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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

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·September 21, 2020·5 min read

Advancing Understanding of Blood-Brain Barrier Health

Study reveals the important role astrocytes play in maintaining blood-brain barrier health. Read More

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·September 21, 2020·4 min read

The Overlap Between Fear and Anxiety Brain Circuits

Study provides contrary evidence to existing theory, finding anxiety and fear reflect overlapping neural circuits. Read More

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·September 21, 2020·4 min read

Older People Have Become Younger

The physical and cognitive health of people aged 75 to 80 is significantly better than those of that age range thirty years ago. Read More

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·September 21, 2020·4 min read

A Computer Predicts Your Thoughts, Creating Images Based on Them

Combining EEG brain function data, brain-computer interface technology, and artificial intelligence, researchers have created a system that can generate an image of what a person is thinking. Read More

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·September 20, 2020·3 min read

How the Brain’s Inner Clock Measures Seconds

The striatum and premotor cortex show altered patterns in neural activity when encoding time. The dynamics of the striatum were more sequential than those of the premotor cortex. Read More

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·September 19, 2020·6 min read

How Fear Persists in the Mouse Brain

When a mouse senses a threat, neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus become activated and remain active for ten seconds after the threat is removed. Fear responses could be induced by artificially stimulating these neurons. Artificially silencing the neurons reduced fear behavior. Read More

This shows the location of the ventromedia thalamus in a mouse brain

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·September 18, 2020·5 min read

Mapping the Decision-Making Pathways in the Brain

Results from a new study implicate the ventromedial thalamus in cost-benefit decision making. Read More

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·September 18, 2020·5 min read

Actively Speaking Two Languages Protects Against Cognitive Impairment

People who actively communicate in two or more languages may have a lower risk of cognitive decline associated with aging. Read More

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·September 18, 2020·5 min read

Primary Role of Sleep Changes From Learning Support to Brain Maintenance in Early Childhood

When a child reaches the age of two-and-a-half, the primary purpose of sleep changes from brain-building to brain maintenance and repair, a role it maintains for the rest of our lives. Read More