FeaturedNeuroscience·November 24, 2021·6 min readWe Might Not Know Half of What’s in Our Cells, New AI Technique RevealsNew artificial intelligence technology reveals previously unknown cell components. The findings may shed new light on human development and diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 23, 2021·4 min readHow Value Decisions Are Coded Into Our BrainsPersistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 8, 2021·3 min readWant to Throw off Your Chatbot? Use Figurative LanguageWhen chatbots are faced with human interaction containing similes and idioms, their performance falls to between 10 to 20%.Read More
Featured ArticlesNeuroscience·October 6, 2021·5 min readWidely Used Assembling and Stabilizing Forces Behind Brain Synapses IdentifiedThe planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling pathway appears to play a significant role in the formation and maintenance of a large number of synapses.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 6, 2021·8 min readMapping the Mouse Brain, and by Extension, the Human Brain TooNew collaborative studies shed light on the organization of cells in key areas of the mouse brain and the organization of transcriptome, epigenomic, and regulatory factors that provide the brain cells with purpose and function.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 27, 2021·5 min readWithdrawal From Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of BrainWithdrawal from psychostimulants including methamphetamines, cocaine, and nicotine, produced restructuring of brain regions and major increases in functional connectivity, a new mouse study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 23, 2021·4 min readEyes Provide Peek at Alzheimer’s Disease RiskThe presence of amyloid-beta deposits in the retina correlated with cerebral amyloid levels in those with Alzheimer's disease. The findings may lead to methods for the earlier detection of Alzheimer's.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 18, 2021·6 min readResearchers Develop the First Steerable Catheter for Brain SurgeryResearchers have developed a new, flexible and steerable catheter that allows surgeons to guide the device in any direction while traversing the brain's arteries and blood vessels.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 18, 2021·5 min readKey Mechanisms Behind Synapse Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Brain DiscoveredStudy identifies the main components driving amyloid beta-associated synaptic degeneration.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 10, 2021·2 min readYoung, Healthy Woman Suffers Brain Inflammation After Mild COVID-19 InfectionMainly associated with COVID infection in the elderly, researchers report a young, otherwise healthy woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 CNS vasculitis following infection.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 23, 2021·4 min read‘Feel Good’ Brain Messenger Dopamine Can Be Willfully ControlledStudy reveals mice can learn to manipulate random dopamine impulses for reward.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·July 18, 2021·4 min read3D ‘Assembloid’ Shows How COVID-19 Infects Brain CellsA newly created stem cell model demonstrates a potential route of entry of the COVID-19 virus, SARS_CoV_2, into the human brain.Read More