Neurobiology

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July 18, 2018

Neurons Can Carry More Than One Signal at a Time

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A black and white microscope image of ependymal cells in the brain

April 25, 2018

Brain Cell’s Achilles’ Heel May Prompt Hydrocephalus

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when pairs of monkeys interacted during a social task, the brains of both animals showed episodes of high synchronization,

March 29, 2018

Monkeys' Brains Synchronize As They Collaborate To Perform A Motor Task

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March 6, 2018

Overlooked Cell Key Player In Preventing Age-Related Vision Loss

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March 1, 2018

Networks of Brain Activity Predict Vulnerability to Depression

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The hippocampus is a key structure in formation of memories and includes cells that represent a person’s environment.

December 7, 2017

How We Know Where We Are

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November 8, 2017

Star-Shaped Brain Cells Orchestrate Neural Connections

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September 6, 2017

One Powerful Cell Makes or Breaks Your Habits

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June 23, 2017

Chatter in the Deep Brain Spurs Empathy in Rats

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Sensory neurons from human dorsal root ganglia, a collection of nerves and neurons near the top of the spinal cord, show red for PD-1, a binding site for immunotherapies against cancer. The blue stain shows cell nuclei. Photo credit: Ru-Rong Ji Lab, Duk

May 23, 2017

Immunotherapy Target Suppresses Pain to Mask Cancer

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April 18, 2017

Moogfest Returns to Synthesize More Amazing Ideas

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February 21, 2017

Tackling Human Brain Tumors by First Growing Them in a Dish

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February 15, 2017

Inspiring the Young African-American Physician-Scientist

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December 27, 2016

Potential Drug Appears to Ease Effects of Prader-Willi Syndrome

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December 8, 2016

Scientists Develop New Drug Screening Tool For Dystonia

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RNA (yellow) moves quickly toward the uppermost layer of the brain along the path of neural stem cells (red). Credit - Louis-Jan Pilaz, Duke University

December 1, 2016

Neural Stem Cells Serve As RNA Highways Too

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