News tagged with individual neurons
Impaired coordination of brain activity in autism involves local, as well as long-range, signaling
A study based at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that the local functional connectivity of the brain – the extent to which the activity of within a small brain region ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Watching neurons learn
What happens at the level of individual neurons while we learn? This question intrigued the neuroscientist Daniel Huber, who recently arrived at the Department of Basic Neuroscience at the University of Geneva. During his ...
Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Gene mutation in autism found to cause hyperconnectivity in brain's hearing center
New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.
Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Eating a high-fat diet may rapidly injure brain cells that control body weight
Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal study. The results will be presented ...
Medical research
Jun 08, 2011 |
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