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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·December 22, 2016·3 min read

Music in the Brain: Imaging Genetic Study Links Dopamine Genes to Music

The effect music has on people may be genetically determined by dopamine functionality, a new study reports.

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·December 22, 2016·4 min read

Controlling the Body Clock

Researchers present a new approach to creating genetic knock out mice to help investigate circadian rhythm.

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·December 22, 2016·4 min read

Plastic Compound BPS Alters Mom’s Behavior and Brain Regions: Mouse Study

BPS affects a neuroanatomy and maternal behavior in pregnant and lactating mice, including an association with an increased risk of infanticide.

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·December 22, 2016·4 min read

New Test Can Detect Hidden Hearing Loss

A new hearing test is able to pick up hearing deficits that may go undetected with a traditional hearing test or audiogram.

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·December 22, 2016·3 min read

Toeing the Line: Study Finds Brain Cells That Signal Path of Travel

Neurons in the subiculum appear to encode the current axis of travel, a new study reports.

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·December 22, 2016·6 min read

How the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy Settings

A new study identifies a neural mechanism that allows the brain to compensate for speech sounds when they are obscured by noise.

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·December 22, 2016·7 min read

Why You Don’t Feel Jet Lagged When You Run a Fever

Researchers report on a link between core body temperature and circadian rhythm in mice.

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·December 21, 2016·3 min read

How To Define Maturity When the Brain Never Stops Changing

As different areas of the brain mature at different rates, neuroscientists argue it is more difficult that it seems to argue just when the brain 'reaches maturity'.