FeaturedNeuroscience·September 25, 2015·4 min readMusical Processing: Consonant Results Resonate in the BrainResearchers report replicating previous studies about how the brain processes music allowed them to fine tune findings. They also stress more incentives need to be given for researchers to replicate experiments.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·4 min readComputer System Learns Language by Playing GamesResearchers have designed a computer system that learns how to play a text-based computer game with no prior assumptions about how language works.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·4 min readHow The Brain Makes DecisionsResearchers discover a brain region located in the thalamus plays a crucial role in decision making.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 24, 2015·4 min readYeast Protein Could Offer Clues to How Alzheimer’s Plaques Form in the BrainUnderstanding how yeast cells construct and destroy amyloid like structures could help researchers develop new drugs that destroy amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.Read More
Brain CancerFeatured·September 24, 2015·3 min readBlood Thinners and Antidepressants Cause Autophagy in Mouse Models of Brain CancerAccording to researchers, combining tricyclic antidepressants with blood thinners increased tumor autophagy in mouse models of glioblastoma brain cancer.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 24, 2015·3 min readSuppressing Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease and DiabetesA new study three new peptide molecules suppressed cytotoxic clumping of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·September 24, 2015·5 min readSurprising Similarities Between Childhood Disorder and ALSA new study uncovers molecular changes which may explain why motor neurons, rather than other neurons, are affected by the childhood illness, SMA.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 24, 2015·3 min readMalaria During Pregnancy Causes Cognitive Defects in OffspringAccording to researchers, young mice exposed to malaria while in the uterus had memory impairments and expressed depressive behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·September 24, 2015·5 min readEvidence of Mechanism at Heart of ALS DiscoveredA new study reports researchers have discovered evidence of a mechanism that could play a central role in ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·3 min readWorking Memory Affected in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain CancerA new study reports adults who survived posterior fossa brain tumors as children have lower working memory performance than healthy adults.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2015·5 min readHow Fast Do Your Nerve Cells Talk?Researchers engineered chimeras to tune the speed of neurotransmitter release.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 24, 2015·3 min readHow Hunger Controlling Neurons Regulate Bone MassAccording to a new study, AgRP neurons not only control huger, they also regulate bone mass.Read More