Food has something of a "magic hold" on us, as certain flavors and textures can pretty much dictate behavior. Just think about the spicy dish that keeps bringing you back to that remote Chinese restaurant, or the irresistibly ...
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Brains are highly adaptable. Neuronal connections are constantly changing, molded by what people experience in their daily lives. New memories, information learned, and new skills spark this dynamic process, causing lasting ...
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Environmental enrichment can partially correct miswired neurons in the visual pathway, according to research in mice recently published in eNeuro.
Nov 25, 2019
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Researchers have provided new insight into the neural processes behind movement and learning behaviours, according to a study published today in eLife.
Nov 12, 2019
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Tau can quickly spread between neurons but is not immediately harmful, according to research in mouse neurons published in JNeurosci. Intervening during the initial accumulation of tau could potentially halt the progression ...
Oct 28, 2019
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Researchers long wondered how the billions of independent neurons in the brain come together to reliably build a biological machine that easily beats the most advanced computers. All of those tiny interactions appear to be ...
Oct 7, 2019
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It appears that when the nervous system is developing, only the most viable neurons survive, while immature neurons are weeded out and die. This is shown in a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Scientists haven't quite decoded how animals smell, but researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) found that it's different from previously thought.
Jul 22, 2019
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If zebrafish larvae used the internet, they might soon be able to download a map of their entire brain. "We're not at that point yet," explains Michael Kunst from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology. "Nevertheless, our ...
Jul 1, 2019
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There are hundreds of thousands of distinct colors and shapes that a person can distinguish visually, but how does the brain process all of this information? Scientists previously believed that the visual system initially ...
Jun 27, 2019
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