Family of Light-Activated Ion Channels Found

Family of Light-Activated Ion Channels Found

Three researchers are behind the discovery

New Research into How We Perceive Art

New Research into How We Perceive Art

Artists and scientists pull their resources together

The Challenges of Mapping the Human Brain

The Challenges of Mapping the Human Brain

Its complexity is mind-boggling

The Genetics Behind How Much Pain You Feel

The Genetics Behind How Much Pain You Feel

Susceptibility to experiencing pain is coded in your genes

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 8th, 2010
Ritalin Boosts Brain Plasticity

Ritalin Boosts Brain Plasticity

And thus promotes learning

Restoring Plasticity to the Aged Brain

Restoring Plasticity to the Aged Brain

This ability is usually lost when people are young

Light-Based Implants Could Control Neurons

Light-Based Implants Could Control Neurons

And therefore be used as therapy against diseases

Brain Computer Interface Can Stimulate the Cortex

Brain Computer Interface Can Stimulate the Cortex

The brain can train while doing useful stuff

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 3rd, 2010
Synapse Studies Could Fight Epilepsy

Synapse Studies Could Fight Epilepsy

New device can analyze how the disease develops

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 1st, 2010
Neuro-Computers to Harness the Secrets of the Brain

Neuro-Computers to Harness the Secrets of the Brain

The project takes shape in the European Union

Researchers Make Neurons from Skin Cells

Researchers Make Neurons from Skin Cells

The procedure turns out to be fairly simple

Research in Walking to Benefit the Paralyzed

Research in Walking to Benefit the Paralyzed

Results on mice are very promising

Synapses Finally Revealed in 3D

Synapses Finally Revealed in 3D

For the first time ever

How the Brain Creates Maps of the Environment

How the Brain Creates Maps of the Environment

These "grids" help us navigate our surroundings

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 11th, 2010
Why Lights Make Headaches Worse

Why Lights Make Headaches Worse

Migraine patients are affected too

Colored Light Can Silence Brain Cells

Colored Light Can Silence Brain Cells

New treatments could be developed

How the Brain Controls Its Own Circuit Design

How the Brain Controls Its Own Circuit Design

It reuses the same molecular cues

 
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