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Neuroscience

Articles about different approaches to study the nervous system at different scales. Neuroscience strives for the understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness.

Type of brain cell involved in stuttering identified: Discovery could lead to targets for new therapies

The loss of astrocytes, a supporting cell in the brain, was most prominent in the corpus callosum, a part of the brain that bridges the two hemispheres.

Scratching the surface of how your brain senses an itch: Set of neurons in spinal cord help transmit a light-touch signal from skin to brain

Salk researchers have discovered how neurons in the spinal cord help transmit such itch signals to the brain.

Optic nerve stimulation to aid the blind

"We believe that intraneural stimulation can be a valuable solution for several neuroprosthetic devices for sensory and motor function restoration.

Shedding light on how the human eye perceives brightness

The findings could contribute to more effective therapies for complications that relate to the eye.

A short bout of exercise enhances brain function: Researchers discover a gene in mice that's activated by brief periods of exercise

Neuroscientists at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, working with mice, have discovered that a short burst of exercise directly boosts the function of a gene that increases connections between neurons in the hippocampus, the region of the brain associated with learning and memory. The research is published online in the journal

'Mystical' psychedelic compound found in normal brains of rats

The active ingredient responsible for these psychedelic visions is a molecule called dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins

The discovery, published in Neuron, illuminates the molecular details of a key process in brain development and adds to the scientific understanding of the biological basis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition linked to brain development and estimated to affect about one in 59 children born in the United

Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch

"We found that a certain region of our brains has a stronger preference for sounds with pitch than macaque monkey brains," said Bevil Conway, Ph.D., investigator in the NIH's Intramural Research Program and a senior author of the study published in Nature Neuroscience. "The results raise the possibility that

How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds

In BrainNet, three people play a Tetris-like game using a brain-to-brain interface.

Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks

"Because they can mimic cerebral development, cerebral organoids can be used as a substitute for the human brain to study complex developmental and neurological disorders," says corresponding author Jun Takahashi, a professor at Kyoto University. However, these studies are challenging, because current cerebral organoids lack desirable supporting structures, such as

How information is like snacks, money, and drugs -- to your brain: Researchers demonstrate common neural code for information and money; both act on the brain's dopamine-producing reward system

A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business has found that information acts on the brain's dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food.

Reaching and grasping: Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain

Simply grasping a coffee cup needs fine motor coordination with the highest precision.This required performance of the brain is an ability that can also be learned and trained.Prof.

How old are your organs? To scientists' surprise, organs are a mix of young and old cells: Scientists discover cellular structures with extreme longevity, leading to insights for age-associated diseases

"We were quite surprised to find cellular structures that are essentially as old as the organism they reside in," says Salk Vice President, Chief Science Officer Martin Hetzer, senior author and professor. "This suggests even greater cellular complexity than we previously imagined and has intriguing implications for how we think

Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs: With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on command

In fact, they now understand these neurons well enough to be able to make a mouse sing on command or to silence it so that it can't sing, even when it wants to impress a mate.

Brain's insular cortex processes pain and drives learning from pain

We've known for a while that a brain area called amygdala is important for threat learning.