Neuroscience
Brain imaging database of nonhuman primates
Researchers have released the first open-source data sets from the non-human primate brain imaging consortium.
Oct 4, 2018
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Characterizing pig hippocampus could improve translational neuroscience
Researchers have taken further steps toward developing a superior animal model of neurological conditions such as traumatic brain injury and epilepsy, according to a study of miniature pigs published in eNeuro. The results ...
Sep 17, 2018
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Primate study offers clues to evolution of speech
New research examining the brains and vocal repertoires of primates offers important insight into the evolution of human speech.
Aug 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
The ins and outs of Area 25
Neuroscientists have charted the incoming and outgoing connections of a brain region located deep within the primate prefrontal cortex that has important roles in emotion and memory processes. The comprehensive, high-resolution ...
Jan 22, 2018
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Surgery
Researcher reviews effect of general anesthesia on developing brain
The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology has written a review of scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia.
Jan 18, 2018
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Genetics
Researchers map out genetic 'switches' behind human brain evolution
UCLA researchers have developed the first map of gene regulation in human neurogenesis, the process by which neural stem cells turn into brain cells and the cerebral cortex expands in size. The scientists identified factors ...
Jan 11, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Primates at play show why monkeying around is good for the brain
Picking your child's first school can be one of the hardest choices you make as a parent. Debate rages over whether it's better for children to start academic-style learning techniques at a young age or be allowed to learn ...
Jun 16, 2017
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Genetics
Mammalian bone gene may be repurposed to fuel cognition in humans
A gene that regulates bone growth and muscle metabolism in mammals may take on an additional role as a promoter of brain maturation, cognition and learning in human and nonhuman prim ates, according to a new study led by ...
Nov 9, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers pioneering research on 'body maps' in babies' brains
For more than half a century, scientists have studied how the surface of the body is mapped in parts of the brain associated with touch.
Sep 8, 2015
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Infant brains develop years faster than we thought
Scientists from the University of Louvain have discovered that a key element of infant brain development occurs years earlier than previously thought.
Jun 2, 2015
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