It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, ...
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The brain is the most complex organ ever created. Its functions are supported by a network of tens of billions of densely packed neurons, with trillions of connections exchanging information and performing calculations. Trying ...
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Some dreams may, in fact, predict the future: New research has found that during sleep, some neurons not only replay the recent past but also anticipate future experience.
May 30, 2024
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With each flip you make through a deck of vocabulary word flashcards, their definitions come more quickly, more easily. This process of learning and remembering new information strengthens important connections in your brain. ...
May 23, 2024
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New research addresses a gap in understanding how ketamine's impact on individual neurons leads to pervasive and profound changes in brain network function.
May 21, 2024
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Joint research led by Yu Toyoshima and Yuichi Iino of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated individual differences in, and successfully extracted commonalities from, the whole-brain activity of roundworms. The researchers ...
Mar 15, 2024
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By using advanced brain recording techniques, a new study led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) demonstrates how neurons in the human brain work together to allow people to think about what words they ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Every system in a living organism depends upon a finite supply of energy in order to function. In humans, no organ is more energy-intensive than the brain, which consumes about 20% of the body's metabolic energy.
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In a first-of-its-kind study published in Nature, researchers in the lab of Edward Chang, MD, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recorded activity from hundreds of individual neurons while participants ...
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A team of biomedical researchers at the University of Oxford's Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior has discovered how dopaminergic systems in fruit flies can instill reward-seeking behaviors despite adverse consequences.
