Neuroscience

  1. Health & Medicine

    Diet fix eases Huntington’s symptoms in mice

    Supplement improves health of rodents with mutation that causes neurodegeneration like that seen in Huntington’s disease.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Scans suggest how the mind solves ethical dilemmas

    Brain scans suggest how the mind solves a moral dilemma.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Small molecule makes brain cancer cells collapse and die

    A small molecule, Vacquinol-1, may provide a different way to target and kill cells in glioblastomas, a type of brain tumor.

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  4. Life

    Human noses know more than 1 trillion odors

    Sense of smell displays a vast reach in study of people’s ability to distinguish between scents.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Calcium in alcoholism drug may be what prevents relapse

    Acamprosate, one of the few drugs to treat alcoholism, may be nothing more than a vehicle for a calcium supplement.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Pianists learn better by playing

    Pianists’ muscle memory helped them recognize incorrect notes.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Brain chemicals help worms live long and prosper

    Serotonin and dopamine accompany long lives in C. elegans worms under caloric restriction.

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  8. Planetary Science

    Feedback

    Readers respond to a special report on neuroscience and discuss moon dust.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Heartbeats help people see

    People were more likely to spot a flash of a hard-to-see ring when the image was presented right after a heartbeat

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  10. Neuroscience

    Me, Myself, and Why

    Me, Myself, and Why is an ambitious effort to dissect the hodgepodge of genetic and environmental factors that sculpt people’s identities.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Music doesn’t move some people

    One study offers a glimpse into those who find no enjoyment in tunes.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Brain uses decision-making region to tell blue from green

    Language and early visual areas of the brain are not crucial for distinguishing colors, an fMRI study suggests.

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