Neuroscience

  1. Animals

    Mantis shrimp’s bizarre visual system may save brainpower

    The mantis shrimp sees each color separately with one of a dozen kinds of specialized cells, a system that may help the animal quickly see colors without a lot of brainpower.

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  2. Neuroscience

    Caffeine’s little memory jolt garners a lot of excitement

    A new study claims that caffeine can perk up memory consolidation in students without a caffeine habit. But concerns about the effect size and the statistics in the paper require a little extra shot of replication.

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  3. Neuroscience

    Thinking hard weighs heavy on the brain

    A balance measures the tiny changes in force due to blood flow behind a person's thoughts.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Caffeine may improve memory

    Taking the stimulant after learning new information boosted people’s recall the next day.

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  5. Neuroscience

    A schizophrenia drug turns on protein factories in cells

    Haloperidol reshapes neurons, which might explain how the medicine works.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Hormone hampers effects of marijuana

    Study of pot-blocking brain chemical in rodents could lead to new treatments for cannabis addiction.

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  7. Neuroscience

    All mice are the same, until they’re not

    A new study shows substantial differences in how two closely related mouse strains respond to drugs. It offers new options for linking genes and behavior and may change how scientists think about the similarity of their mouse strains.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Year in Review: Obama unveils brain initiative

    In April, the president announced an ambitious plan to reveal the human brain’s secrets.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Bad memories fade with a short jolt

    Research illustrates the vulnerability of the brain’s information storage.

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  10. Life

    Solving the mystery of Alzheimer’s start

    Molecular evildoers team up to launch neural destruction.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Parkinson’s patients drive better with brain stimulation

    Patients make fewer errors with a little help from implanted electrodes, at least on a computer.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Narcolepsy may be an autoimmune disease

    Narcolepsy occurs when wayward immune forces launch an attack on brain cells responsible for wakefulness, a new study suggests.

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