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![Scientists have managed to produce cortical interneurons (an important type of brain cell) from human embryonic stem cells, which could lead to advances in studying […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/false-memory-115x115.png "Researchers produce interneurons from stem cells")
Researchers produce interneurons from stem cells
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsScientists have managed to produce cortical interneurons (an important type of brain cell) from human embryonic stem cells, which could lead to advances in studying […] -
![A team of researchers at Stanford University have developed a new technique that allows them to watch a population of hippocampal neurons firing in real […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "New technique allows researchers to watch memory formation!")
New technique allows researchers to watch memory formation!
Posted on March 3, 2013 | No CommentsA team of researchers at Stanford University have developed a new technique that allows them to watch a population of hippocampal neurons firing in real […] -
![Forming a memory involves altering inter-neuronal connections. This is known as synaptic plasticity. This week, a group of researchers at Florida’s Scripps Research Institute has […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "New memory formation mechanism discovered")
New memory formation mechanism discovered
Posted on February 2, 2013 | No CommentsForming a memory involves altering inter-neuronal connections. This is known as synaptic plasticity. This week, a group of researchers at Florida’s Scripps Research Institute has […] -
The neural link between sleep deprivation and reduced depression
Posted on January 25, 2013 | 1 CommentBoston researchers at Tufts University have discovered that astrocytes (star-shaped neurons) and adenosine (a neurotransmitter) could mediate the link between sleep deprivation and mood improvements […] -
![Canadian researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) have recently discovered more about the workings of a nerve cell’s internal clock, which […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/News-image-01-115x115.jpg "Neuron research leads to the discovery of a nerve cell’s internal clock")
Neuron research leads to the discovery of a nerve cell’s internal clock
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsCanadian researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) have recently discovered more about the workings of a nerve cell’s internal clock, which […]
