with an organoid of the frontal cortex in order to study ASD, depression and other neuropsychiatric conditions.... Read More...

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Unexpected Place for Learning and Memory in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 19, 2019

A new study reveals the somatosensory cortex plays a complex role in memory and reward learning. ... Read More...

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Diving Deeper Into Developmental Dyslexia

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 14, 2019

A new study reveals men with dyslexia have altered structural connections between the thalamus and auditory cortex on the left side of the brain.... Read More...

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Brain Plasticity Restored in Adult Mice Through Targeting Specific Neural Connections

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 8, 2019

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism which appears to be critical for the maturation of brain function, and may be used to restore plasticity in the aging brain. ... Read More...

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Surprise Discovery Reveals Second Visual System in Cerebral Cortex: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2019

A new study challenges 75 year old dogma of mammalian vision. Researchers have shows the post rhinal cortex obtains visual data from the superior colliculus and is not dependent upon information from primary visual cortex. ... Read More...

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Rewriting the Brain Pathway for Consciousness

Neuroscience NewsNovember 29, 2018

Researchers say a new discovery about the pathways associated with consciousness contradicts conventional belief. The study reports the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain's pathway involved in wakefulness and consciousness, a finding that could help develop better methods for treating comas.... Read More...

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Study Reveals Roots of OCD

Neuroscience NewsNovember 29, 2018

A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.... Read More...

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Personality and Mood Affect Brain Response to Personal Choice

Neuroscience NewsNovember 20, 2018

Researchers report personality traits and psychological health impact how we value personal control when making decisions. The study reports brain activity in the motivation system is dampened in those with passive personalities and depression when we receive rewards that we have earned or feel in personal control of situations.... Read More...

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Playing High School Football Changes the Teenage Brain

Neuroscience NewsNovember 19, 2018

Researchers say a single season of playing high school football is all it takes to cause microscopic alterations to the structure of the brain. ... Read More...

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How the Brain Switches Between Different Sets of Rules

Neuroscience NewsNovember 19, 2018

Researchers have identified a region of the thalamus that helps us switch between appropriate behavior required for different contexts.... Read More...

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Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2018

Researchers have identified how two types of neurons divide the labor to plan and initiate movements.... Read More...

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A Gentle Method For Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep Brain

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Unexpected Place for Learning and Memory in the Brain

Diving Deeper Into Developmental Dyslexia

Brain Plasticity Restored in Adult Mice Through Targeting Specific Neural Connections

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Playing High School Football Changes the Teenage Brain

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