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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·November 7, 2017·6 min read

Source of Early Brain Activity Identified

A new study reveals a mechanism that may explain the link between sound input and cognitive function in the developing brain.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 16, 2017·2 min read

Learning During Development is Regulated by an Unexpected Brain Region

Researchers report the thalamus plays a critical role in regulating how the brain learns to integrate binocular input during development.

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·October 1, 2017·5 min read

Can Listening to Music Help You Fall Asleep?

Researchers explore how listening to music prior to sleep could impact how well you rest.

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·September 29, 2017·6 min read

New Functions of the Hippocampus Unveiled

A new PNAS study reveals the hippocampus can promote brain wide functional connectivity in the cerebral cortex, and enhance sensory response. Researchers say the hippocampus should be considered to the the 'heart of the brain'.

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·September 26, 2017·4 min read

Overturning the Theory of Tremors in Parkinson’s

KAIST researchers have identified a new mechanism that causes tremors associated with Parkinson's disease. The findings, researchers say, overturn long standing assumptions about how tremors occur in Parkinson's disease.

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·September 25, 2017·4 min read

After 15 Years in a Vegetative State, Nerve Stimulation Restores Consciousness

Researchers have been able to restore consciousness to a patient who has been in a vegetative state for 15 years. The groundbreaking study utilized vagus nerve stimulation to help restore consciousness to the patient.

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·September 19, 2017·4 min read

Behavioral Therapy Increases Connectivity in Brains of People with OCD

A neuroimaging study reveals people with OCD who receive daily cognitive behavioral therapy to help curb their compulsive behaviors show stronger connections between specific brain regions.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2017·3 min read

High Intensity Interval Training Releases Endorphins in the Brain

A PET neuroimaging study reveals high intensity impact training significantly increases endorphin release in brain areas associated with controlling emotion and pain.

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·August 3, 2017·4 min read

Different Sensory Pathways Engaged in Feeling and Responding to External Temperature

Researchers shed light on thermoregulation by disabling parts of rat brains and observing their choice of a comfortable environmental temperature. The findings could provide new understanding of conditions such as heatstroke.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 6, 2017·6 min read

Controlling Memory By Triggering Specific Brain Waves During Sleep

Using optogenetics, researchers manipulated pulses of neural activity during non REM sleep that made mice either remember of forget things they had learned. This novel study demonstrated that altering sleep spindle oscillations during sleep has an impact on memory formation and retention.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 3, 2017·4 min read

The Secret Connection Between Anxiety and Sleep

Researchers have identified neurons that appear to play a critical role in connecting sleep and emotions. The findings provide an important insight into the pathophysiology of insomnia and the role of orexin in arousal regulation. Researchers hope their findings will lead to new remedies for sleep disorders.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·June 30, 2017·5 min read

Controlling a Single Brain Chemical May Help Expand Window for Learning Language and Music

Using mouse models, researchers restricted a key chemical messenger to extend efficient auditory learning until much later in life. Disrupting adenosine signaling in the auditory thalamus allowed researchers to extend the window for auditory learning well into adulthood and far beyond the current critical period.

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