FeaturedNeurology·January 28, 2016·3 min readAnother Piece of Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Puzzle IdentifiedA new study describes a novel route for therapeutic development and intervention testing for Parkinson's disease.Read More
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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 27, 2016·3 min readUsing Virtual Reality to Make Experiments More RealisticResearchers are using virtual reality avatars to investigate how real people behave in interactions.Read More
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FeaturedMost PopularNeurology·January 27, 2016·4 min readSlower Mental Decline Linked to Higher Amounts of Growth Factor in the BrainA new study reports older people with higher amounts of BDNF in their brains have much slower progression into cognitive decline than those with lower amounts of the protein.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 27, 2016·5 min readHow The Brain Communicates on Several ChannelsResearchers demonstrate that the visual cortex in human subjects uses different frequency channels depending on the direction of the information being transported.Read More
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FeaturedGenetics·January 27, 2016·6 min readMissing Gene Copy Leads to Twenty Five Point Drop in IQResearchers discover a missing copy of a region in chromosome 16 results in a 25 point IQ drop in carriers.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2016·3 min readTheory Linking Brain Activity to Shape of Brain Could Shed Light on Human ConsciousnessResearchers have identified a link between the patterns of brain activity that occur during periods of rest and the physical structure of the brain.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2016·5 min readCRISPR Used to Repair Genetic Mutation Responsible for Retinitis PigmentosaA team of researchers used CRISPR, a new gene editing technology, to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience Videos·January 27, 2016·5 min readStrongest Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia DeconstructedA gene associated with schizophrenia may trigger runaway synaptic pruning during adolescence, a new study reports.Read More
