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Mouse brain made transparent: Method enables 3-D analysis of brain's fine structure and connections (w/ video)

Combining neuroscience and chemical engineering, researchers at Stanford University have developed a process that renders a mouse brain transparent. The postmortem brain remains whole—not sliced or sectioned in any way—with ...

Neuroscience created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team makes breakthrough in search for neurodegenerative disease treatments

A significant breakthrough has been made by scientists at The University of Manchester towards developing an effective treatment for neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Medical research created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are people really staring at you?

(Medical Xpress)—People often think that other people are staring at them even when they aren't research led by the University of Sydney has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain-imaging tool and stroke risk test help identify cognitive decline early

UCLA researchers have used a brain-imaging tool and stroke risk assessment to identify signs of cognitive decline early on in individuals who don't yet show symptoms of dementia.

Neuroscience created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Obama proposes $100M for brain mapping project (Update 4)

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort to map the brain's activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer's, autism, stroke and traumatic ...

Neuroscience created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Do we always make better decisions when we take more time to think?

A study led by Zachary Mainen, Director of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, and published today (March 28) in the scientific journal, Neuron, reports that when rats were challenged with a series of perceptual decisi ...

Neuroscience created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rats' brains are more like ours than scientists previously thought

(Medical Xpress)—Neuroscientists face a multitude of challenges in their efforts to better understand the human brain. If not for model organisms such as the rat, they might never know what really goes ...

Neuroscience created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers form new nerve cells—directly in the brain

The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report from researchers at Lund University in ...

Neuroscience created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Game of Japanese chess reveals how experts develop their capacity for rapid problem-solving

(Medical Xpress)—The superior capability of experts to rapidly solve problems depends largely on their intuition, and it has long been known that this is related to experience and training. Although many ...

Neuroscience created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanotools for neuroscience and brain activity mapping

(Medical Xpress)—The ambitious and controversial Brain Activity Map (BAM), initiative instituted by a small group of researchers last year, has been steadily gaining momentum. Earlier this week, a proof ...

Neuroscience created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Researcher study the dangerous effects of cocaine on HIV patients

Cocaine, already a damaging drug for those with healthy immune systems, can be lethal for those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Mudit Tyagi, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the George Washington ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human brain research made easier by database

Researchers will be able to access samples from more than 7,000 donated human brains to help study major brain diseases, thanks to a new on-line database, launched by the Medical Research Council (MRC) today.

Neuroscience created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts sound global alert over deadly bat virus

Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers image most of vertebrae brain at single cell level (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress)—Misha Ahrens and Philipp Keller, researchers with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have succeeded in making a near real-time video of most of a zebrafish's brain showing individual neuron ...

Neuroscience created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New study points to major discovery for Alzheimer's disease

The Journal of Neuroscience has published a study led by researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, the first and only U.S. extension of the prestigious Max Planck Society, that may hold a stunning breakt ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2