Using a supercomputer to understand synaptic transmission
Let's think for a second about thought—specifically, the physics of neurons in the brain.
Jun 20, 2022
0
118
Let's think for a second about thought—specifically, the physics of neurons in the brain.
Jun 20, 2022
0
118
Everyone knows the human brain is extremely complex—but how does it learn, exactly? Well, the answer may be a lot simpler than commonly believed.
Jun 15, 2022
0
166
EPFL scientists have discovered how an anti-cancer drug could be repurposed to improve memory. It does so by supporting the cell's ability to read the very genes that are important for learning. The epigenetic mechanism of ...
Jun 13, 2022
0
78
Relational memory is the ability to remember arbitrary or indirect associations between objects, people or events, such as names with faces, where you left your car keys and whether you turned off the stove after cooking ...
May 31, 2022
0
115
A new study reports that immune cell responses to bacteria affect the intrinsic excitability of rat neuronal subtypes differently. The findings have implications for neural network control, including irregularities that lead ...
Apr 19, 2022
0
7
The complete set of nucleic acid sequences composing chromosomes in humans, encoded as DNA, is known as the "human genome sequence." Neuroscientists predict that approximately 25% of this sequence has a regulatory function, ...
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that dysfunction in an important cell subtype in the brain's neuronal network contribute to chronic symptoms in the neurodevelopmental disorder Dravet ...
Mar 29, 2022
0
48
A research group led by Kazunobu Sawamoto, a professor at Institute of Brain Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and Chihiro Kurematsu, a ...
Mar 17, 2022
0
24
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a brain region that regulates cognitive functions, and a distinct feature of the region is protracted adolescent maturation, to acquire mature cognitive abilities in adulthood. In a new report ...
Brain scans of children ages 9–10 with a type of eating disorder that causes uncontrollable overeating showed differences in gray matter density compared to their unaffected peers, according to a USC-led study.
Mar 15, 2022
0
10