Neuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are Blind
When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying this phenomenon at medical schools ... Read More...
Neuroethics
Neuroethics articles can cover the ethics of research related to neuroscience, brain research involving ethical choices, fMRI studies, controversial research and other topics to debate.
New Embryonic Stem Cell Line Will Aid Research on Nerve Condition
Second U-M stem cell line now publicly available to help researchers find treatments for nerve condition.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease line made from a never-f... Read More...
Brain Network Reveals Disorders
Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich identify a new method of unerringly detecting the presence of pathophysiological changes in the brain. ... Read More...
Data Mining Opens the Door to Predictive Neuroscience
Researchers at the EPFL have discovered rules that relate the genes that a neuron switches on and off, to the shape of that neuron, its electrical properties an... Read More...
Researchers Use Brain Injury Data to Map Intelligence in the Brain
Scientists report that they have mapped the physical architecture of intelligence in the brain. Theirs is one of the largest and most comprehensive analyses so ... Read More...
New Finding Offers Neurological Support for Adam Smith’s Theories of Morality
The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense of morality, researchers have found. Their conclusions, ... Read More...
Researchers Partially Control a Memory
Scripps Research Institute Team Wrests Partial Control of a Memory
The work advances understanding of how memories form and offers new insight into disorders s... Read More...
Genetic Manipulation Boosts Growth of Brain Cells Linked to Learning, Enhances Effects of Antidepressants
Southwestern Medical Center investigators have identified a genetic manipulation that increases the development of neurons in the brain during aging and enhance... Read More...
Brain Differences Seen at 6 Months in Infants Who Develop Autism
Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism, compared with babies who don... Read More...
Patients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD Medication
New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why ADHD medication is more effective... Read More...
Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells
First-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugsLed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Med... Read More...
A First: Brain Support Cells from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for s... Read More...