New research conducted at the University of Liège, using ultra-high field 7 Tesla MRI, provides a better understanding of how light stimulates our brain and could provide new insights into how it works.
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In a largely neglected brain region, scientists identified neurons that produce the stress hormone CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone). They showed that the CRH produced in this region plays a role in behavioral arousal, ...
Nov 25, 2022
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In trying to think of an introduction for this article it occurred to me that had I been inside an MRI, the screen would have showed several brain regions lighting up like Times Square as my mind was attempting to solve the ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Maintaining abstinence from alcohol can be exceptionally challenging. A main goal of addiction research has been to find out exactly why it's tough to give up the drink. In Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, a team of ...
May 27, 2020
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Cancer cells can have thousands of mutations in their DNA. However, only a handful of those actually drive the progression of cancer; the rest are just along for the ride.
Jun 20, 2022
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A new study looks deep inside the brain, where previous learning was reactivated during sleep, resulting in improved memory.
Oct 24, 2022
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A set of brain signals known to help memories form may also influence blood sugar levels, finds a new study in rats.
Aug 11, 2021
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How is it possible for the brain to recognize drawn objects as houses or animals? In a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Researchers at Stanford University and Harvard Medical School have developed tiny and ultra-flexible mesh neural probes that can be implanted into sub-100-micrometer-scale blood vessels in the brains of rodents.
A new high resolution model of the CA1 region of the human hippocampus has been developed by the Institute of Biophysics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IBF) and University of Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), ...
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