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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.

This image the structure of the glutamate receptor.

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·August 25, 2014·2 min read

Structural States of a Brain Receptor Revealed

Researchers have determined the detailed structure and movement of the glutamate receptor.

This image is of the Taung child fossil's skull.

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·August 25, 2014·2 min read

Taung Child’s Skull and Brain Not Human-Like in Expansion

A recent neuroimaging study casts doubt on theories that Austalopithecus africanus' infant brain development was similar to that of modern human infants.

This image is a screen shot from the video and shows a little girl playing the probability game.

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·August 25, 2014·4 min read

Learning by Watching

Researchers report children as young as two are able to use complex mathematical concepts to help them make sense of the world around them.

This image shows a dead ant.

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·August 25, 2014·4 min read

Zombie Ant Fungi ‘Know’ Brains of Their Hosts

A new study reports a parasitic fungus emits a number of behavior controlling chemicals when it encounters the brains of ants.

This image shows a neuron created by numbers, like a matrix visual.

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·August 24, 2014·3 min read

Neuroscience and Big Data: How to Find Simplicity in the Brain

A new paper describes the scientific motivations for studying neural activity, along with a class of machine learning, called dimensionality reduction, for interpreting the activity.

This image shows different items, such as a stuffed toy, desk and traffic sign.

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·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.

This image shows the blue light shining againsts a dark background.

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·August 24, 2014·4 min read

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.

This image shows scans of an autistic brain from a previous study the researcher performed.

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.

This image shows coronal view of the striatum location in a mouse brain.

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.

This image shows the habenula region from a D2-eGFP (green) transgenic mouse stained for calbindin (red) and DAPI (blue) to show nuclei.

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·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.

This image shows the location of the amygdala in the human brain.

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·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.

This image shows is an MRI of white matter in the human brain.

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·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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