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A study published in Nature has uncovered a new mechanism for how the brain stores emotional memories—one that centers not on neurons, but on astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells once…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a group of neurons in the hypothalamus that may play a key role in stress-induced sleep and memory disturbances. Published in The…
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a specific dopamine signal in the brain that actively triggers the extinction of fear once a threat has passed—a discovery…
How do humans learn new things? Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Diego have uncovered a complex mechanism in the brain that governs how synapses change during learning. Their…
Breakthrough in Stem Cell Therapy: Implanting Neurons Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells into the Brain
This October, surgeons at Lund University in Sweden implanted neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells (ES) into a patient's brain, with the hope that these cells could eventually replace…
The research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled, for the first time, a comprehensive map of neural connections in the common fruit fly brain. This…
Many individuals experience a loss of appetite when feeling unwell. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Germany conducted a study on mice to identify the specific…
