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How a brain cell can change its mind

March 13, 2013
Harvard stem cell biologists have turned one type of already differentiated neurons into another within the brain.The discovery, which is detailed in Nature Cell Biology, holds promise for a range...

Rats ‘touch’ infrared light

March 8, 2013
NeuroscienceLaboratory rats were given the ability to “touch” infrared light by Duke University researchers who have developed a neuroprosthetic device. Their findings are detailed in Nature Communications. Cortical neuroprostheses could...

Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws

January 2, 2013
Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex behaviour and performs almost as well as humans at simple tasks.Described in Science, the Semantic Pointer Architecture...

Promising nanotechnology for nerve research

December 26, 2012
University of Michigan researchers report success in developing polymer nanofiber technologies for understanding how nerve fibres work and using them to grow new nerves from stem cells. The extensive work...

Memories of a sleeping brain

November 5, 2012
Researchers have discovered that a region of the brain – involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s disease – behaves as if it’s remembering something even during sleep. The team from...

Fear skews spatial perception

October 25, 2012
Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current Biology.Stella Lourenco, from Emory University and Matthew Longo at Birkbeck tested the effect of fear...

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