Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions
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New method for studying gene expression could improve understanding of brain disease
It takes a lot of cells to make a human brain. The organ houses not only an enormous quantity of
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Scientists decode mechanism of remembering — and forgetting — in fruit flies
It’s a common expression to say that your brain is full. Although the brain doesn’t literally fill up, in recent
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Making moves and memories, are they connected?
It is known that certain areas of the brain are responsible for certain functions of the body. The cerebellum, a
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How head injuries lead to serious brain diseases
UCLA biologists have discovered how head injuries adversely affect individual cells and genes that can lead to serious brain disorders.
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Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power: Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find
Neurons in the human brain receive electrical signals from thousands of other cells, and long neural extensions called dendrites play
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Protein has unique effects in neural connections related to information processing
Our cognitive abilities come down to how well the connections, or synapses, between our brain cells transmit signals. A new
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What your cell phone camera tells you about your brain: Research unites cognitive science and information theory
Driving down a dark country road at night, you see a shape ahead on the roadside. Is it a deer
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Do we trust people who speak with an accent? We tend to believe speakers who sound the same as us, though much depends on their tone of voice
You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone’s dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A
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Prenatal exposure to cannabis impacts sociability of male offspring only
Taking cannabinoids during pregnancy can cause behavioural and neuronal deficits in adult male offspring, while females remain unaffected, says new
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