Nerve cells have a special ion channel that has a key role in starting the electrical impulse that signals pain and is sent to the brain. New research finds that …read more Source:: Science
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Sniffing out smell: How the brain organizes information about odors
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•Neuroscientists describe for the first time how relationships between different odors are encoded in the brain. The findings suggest a mechanism that may explain why individuals have common but highly …read more Source:: Science
Scientists find brain center that ‘profoundly’ shuts down pain
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•A research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center turns pain off, …read more Source:: Science
Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain
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•New research has found that a subset of retinal neurons sends inhibitory signals to the brain. Before, researchers believed the eye only sends excitatory signals. …read more Source:: Science
Lucy had an ape-like brain
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•A new study led by paleoanthropologists reveals that Lucy’s species Australopithecus afarensis had an ape-like brain. However, the protracted brain growth suggests that — as is the case in humans …read more Source:: Science
The brains of shrimps and insects are more alike than we thought
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•Crustaceans share a brain structure known to be crucial for learning and memory in insects, researchers have discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Researchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains — and it wakes them up
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•One of the central questions in neuroscience is clarifying where in the brain consciousness, which is the ability to experience internal and external sensations, arises. Researchers report that a specific …read more Source:: Science
Scratching the surface of how your brain senses an itch
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•Light touch plays a critical role in everyday tasks, such as picking up a glass or playing a musical instrument, as well as for detecting the touch of, say, biting …read more Source:: Science
New study shows how autism can be measured through a non-verbal marker
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•Researchers have identified a non-verbal, neural marker of autism. This marker shows that individuals with autism are slower to dampen neural activity in response to visual signals in the brain. …read more Source:: Science
An alternate theory for what causes Alzheimer’s disease
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•Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, is characterized by plaques and tangles in the brain, with most efforts at finding a cure focused on these …read more Source:: Science