Neuroscience

  1. Neuroscience

    Bad memories fade with a short jolt

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

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  2. Life

    Solving the mystery of Alzheimer’s start

    Molecular evildoers team up to launch neural destruction.

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Science & Society

    Feedback

    Science policy and sleep get a deeper review.

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  6. Neuroscience

    The Aesthetic Brain

    How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art by Anjan Chatterjee.

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  7. Neuroscience

    Concussion-free head blows may still affect brain

    Some college athletes who played contact sports had more changes in their brain’s white matter than varsity competitors in less violent games.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Lighting up the lightning speed of vesicle formation

    While the release of neurotransmitters from vesicles is speedy, we always thought vesicle formation was slow. It turns out that vesicle formation can zip along much faster than we thought.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Brain chip enables injured rats to control movements

    Prosthesis bypasses damaged area to connect distant neurons.

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  10. Neuroscience

    Faulty brain wiring may contribute to dyslexia

    Adults with the disorder showed difficulty transmitting information among areas that process language.

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  11. Life

    Autism may have link to chemicals made by gut microbes

    Beneficial bacteria improved abnormal behaviors in mice with altered intestines.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Excess activity shrinks blood vessels in baby mouse brains

    Newborn mouse pups experience permanent brain changes when repeatedly overstimulated.

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