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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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·July 9, 2014·5 min read

Restoring Active Memory Program Poised to Launch

DARPA selects two universities to assist with its RAM program, which aims to develop a wireless, implantable neuroprosthetic to help those with TBI to overcome memory deficits.

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·July 7, 2014·5 min read

Dodging Dots Helps Explain Brain Circuitry

Researchers produce a model of how individual excitatory and inhibitory neurons work together to control simple behavior.

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·July 2, 2014·1 min read

Short Sleep, Aging Brain

The less older adults sleep, the faster their brains age, a new study reports.

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·July 2, 2014·3 min read

Cal BRAIN Kickstarts California Efforts to Map the Brain

California governor allocates an initial grant of $2 million to the Cal-BRAIN initiative to help map the brain.

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·July 1, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Study Our Love for Deep Bass

Researchers discover when the bass line of a song is loud and solid, we have an easier time following the rhythm.

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·June 30, 2014·3 min read

Master Switch for Myelination in Human Brain Stem Cells is Identified

Researchers identify the 'master switch' which initiates the myelination process in the brain.

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·June 30, 2014·2 min read

Brain Fills Gaps to Produce a Likely Picture

Using neuroimaging technology, researchers discover we not only see with our eyes, but with our brains too.

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·June 30, 2014·4 min read

Noninvasive Brain Control

Researchers have developed the first light sensitive molecule which enables neurons to be silenced noninvasively.

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·June 29, 2014·4 min read

Watching Individual Neurons Respond to Magnetic Therapy

Researchers have developed a method to measure the response of an individual neuron to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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·June 27, 2014·3 min read

Research Gives Unprecedented 3D View of Important Brain Receptor

Researchers provide a new 3D view of NMDA receptors.

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·June 27, 2014·3 min read

Running Combined with Visual Experience Restores Brain Function

Researchers discover running, when accompanies by visual stimuli, helped restore brain function to normal levels in mice which had been deprived of visual experience early in life.