neuroscience Archive
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![For four days in early April, London’s Barbican Centre was taken over by neuroscientists. Most of them were professional researchers attending seminars and symposia organized […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "A Festival of Neuroscience")
A Festival of Neuroscience
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsFor four days in early April, London’s Barbican Centre was taken over by neuroscientists. Most of them were professional researchers attending seminars and symposia organized […] -
![Less than two decades ago, few could have envisaged a future where direct functional interfaces between brains and machines were commonplace. Today, there is a […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/transhumanism-115x115.png "H+: The Transhuman")
H+: The Transhuman
Posted on March 25, 2013 | 6 CommentsLess than two decades ago, few could have envisaged a future where direct functional interfaces between brains and machines were commonplace. Today, there is a […] -
![Where were you when you found out that the Twin Towers had been hit? You probably remember. Many people recall particularly shocking events in striking […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/false-memory-115x115.png "Man Not Machine: How False Memories Make Us Human")
Man Not Machine: How False Memories Make Us Human
Posted on March 15, 2013 | No CommentsWhere were you when you found out that the Twin Towers had been hit? You probably remember. Many people recall particularly shocking events in striking […] -
Disrupted sleep – the link between ageing and memory decline
Posted on March 2, 2013 | No CommentsStructural brain changes, disrupted sleep, and impaired memory function have each been independently associated with ageing. However, a study recently published in Nature Neuroscience by […] -
BAM: Obama’s Brain Activity Map Project
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 1 CommentPresident Obama made big news in the neuroscience world last week when the New York Times revealed his administration’s plan for a Brain Activity Map (BAM) […] -
![A recent paper has proposed white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a factor underpinning the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditionally, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Additional Factor in Alzheimer’s Pathology")
Additional Factor in Alzheimer’s Pathology
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsA recent paper has proposed white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a factor underpinning the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditionally, amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are […] -
A not so ‘primitive’ reflex?
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsA study published this month in The Journal of Neuroscience questions the assumption that the Vestibular Ocular Reflex (VOR) is a primitive reflex, with its […] -
What do the fearless fear?
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No CommentsPatient S.M. is practically fearless! She suffers from Urbach-Wiethe disease which has caused a bilateral lesion in a part of the brain known as the […] -
![According to a study performed by Canadian scientists, preterm infants have significantly slowed cerebral development as they approach their intended delivery date. The research has […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Preterm infants have altered brain development")
Preterm infants have altered brain development
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to a study performed by Canadian scientists, preterm infants have significantly slowed cerebral development as they approach their intended delivery date. The research has […] -
The channel Pannexin1 is required for normal memory function
Posted on January 14, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have identified a protein, Pannexin1, that is required for normal functioning of brain cells and learning in mice. Animals lacking […] -
![Surprising research has examined aspirin resistance and deemed the phenomenon deceptive. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania conclude in a paper published in Circulation that true resistance is […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Surprising ‘pseudoresistance’ to aspirin")
Surprising ‘pseudoresistance’ to aspirin
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsSurprising research has examined aspirin resistance and deemed the phenomenon deceptive. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania conclude in a paper published in Circulation that true resistance is […] -
New Research Could Lead to Treatment for PTSD and Drug Addiction
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsThe ability to alter memories seems terrifying and dangerous, yet for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder it could also be life-changing. In a significant […] -
A single protein could underlie several neurological conditions
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers at the University of Heidelberg in Germany have found that disrupting one protein (SRGAP3) in mice causes mental changes similar to those occurring in […] -
![The University of Oxford recently received a 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; one of only two currently operating at this field strength in […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "Oxford boosts its MRI")
Oxford boosts its MRI
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsThe University of Oxford recently received a 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; one of only two currently operating at this field strength in […]
