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  • Sep 25, 2017
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    Information Processing Breakdown in Sleep-Deprived Rats

    Sleep deprivation may disrupt the brain's ability to integrate information over time, potentially contributing to the decline in cognitive performance observed during extended time awake, suggests a study in rats published in JNeurosci.

  • Sep 25, 2017
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    Early Odor Exposure Enhances Response of Smell Cells
    Mice exposed to scents of mint or fresh cut grass before and shortly after birth show increased responses in a specific population of odor-processing neurons to a variety of odors, according to new research published in eNeuro.
  • Sep 22, 2017
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  • Sep 18, 2017
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  • Sep 18, 2017
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    Controlling Movement Like a Dimmer Switch
    New research published in JNeurosci identifies a motor pathway between the forebrain and brainstem that works like a dimmer switch to regulate swimming speed in the sea lamprey – a primitive, jawless fish with an eel-like body studied by neuroscientists as a model of the vertebrate nervous system. 
  • Sep 04, 2017
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    Epileptic Brain Activity in Widely Used Lab Mice
    Multiple laboratories have observed unusual neural activity resembling epilepsy in some lines of genetically modified mice widely used in neuroscience research. 
  • Sep 01, 2017
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  • Aug 28, 2017
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    Using Donor Stem Cells to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

    A new study in mice published in The Journal of Neuroscience details a potential therapeutic strategy that uses stem cells to promote recovery of motor activity after spinal cord injury.

  • Aug 25, 2017
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