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Featured Genetics

·June 10, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Use Human Stem Cells to Create Light Sensitive Retina in a Dish

Researchers have created a 3D human retinal tissue from stem cells.

This image shows a mouse looking up at the transplanted neurons.

Featured Neurology

·May 29, 2014·3 min read

Neural Transplant Reduces Absence Epilepsy Seizures in Mice

Researchers identify areas in the cerebral cortex which are affected in mice with absence epilepsy. Transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas, the researchers were able to alleviate the symptoms of the disease by reducing seizure activity.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 12, 2014·2 min read

An Early Link to Motion Perception

Researchers report human perceptual motion bias in low contrast scenes is encoded within the visual cortex.

The image shows a human eye with little white neurons drawn over it.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 4, 2014·2 min read

Motion Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain Know About Directional Changes

Researchers discover our ability to process directional movements is a result of cortical activation of signals which originate from retinal neurons.

The image shows rhodopsin and melanopsin computer models.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 7, 2014·5 min read

Computer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without Seeing

Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 20, 2013·2 min read

Mapping Objects in the Brain

Researcher report a brain region which responds to a particular category of objects consists of a small cluster of neurons which encodes the visual features of these objects.

The image shows neurons in the visual cortex.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 16, 2013·3 min read

When Neurons Have Less to Say, They Say it With Particular Emphasis

Researchers discover neurons regulate their own excitability so that the activity level in networks remains as constant as possible.

The image shows the set up and output images for this research. The caption best explains the image.

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·February 12, 2013·5 min read

Neuroprosthesis Gives Rats the Ability to ‘Touch’ Infrared Light

Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The study demonstrated that a novel sensory input could be processed by a cortical region specialized in another sense without "hijacking" the function of this brain area.

Electrophysiology Featured Psychology

·August 20, 2012·5 min read

Psychologists Link Emotion to Vividness of Perception and Creation of Vivid Memories

Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? A new study suggests it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 24, 2012·2 min read

How Your Eyes Deceive You

Researchers at the University of Sydney have thrown new light on the tricks the brain plays as it struggles to...

Featured Neurology

·April 20, 2012·3 min read

Single Neuron Observations Mark Steps in Alzheimer’s Disease

Multiple disease-related changes progress in parallel through distinct stages. Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische...

Neurology

·April 2, 2012·2 min read