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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·June 25, 2013·3 min read

Hunger Affects Decision Making and Perception of Risk

A new study finds the state of satiation affects perception of risk and decision making.

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·June 25, 2013·4 min read

Past Brain Activation Revealed in Scans

Spontaneous waves neuronal activity bear imprints of earlier events for at least 24 hours after the experience has taken place, a new study finds.

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·June 24, 2013·4 min read

NMR Advance Brings Proteins into the Open

Researchers combine data from four different NMR techniques to observe chaperone GroEL capture a disordered beta-amyloid protein.

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·June 24, 2013·4 min read

‘Singing’ Rats Show Hope for Older Humans with Age-Related Voice Problems

Vocal training of older rats reduces some of the voice problems associated with aging, new research suggests. The findings could help treat people with presbyphonia.

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·June 24, 2013·2 min read

Pleasure Response From Chocolate: You Can See it in the Eyes

According to a new study, the brain's pleasure response to tasting food may be measured through the eyes by using ERG.

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·June 24, 2013·4 min read

Addiction Relapse Might Be Thwarted By Turning Off Brain Trigger

Researchers have been able to identify and deactivate a brain pathway liked to memories associated with alcohol cravings in rats.

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·June 23, 2013·1 min read

Sugar Solution Makes Tissues See-Through

Combining a new solution which turns tissue transparent with fluorescence microscopy, researchers obtain detail images of a mouse brain with unprecedented resolution.

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·June 21, 2013·2 min read

Study Shows a Solitary Mutation Can Destroy Critical ‘Window’ of Early Brain Development

New research shows brain damage caused by the loss of a single copy of a gene during early neurodevelopment can cause a permanent behavioral and intellectual problems.

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·June 21, 2013·4 min read

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

Genes alone don't determine how the cerebral cortex grows into separate functional areas. Input from the thalamus is also crucially required, a new study suggests.