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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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Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·2 min read

Haven’t My Neurons Seen This Before?

A new study reports on how neurons in the inferotemporal cortex respond to being shown a barrage of images.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 24, 2014·4 min read

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2014·3 min read

Are Three Brain Imaging Techniques Better than One?

Two new NIH grants will allow researchers to combine neuroimaging techniques to better explore autism.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·August 22, 2014·2 min read

The Striatum Acts as Hub for Multisensory Integration

Researchers report the striatum acts as a sensory hub which integrates various types of sensory information.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 21, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation

Researchers report the dorsal medial habenula could control a person's motivation to exercise.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 20, 2014·3 min read

Maturing Brain Flips Function of Amygdala in Regulating Stress Hormones

According to a new study, the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on cortisol during early development of nonhuman primates.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2014·4 min read

Physically Fit Kids Have Beefier White Matter than Less Fit Peers

Researchers find children who are more aerobically fit have more compact and fibrous white matter tracts than their less fit peers.

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Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Business

·August 19, 2014·6 min read

Our Connection to Content

MIT's Innerscope Research uses a range of neuroscience tools to explore the connections between media and the consumer.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Blood Cells Generate Neurons in Crayfish

Researching crayfish, scientists report the immune system can produce cells from stem cells. These cells can create neurons.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Obtain Key Insights into How the Internal Body Clock is Tuned

Researchers discover a new way that circadian rhythm is regulated by long non-coding RNA.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 18, 2014·3 min read

Taking the Pulse of Aging

Researchers have developed a new, non invasive technique to map the pulse pressure and elasticity of arteries in the brain.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 17, 2014·5 min read

New Research Sheds Light on How Children’s Brains Memorize Facts

A new neuroimaging study could help explain how the brain reorganizes itself as children learn math facts.

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