FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 4, 2015·4 min readMaintaining the BalanceA new study reports on how signals from the spinal cord adjust the sensitivity of hair cells in the inner ear to accommodate shifts in head position and to insure balance is maintained.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·September 3, 2015·2 min readTiny 3D Camera Offers Brain Surgery InnovationAn endoscope with a tiny 3D camera is being developed by NASA that could help neurosurgeons better see the intricacies of brain tissue.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 3, 2015·3 min readResearchers Reveal Molecular Mechanism Behind RemyelinationA new study outlines the mechanism involved in remyelination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 3, 2015·4 min readAversion and Reward Behaviors Activated Through Same Neural PathwaysFindings suggest drug treatments for addiction and depression simultaneously may stimulate and reward and aversion responses.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 2, 2015·5 min readResearchers Identify Population of Neurons Responsible for Alcohol AddictionAccording to a new study, alcohol consumption alters the function of medium spiny neurons in the dorsomedial striatum.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·September 2, 2015·5 min readObserving Motor Neurons Walking in Real TimeResearchers develop a method to observe the activity of motor neurons in real time.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 1, 2015·5 min readThe Neural Basis of MultitaskingA new study looks at the mechanisms behind cognitive flexibility.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·August 31, 2015·5 min readGenetic Link to Nearsightedness in Children Who Spend a Lot of Time ReadingAccording to a new study, children with a variant of the APLP2 gene were up-to five times more likely to develop myopia if they spent more than an hour a day reading.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 31, 2015·6 min readBuilt-In Delay Allows Us to See Small Moving ObjectsA new study reveals how motion sensing neurons are linked to other cells in the eye.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 31, 2015·3 min readHow Centrosomin Prevents Dendrites From Branching OutA new study investigates how neurons get their branching shapes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 29, 2015·3 min readFossil Skull Reveals New Insight into Penguin Brain EvolutionFossil finding shed light on the changes in penguin brains that accompanied their transition to water, a new study reports.Read More