Nature Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience is a monthly scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. Its focus is original research papers relating specifically to neuroscience and was established in May 1998. According to the Journal Citation Reports, Nature Neuroscience has a 2010 impact factor of 14.191, ranking it 5th among 239 journals in the category "Neuroscience".

History
1998–present
Impact factor
14.191 (2010)

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Researchers discover dynamic behavior of progenitor cells in brain

By monitoring the behavior of a class of cells in the brains of living mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins discovered that these cells remain highly dynamic in the adult brain, where they transform into ...

Neuroscience created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers cure epilepsy in mice using brain cells

UCSF scientists controlled seizures in epileptic mice with a one-time transplantation of medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells, which inhibit signaling in overactive nerve circuits, into the hippocampus, a brain region associated ...

Neuroscience created May 05, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Lost your keys? Your cat? The brain can rapidly mobilize a search party

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University ...

Neuroscience created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The motivation to move: Study finds rats calculate 'average' of reward across several tests

Suppose you had $1,000 to invest in the stock market. How would you decide to pick one stock over another? Scientists have made great progress in understanding the neuroscience behind how people choose between ...

Neuroscience created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bursts of brain activity may protect against Alzheimer's disease

Evidence indicates that the accumulation of amyloid-beta proteins, which form the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, is critical for the development of Alzheimer's disease, which impacts 5.4 million Americans. ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Subconscious mental categories help brain sort through everyday experiences

(Medical Xpress)—Your brain knows it's time to cook when the stove is on, and the food and pots are out. When you rush away to calm a crying child, though, cooking is over and it's time to be a parent. ...

Neuroscience created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Spring cleaning in your brain: New stem cell research shows how important it is

Deep inside your brain, a legion of stem cells lies ready to turn into new brain and nerve cells whenever and wherever you need them most. While they wait, they keep themselves in a state of perpetual readiness ...

Neuroscience created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists show 'jumping genes' may contribute to aging-related brain defects

As the body ages, the physical effects are notable; wrinkles in the skin appear, physical exertion becomes harder. But there are also less visible processes going on. Inside aging brains there is another phenomenon at work, ...

Neuroscience created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shines light on how stress circuits learn

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including ...

Neuroscience created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new clues about how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis develops

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a ...

Neuroscience created Mar 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mechanism for long-term memory formation discovered

UC Irvine neurobiologists have found a novel molecular mechanism that helps trigger the formation of long-term memory. The researchers believe the discovery of this mechanism adds another piece to the puzzle in the ongoing ...

Neuroscience created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover that DNA damage occurs as part of normal brain activity

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that a certain type of DNA damage long thought to be particularly detrimental to brain cells can actually be part of a regular, non-harmful process. The team further ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Parkinsons' drug helps older people to make decisions

A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's Disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a study from researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging has shown.

Neuroscience created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Depression stems from miscommunication between brain cells, study shows

A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that depression results from a disturbance in the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other. The study indicates a major ...

Neuroscience created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Neural 'synchrony' may be key to understanding how the human brain perceives

Despite many remarkable discoveries in the field of neuroscience during the past several decades, researchers have not been able to fully crack the brain's "neural code." The neural code details how the brain's ...

Neuroscience created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast