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·April 15, 2014·3 min read

Limiting a Certain Protein in the Brain Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice

Limiting the p25 protein appears to reverse AD symptoms in mice, a new study reports.

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·April 15, 2014·2 min read

Brain Anatomy Differences Between Deaf and Hearing Depend on First Language Learned

Researchers report that the language we learn as children, as well as hearing status, affect the structure of the brain.

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·April 14, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Find Brain Activity That May Mark the Beginning of Memories

Tracking the brain activity of a rat as it stops to examine its environment, researchers believe they can mark where memory begins.

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·April 14, 2014·2 min read

New Finding Suggests a Way to Block Stress Damage

The gene REDD1 enables stress to damage neurons and cause depressive behavior, a new study reports.

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·April 14, 2014·2 min read

Long Term Study Supports Detrimental Effects of Television Viewing on Sleep in Young Children

Researchers find a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration in children.

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Featured Neurology

·April 14, 2014·2 min read

A Single Switch Dictates Severity of Epileptic Seizures

Researchers claim to have identified a switch in the brain of people with epilepsy which dictates whether their seizures will be mild or lead to a loss of consciousness.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 13, 2014·3 min read

Brain Size Influences Development of Individual Cranial Bones

Researchers report that brain size influences the development of individual cranial bones.

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Featured Neurology

·April 13, 2014·4 min read

New Mouse Model Could Revolutionize Research in Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers report of creating two new mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. They believe the models could potentially revolutionize research into the neurodegenerative disease.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 12, 2014·4 min read

Online Registry Aims to Drive Brain Disease Research

The Brain Health Registry promises to cut the time and costs of conducting clinical trails for neurological diseases. The online project, led by UCSF, will help researchers to analyze and track the brain functions of thousands of volunteers over time.

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.

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·April 11, 2014·2 min read

Brain Cell Find Points to New Brain Cancer Therapies

A recent study provides new understanding of the role Lin28a plays in forming neurons. The findings could help develop new treatments for brain cancer and other neurological disorders.