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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.

Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain's hippocampus: Findings extend understanding of how a continuous supply of neurons throughout life is connected with learning and memory

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown, in mice, that one type of stem cell that makes adult neurons is the source of this lifetime stock of new cells in the hippocampus. Published this week in Cell, these findings may help neuroscientists figure

The brain's auto-complete function: New insights into associative memory

The researchers presented participants with a number of different scene images.Importantly, they paired each scene image with one of two different objects, such as a raspberry or a scorpion.

Microglia, cells thought restricted to central nervous system, are redefined in new study

Inside the central nervous system (CNS), a region that includes the brain and spinal cord, it is the job of certain cells, called microglia, to clean up that cellular debris.

Blocking protein's activity restores cognition in old mice

A paper describing the finding will be published online April 3 in Nature.Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is the senior author..

US Patent 6506148 B2 Confirms Human Nervous System Manipulation Through Your Computer & TV

It’s hard to find any information at all on a one “Hendricus G. Loos,” despite the fact that he’s filed multiple patent applications, with success.

The Illusion of Matter: Our Physical Material World Isn’t Really Physical At All

Again, our physical material reality really is not physical at all.