Neuroscience News - Research Topics - Page 872 of 1007

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.

Image shows the CA1 area of the hippocampus highlighted in a mouse brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 18, 2016·5 min read

Cellular Diversity in the Hippocampus

Researchers have discovered an unexpected diversity within CA1 pyramidal neurons in the hippocampus.

Diagram shows a mouse trying to focus attention and mPFC neurons.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 15, 2016·3 min read

Pay Attention! Manipulating Neurons to Enhance Attention

By manipulating the activity of a group of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex, researchers were able to enhance attention in mice.

Cartoon of cars with neurons above them crossing over a bridge made of DNA double helixes.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 15, 2016·5 min read

How Neurons Lose Their Connections

According to researchers, sleep can be impacted due to diets high in fiber, saturated fats and sugar.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 15, 2016·3 min read

How Birds Learn Through Imitation

A new study reveals how birds learn songs through observation and practice. Researchers hope the findings can be applied to developing treatments to help those who have suffered brain injuries to relearn skilled behaviors.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 15, 2016·4 min read

What You Eat Influences How You Sleep

According to researchers, sleep can be impacted due to diets high in fiber, saturated fats and sugar.

Image shows the location of the hippocampus in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 14, 2016·4 min read

How Our Memories Guide Attention

A new study reports differences in memory types influence the nature of our future encounters.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 14, 2016·5 min read

Independent Working Memory Systems in Animals

A new study confirm that a key aspect of human memory impaired in memory disorders exists in the type of pre-clinical animal models that influence major decisions about drug development.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 14, 2016·3 min read

Motor Skills Affected by Alcohol in E-Cigarettes

A new study reports some commercially available e-cigarette liquids contain enough alcohol to impact motor function.

Image shows how astrocytes help build neural connections.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·January 14, 2016·5 min read

Autism Linked Proteins Help Wire the Brain

A new study reveals how three proteins associated with autism and other brain disorders, help to wire up specific areas of the brain responsible for sensory processing.

Diagram outlines usefulness of fish consumption in pregnancy.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 14, 2016·3 min read

Eating Fish While Pregnant Improves Baby’s Brain Development

Researchers have found a correlation between eating diets rich in omegas 3 and 6 while pregnant and healthy brain development in offspring.

Cartoon of a person walking past some colored buildings.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 14, 2016·3 min read

How We Play Memories in Fast Forward

Researchers have uncovered a mechanism that could explain how the brain can recall recent events, but in a fraction of the time it took to experience them.

Diagram of motor neurons in spinal cord.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 13, 2016·3 min read

Researchers Discover a New Role for Motor Neurons

Researchers have identified a new, direct signalling pathway through which motor neurons influence locomotion circuits that generate rhythmic movement.

1 … 870 871 872 873 874 … 1,007

Username
Password

	Remember Me Lost your password?