FeaturedNeuroscience·December 5, 2015·6 min readTracking How The Developing Brain is AssembledResearchers have developed new 3D software that tracks the brain development in a worm embryo.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 4, 2015·5 min readReading the Mind of a FlyStudy could provide new insights into the computational processes that underlie the workings of the human brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 4, 2015·3 min readHippocampus Micro-Map Accelerates Neurology ResearchA new, detailed map of the hippocampus us helping to accelerate research and develop better treatments for epilepsy and other neurological disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 3, 2015·2 min readBiochemical Mechanism Could Explain How Long-Term Memories Are FormedA new study reveals a possible biochemical mechanism which underlies the formation of long-term memories.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 3, 2015·4 min readInsufficient Iron Intake During Pregnancy Has Effect on Infant’s Brain DevelopmentA new study reports inadequate iron intake during pregnancy can have implications for infant brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 3, 2015·4 min readRevealing the Detailed Architecture of the BrainResearchers have developed a new way to classify neurons by imaging and labeling the proteins found in each cell.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 3, 2015·5 min readParasite Toxoplasma Gondii Alters Brain SignalingToxoplasmosis alters neural pathways specifically related to GABA, a new study reports.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 3, 2015·3 min readShedding Light on How Neurons CommunicateA new study reports researchers have discovered a critical molecule that regulates synaptic transmission.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 2, 2015·3 min readAerobic Exercise and Physical Activity Important for Healthy Brain FunctionA new study reports that, regardless of gender, young adults who are more aerobically fit have greater volume of the entorhinal cortex, an area of the brain implicated in memory.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 2, 2015·4 min readObserving Synaptic Plasticity While Flies LearnResearchers present evidence of synaptic plasticity in the fruit fly brain as the animal learns.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 2, 2015·4 min readSo Hard To Quit: New Mechanism in Nicotine Addiction DiscoveredAcetylcholine regulates glutamate signaling in the habenula, reinforcing nicotine addiction, researchers report.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·December 1, 2015·3 min readUntangling the Wiring of the NeocortexResearchers decipher the neural connections of the mouse neocortex, an area of the brain that appears to play a key role in perception and cognition.Read More