Century-Old Assumption Regarding Neurons and Brain Activity Disproved
New types of experiments indicate that the time-lag for re-excitation of a neuron is longer than assumed
Neurobiology
Atlas of Cell Types in the Mouse, Monkey, and Human Primary Motor Cortex
Researchers build tools and set standards for describing all the cells in the brain
New Research 'Sniffs Out' How Associative Memories Are Formed
UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells
More Filling? Tastes Great? How Flies, and Maybe People, Choose Their Food
Fruit flies were given the choice between nutritious, bitter food and a not bitter food containing fewer calories
Combining Three Techniques Boosts Brain Imaging Precision
Researchers have developed a method to more precisely capture the timing and location of brain responses to a stimulus
How Long-Known Genes Continue to Surprise Researchers
Researchers aligned billions of mRNA sequence snippets enabling them to detect new, previously unknown splice variants
Study Finds Brain Areas Involved in Seeking Negative Information
New research provides insight into how people decide whether they want to know what the future holds
Early Bird or Night Owl? Study Links Shift Worker Sleep to 'Chronotype'
Sleep styles may hold the key to designing better work schedules
Study Upgrades One of the Largest Databases of Neuronal Types
International collaboration maps critical measurements of activity in vivo to more than 120 types of neurons from the brain region responsible for autobiographic memory
Study: Don't Count On Caffeine to Fight Sleep Deprivation
Research assesses how effective caffeine is in counteracting the negative effects of sleep deprivation on cognition, showing that it only gets you so far