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Human Neurons Are Stuck Between Shifting Phases of Matter, Scientists Say
Futurism via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe neurons of our brain may not exist in a single state of matter, new research suggests. As...
Wiring Wisdom: How the Brain Learns From Fear and Failure
SciTechDaily· 17 hours agoA neuroscience study identifies specific brain neurons that are vital for learning from negative...
Eli Lilly's Potential Alzheimer’s Drug Clears a Big Hurdle
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAll three of these treatments are antibodies that bind to amyloid, the protein that builds up in the...
Smart Powerline “Neurons” Boost Grid Capacity
IEEE Spectrum· 5 days agoAging high-voltage transmission lines are a bottleneck in the power grid today, but what if a simple tweak could increase their capacity by up to 40...
How the Brain Masters Complexity Without Descending Into Chaos
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoResearchers reveal that neurons exhibiting “mixed selectivity” enable our brains to handle multiple...
An Immune Mechanism Maintains Memory
The Scientist· 7 days agoCooperating neurons form the physical structure of a memory, but how these assemblies form and persist as long-term memories still stumps scientists....
"High intensity training for the mind": A neurosurgeon explains why we dream
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. You open this book with the...
Pushing the Limits of Neuroscience: BARseq Is Mapping the Brain at a Million-Neuron Scale
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoResearchers developed and enhanced BARseq, a technique to map brain cell connections by gene...
Studies uncover the critical role of sleep in the formation of memories
Science Daily· 4 days agoAs many a groggy-eyed person who's stared blankly at a test knows, a lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain information. Two new studies from University of Michigan uncover ...
How calcium channel mutations lead to cognitive dysfunction
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoThis finding builds on previous studies that determined that alterations in a gene known as CACNA1C are linked to increased risk of cognitive impairment and mental illness. CACNA1C encodes calcium ...