Neuroscience

Neuroscience research articles are provided.

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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·February 12, 2014·3 min read

Filling Me Softly

Implant stiffness is a major cause of foreign body reaction, neuroscience researchers claim.

This is an illustration of a fruit fly with neurons above its head.

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·February 12, 2014·4 min read

What Makes Memories Last

Researchers identify a protein which initiates the formation of stable long term memories.

The image shows neurons in the amgydala and brain stem.

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·February 12, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Discover a New Pathway for Fear Deep Within the Brain

Researchers announce the discovery of a new neural circuit which connects the amygdala to the PAG.

This image shows neurons and astrocytes in the brain.

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·February 11, 2014·2 min read

Research Sheds Light on How the Body Regulates Fundamental Neuro Hormone

Lactate causes neurons to release more norepinephrine, a new study reports.

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·February 11, 2014·3 min read

Research Reveals White Matter ‘Scaffold’ of Human Brain

Researchers identify the white matter scaffold of the brain, a critical communication network which supports brain function.

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·February 7, 2014·5 min read

Computer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without Seeing

Using computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.

The image shows the neurons in the auditory cortex.

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·February 5, 2014·3 min read

A Short Stay in Darkness May Heal Hearing Woes

Researchers find simulated blindness in adult mice sharpens the animal's hearing.

The image shows eph receptors in a neuron's surface.

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·February 5, 2014·3 min read

Sociable Receptors: In Pairs, Groups or in a Crowd

Researchers discover Eph receptors must form in groups of three or four in order to become active.

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·January 30, 2014·5 min read

Worry on the Brain

Researchers discover neural circuitry which promotes stress induced anxiety.

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·January 29, 2014·3 min read

H.M.’s Brain Yields New Evidence

A postmortem study of H.M's brain, based on histological sectioning and digital 3D construction, gives scientists and insight into the neurological basis for the case that defined modern studies of human memory.