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This is a diagram of a brain slice with Alzheimer's.

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·March 11, 2014·3 min read

Restoring Order in the Brain

Researchers discover hippocampal neurogenesis reduces symptoms of AD.

This image shows the fmri and charts from the study.

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·March 11, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Study Decision Making Center of Brain

Researchers identify different profiles of brain activity when people make cost benefit decisions related to alcohol consumption.

This is an MRI scan of the brain with the hippocampus located with a cross hair.

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·March 10, 2014·3 min read

Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us

Researchers demonstrate the close relationship between body perception and our ability to store new memories.

This shows the axons in the mouse paw.

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·March 10, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Increase and Decrease Pain Sensitivity Using Light

Using optogenetics, researchers report being able to control pain sensitivity in mice.

This image is a diagram of axons.

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·March 10, 2014·5 min read

Researchers Model a Key Breaking Point Involved in Traumatic Brain Injury

A new study sheds light on the mechanical properties of tau and its role in the elasticity of neurons. The findings could answer some important questions about tbi.

These are mor receptors.

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·March 10, 2014·4 min read

Study Identifies New Drug Target for Chronic Touch Evoked Pain

Researchers have identified a subset of neurons which mediate tactile allodynia, a touch evoked pain condition that is resistant to conventional pain medications.

This shows blood being drawn from a finger.

Featured Neurology

·March 9, 2014·4 min read

Blood Test Identifies Those at Risk for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Within 3 Years

Researchers have created and validated a blood test which can, with 90 percent accuracy, predict if a healthy person will develop AD within 3 years.

This shows how the experiment was set up.

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·March 8, 2014·5 min read

Ever So Slight Delay Improves Decision Making Accuracy

Researchers discover decision making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a fraction of a second.

This is an illustration of the homunculus.

Featured Neurology

·March 7, 2014·3 min read

Touching the Brain

Researchers discover evidence of brain plasticity in patients a number of years after suffering strokes which cause permanent brain damage.

This is a brain scan of a patient with glioblastoma brain cancer.

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·March 7, 2014·3 min read

Antipsychotic Medications Offer New Hope in the Battle Against Glioblastoma

An FDA approved anti psychotic drug is proving to be effective in killing glioblastoma brain cancer tumors, a new study reports.

This image shows two brain slices, one with alzheimers and one of a normal brain.

Featured Neurology

·March 7, 2014·2 min read

Inherited Alzheimer’s Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear

Neuronal damage can begin up to twenty years before Alzheimer's symptoms appear, researchers report.

This image shows stained cannabinoid receptors in a mouse brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 6, 2014·2 min read

Discovery Sheds New Light on Marijuana’s Anxiety Relief Effects

Cannabinoid receptors have been identified in the central nucleus of the amygdala, a key emotional hub in the brain.

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