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·June 20, 2014·3 min read

PET Scans Peer into Minimally Conscious Mind

Researchers suggest PET scans are better able to identify patients in a minimally conscious state than other imaging technologies.

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·June 20, 2014·7 min read

Seeing the Inner Workings of the Brain Made Easier by New Technique

Researchers improve on their original technique for peering into the intact brain.

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Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 20, 2014·4 min read

A New Twist on Neurological Disease

Researchers detail new discoveries about the basic biology of dystonia.

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·June 19, 2014·6 min read

Scientists Tie Social Behavior to Activity in Specific Brain Circuit

Using optogenetics, researchers link a particular brain circuit to social interaction in mice.

The image shows a an outline of a head with a red spot inside the brain representing brain cancer.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·June 19, 2014·2 min read

Progesterone Could Become Tool Versus Brain Cancer

Researchers find high levels of progesterone can kill glioblastoma cells and inhibit brain tumor growth.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 19, 2014·3 min read

Neurons Get Their Neighbors To Take Out Their Trash

Some retinal nerve cells shed mitochondria so that neighboring astrocytes can break them down.

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·June 18, 2014·4 min read

Portable Brain Mapping Device Allows Researchers to See Where Memory Fails Student Veterans

Using a portable brain mapping device, researchers discover limited prefrontal cortex activity among student veterans with PTSD when asked to recall information from simple memory tasks.

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Autism Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 18, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Link Placental Marker of Prenatal Stress to Brain Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Researchers discover OGT, an enzyme in the placenta, translates maternal stress into a reprogramming signal for the brain before birth.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neurology

·June 18, 2014·5 min read

Blocking Brain’s ‘Internal Marijuana’ May Trigger Early Alzheimer’s Deficits

Amyloid beta has been implicated in blocking endocannabinoids in the hippocampus; impairing learning and memory long before Alzheimer's plaques form in the brain.