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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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·October 6, 2016·13 min read

Does Brain Size Really Matter?

Researchers have identified seven genes that predict intracranial volume and Parkinson's disease.

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·October 5, 2016·4 min read

Biological Link Between Stress and Obesity

Researchers revealed the molecular elements that bridge anxiety and metabolism.

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·October 5, 2016·5 min read

Performing Arts Can Set the Stage For More Developed Brain Pathways

Researchers report on the cognitive benefits of music and dance training.

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·October 5, 2016·4 min read

Study Reveals How Teens Learn Differently From Adults

Coordinated activity between the striatum and hippocampus enriches teens' ability to learn and form new memories, a new study reports.

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·October 5, 2016·4 min read

Brain Cells That Cool the Body

Researchers have identified a set of heat sensing neurons that prompt both nervous system and behavioral changes that help cool the body.

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·October 4, 2016·5 min read

Infants Use Prefrontal Cortex In Learning

A new study reports infants use their prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with higher forms of cognition and reasoning, when learning.

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·October 4, 2016·4 min read

How The Brain Controls Our Appetite

A new study reports researchers have discovered the mechanism behind the enzyme that controls our appetite in response to low glucose availability.

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·October 4, 2016·6 min read

Can You Zap Your Brain Back to Health?

Researchers have develop an MRI method whereby the magnetic fields induced by tDCS currents can be visualized in living humans.

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·October 4, 2016·4 min read

Developing Brain Regions in Children Hardest Hit by Sleep Deprivation

Researchers report sleep deprivation affects the parietal and occipital lobes in children, along with myelin levels in the visual system.

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·October 4, 2016·4 min read

Newly Discovered Pathway in Brain Could Ease Depression

Researchers report they have discovered a new target for antidepressants which could help those for who other treatments for depression have failed.

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·October 3, 2016·5 min read

Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing

Researchers explore neural computing to extend Moore's Law.

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·October 3, 2016·7 min read

Two New Studies Uncover Key Players Responsible for Learning and Memory Formation

Researchers have identified a novel signaling system that controls neuroplasticity.

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