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To Sleep or Not to Sleep: The Complex Genetic Network Behind Sleep Duration

Neuroscience NewsDecember 15, 2017

NIH researchers have identified a set of genes they believe could explain why some people need more, or less, sleep that others. The findings could help to develop new treatments for a variety of sleep disorders from insomnia to narcolepsy.... Read More...

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Lending Late Neurons a Helping Hand

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2017

Delayed neural migration in fetuses may cause behavioral disorders similar to autism, researchers report.... Read More...

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Mini Brains From the Petri Dish

Neuroscience NewsApril 4, 2017

Researchers converted skin cells from patients with a rare congenital brain defect into pluripotent stem cells to generate brain organoids.... Read More...

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Gene Links Risk of Psychiatric Disease to Reduced Synapse Numbers

Neuroscience NewsOctober 22, 2016

According to researchers, a mutation in a gene associated with brain development may dispose people to various psychiatric illnesses as it reduces synapse numbers. Lithium may help to restore some of the synapses.... Read More...

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New Insight into Eye Disease

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 28, 2016

Researchers transfer genes into muller glial cells to activate stem cells properties and cause them to reproduce.... Read More...

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Childhood Brain Cancer Can be Classified Noninvasively

Neuroscience NewsAugust 8, 2015

Three subgroups of medulloblastoma brain cancer can be identified non-invasively using MRS neuroimaging technology.... Read More...

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New Study Shed Light on Adaptability of Nerve Cells

Neuroscience NewsApril 17, 2015

A new study reports neurons in the eye alter on a molecular level when they are exposed to light for prolonged periods of time.... Read More...

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In Search of the Origin of Our Brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 30, 2014

According to a new study, nerve cell centralization does begin in multicellular animals.... Read More...

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Researchers Reveal Pathway that Contributes to Alzheimer’s Disease

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2014

Researchers report they have discovered a defect in a cell signaling pathway which contributes to the build-up of amyloid beta in those with Alzheimer's.... Read More...

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Lipid Levels During Prenatal Brain Development Impact Autism

Neuroscience NewsApril 8, 2014

Abnormal lipid levels in the brain can affect the interaction between neural networks in early prenatal brain development. Researchers believe this could be a trigger for autism.... Read More...

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Gene Found to be Crucial for Formation of Certain Brain Circuitry

Neuroscience NewsDecember 5, 2013

Researchers report they have discovered a gene involved in forming synapses.... Read More...

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Scientists Pinpoint Proteins Vital to Long-Term Memory

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 12, 2013

Researchers have identified a group of proteins essential to the formation of long-term memories.... Read More...

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Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Those With Mild Alzheimer’s

Cell Type and Environment Influence Protein Turnover in the Brain

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Neuroscience

Cell Type and Environment Influence Protein Turnover in the Brain

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Daily Cannabis Use on the Rise in American Adults

Neurology

Deep Brain Stimulation Promising for Those With Mild Alzheimer’s

Absence Epilepsy: When the Brain is Like an Orchestra Without a Conductor

Half of Those on Parkinson’s Drugs Develop Impulse Control Problems

AI

Success of Blood Test for Autism Affirmed

Poker Has a ‘Tell’ About Strategic Thinkers

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New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands

Robotic Bloodhound Tracks Odors on the Ground

Cometh the Cyborg: Improved Integration of Living Muscles into Robots

Psychology

Daily Cannabis Use on the Rise in American Adults

No Proof Probiotics Ease Anxiety

Half of Those on Parkinson’s Drugs Develop Impulse Control Problems

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To Sleep or Not to Sleep: The Complex Genetic Network Behind Sleep Duration

Mini Brains From the Petri Dish

Gene Links Risk of Psychiatric Disease to Reduced Synapse Numbers

New Insight into Eye Disease

Childhood Brain Cancer Can be Classified Noninvasively

New Study Shed Light on Adaptability of Nerve Cells

In Search of the Origin of Our Brain

Researchers Reveal Pathway that Contributes to Alzheimer’s Disease

Lipid Levels During Prenatal Brain Development Impact Autism

Gene Found to be Crucial for Formation of Certain Brain Circuitry

Scientists Pinpoint Proteins Vital to Long-Term Memory