Neuroscience

Culturing The Brain Connectome In A Dish

Mapping the human brain’s network of interconnections, known as the connectome is typically done with help from computational tools because recreating interconnections between different brain regions has been challenging in the lab. Researchers at the Okin ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2015 - 10:00am

Stable Memories- Why You Never 'Forget' Motor Skills Like Riding A Bike

Well-practiced motor skills like riding a bike are extremely stable memories that can be effortlessly recalled after years or decades. In contrast, a new study shows that changes to motor skill memories occurring over the course of a single practice sessi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 11:27am

Of Mice And Magnets

By Michael Greshko, Inside Science- Quantum mechanics governs the quirky, counterintuitive way the world works at the small scales of atoms and subatomic particles. ...

Article - Michael Greshko - Jun 25 2015 - 8:00am

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Changes The Brain Of People With Tourette Syndrome

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome, said researchers at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and the University of Montreal at the First World Congress on Tourette Syndrome ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2015 - 11:00am

Predictive Coding Theory: How Our Brains Recognize Faces From Minimal Information

Our brain recognizes objects within milliseconds, even if it only receives rudimentary visual information. Researchers believe that reliable and fast recognition works because the brain is constantly making predictions about objects in the field of view a ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2015 - 7:30am

Diabetes-Cognitive Decline Link Isn't Just A Western Issue

Diabetes is a known risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia, age-related conditions that affect memory and thinking skills. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2015 - 7:30am

Calcium Channel Cav3.1 Essential For Deep Sleep

Sleep seems simple enough to define, it is a state of rest and restoration that almost every vertebrate creature must enter regularly in order to survive. Yet the brain responds differently to stimuli when asleep than when awake, and it is not clear what ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2015 - 2:23pm

Rats Dream Paths To A Brighter Future

When rats rest, their brains simulate journeys to a desired future such as a tasty treat, finds new UCL research funded by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society. The researchers monitored brain activity in rats, first as the animals viewed food in a locati ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2015 - 8:11pm

Male And Female Pain Involves Different Cells

Males and females process pain using different cells, a new study with mice suggests. The findings could help researchers develop the next generation of medications for chronic pain—the most prevalent health condition humans face. “Research has demonstrate ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2015 - 8:30am

Patients With Recurrent Depression Have Smaller Hippocampi

The brains of people with recurrent depression have a significantly smaller hippocampus (the part of the brain most associated with forming new memories) than healthy individuals, according to a study of nearly 9,000 people called the ENIGMA study. The re ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2015 - 8:30am