FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·July 2, 2015·5 min readMicroglia May Be a Potential Therapeutic Target for Blinding Eye DiseaseA new study reports microglia accelerates damage in blinding eye disorders like retinitis pigmentosa.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 30, 2015·3 min readBabbler Bird Provides Clues About Language DevelopmentResearchers find language precursors by deciphering the sounds of babbler birds.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsMost PopularOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 26, 2015·4 min readBrain Cells Protected From Age Damage With Help of Common ProteinMACKS, a common protein, could help to protect the brain from age related damage.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 26, 2015·4 min readDo Rats Dream of a Journey to a Brighter Future?Researchers report rats simulate journeys to areas they have not been able to reach while at rest.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 25, 2015·4 min readFructose Not as Stimulating to Brain’s Reward System as GlucoseA new study reports fructose produces less reward sensations in the brain than glucose.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 24, 2015·4 min readDigital Atlas of Aging Brain Could Aid Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s DiseaseA new digital map of the aging brain could help with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 24, 2015·6 min readPretty Polly! Why Parrots are Great at Vocal ImitationResearchers have identified structural differences in parrot brains which could explain why they are able to imitate sounds and human speech so well.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 22, 2015·4 min readHitting That Curveball: Brain and Phone GPS Apply Same Algorithm to Track Moving ObjectsResearchers report the Kalman filter, an algorithm both our brains and GPS systems use to track an object's position, can be tricked by the pattern of motion.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 22, 2015·6 min readThe Challenging Bird BrainCommon method used to measure brain size across species is not appropriate for looking at individual differences within the same species, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 16, 2015·4 min readDepressed and Stressed Women Have Lower Levels of Longevity HormoneA new study reports women with symptoms of clinical depression have lower levels of klotho in their blood.Read More
FeaturedMost PopularNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 15, 2015·3 min readReconstructing Spoken Sentences From Brain Activity PatternsResearchers show it is possible to reconstruct complete sentences of continuous speech from brain waves and generate corresponding text.Read More
