Neuroscience
DARPA Project Starts Building Human Memory Prosthetics
The first memory-enhancing devices could be implanted within four years Lawrence Livermore engineer Vanessa Tolosa holds up a silicon wafer...
Changes in the Eye Can Predict Changes in the Brain
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have shown that a loss of cells in the...
New research sheds light on how children’s brains memorize facts
As children shift from counting on their fingers to remembering math facts, the hippocampus and its functional circuits support the...
Could your brain be reprogrammed to work better?
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have shown that electromagnetic stimulation can alter brain organisation which may make your...
Using Light to Diagnose Parkinson’s
Xue Han investigates Parkinson’s disease with an unusual tool: light. Han is a pioneer in the young field of optogenetics,...
Hijacking the brain’s blood supply
Dangerous brain tumors hijack the brain’s existing blood supply throughout their progression, by growing only within narrow potential spaces between...
Blood cells are a new and unexpected source of neurons
Researchers have strived for years to determine how neurons are produced and integrated into the brain throughout adult life. In...
Promise for New Nerve Repair Technique
A multicenter study including University of Kentucky researchers found that a new nerve repair technique yields better results and fewer...
Neurons at work
Film editors play a critical role by helping shape raw footage into a narrative. Part of the challenge is that...
Scientists unravel mystery of brain cell growth
In the developing brain, special proteins that act like molecular tugboats push or pull on growing nerve cells, or neurons,...
The fastest neurons in the brain
If you ask a child which is the world's fastest animal, they may tell you anything from cheetah, falcon or...
Dramatic growth of grafted stem cells in rat spinal cord
Building upon previous research, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veteran’s Affairs San Diego...
Implanted Neurons become Part of the Brain
Scientists at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin...
Scientists criticize Europe’s $1.6B brain project
Dozens of neuroscientists are protesting Europe's $1.6 billion attempt to recreate the functioning of the human brain on supercomputers, fearing...