Gut sense: Neural superhighway conveys messages from gut to brain in milliseconds
If you’ve ever felt nauseous before an important presentation, or foggy after a big meal, then you know the power
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New insights into the way the brain combines memories to solve problems
Humans have the ability to creatively combine their memories to solve problems and draw new insights, a process that depends
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Genomic dark matter activity connects Parkinson’s and psychiatric diseases: Expanding universe of ‘darkest of the dark matter’ RNAs in dopamine-producing cells in our brains
Dopamine neurons are located in the midbrain, but their tendril-like axons can branch far into the higher cortical areas, influencing
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Regret is a gambler’s curse, neuroscientists say: After placing a bet, gamblers’ thought processes focus on regret about past bets
What goes through a gambler’s mind after she’s placed her bet? It’s not just the anticipation of a big payoff,
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Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin — a chemical messenger
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Blood vessels instruct brain development: Neurovascular communication in the brain
Function and homeostasis of the brain relies on communication between the complex network of cells, which compose this organ. Consequently,
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Rethinking the stroke rule ‘time is brain’: Neurologist who coined phrase says message is not so simple anymore
In 1993, neurologist Camilo R. Gomez, MD, coined a phrase that for a quarter century has been a fundamental rule
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Cocaine relapse is reversed with BDNF microinjections in the brain
Cocaine relapse was significantly reduced in a preclinical model when brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) was applied to the nucleus accumbens
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Locusts help uncover the mysteries of smell: Computational logic can describe how locusts recognizes smells in a dynamic environment
Understanding how a sensory input becomes an experience — how molecules released by a blooming flower, for instance, become the
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A new milestone in laboratory grown human brain tissue: Researchers generate missing cell type in brain ‘organoids’
A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than
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