CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: Neuroscience

Picky proteins: A new angle for brain disorder therapeutics

5/20/2022

Researchers have designed an antibody that may help treat brain disorders. See how it prevents neurons from malfunctioning. Watch the video »

How hormones define brain sex differences

5/4/2022

Researchers have mapped the genes estrogen uses to establish male and female neural circuits during brain development in mice. Read the story »

Neuroscientist Gabrielle Pouchelon joins CSHL faculty

3/25/2022

She studies the genetic and environmental factors that steer brain development. Read the story »

Mom’s protective behaviors run deep

3/24/2022

Neuroscientists found an ancient part of the mouse brain may coordinate maternal protective behaviors. Read the story »

Uncovering how immune cells nurture brain connections

3/7/2022

Microglia cells nurture connections during brain development, which contrasts to the cells’ previously understood role in pruning connections. Read the story »

AI is helping scientists explain our brain

2/28/2022

Neuroscientists are turning to artificial intelligence to help them understand the brain, but what if AI misses the true story? Read the story »

Brain waves churn differently when paying attention

2/2/2022

See the shapes and speeds of electrical waves in the brain change in response to attentiveness. Watch the video »

Finding structure in the brain’s static

2/1/2022

CSHL researchers found that the brain’s state of attentiveness may be encoded in the shapes and speeds of slow electrical waves. Read the story »

CSHL neuroscientist Lucas Cheadle named Emerging Scholar

1/20/2022

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine named CSHL Assistant Professor Lucas Cheadle a top “40 and under” scholar. Read the story »

CSHL and Veranome partner to accelerate brain mapping tech

1/18/2022

CSHL Professor Anthony Zador and Veranome Biosystems are collaborating to improve brain mapping technology using engineering solutions. Read the story »

Test your brain

How much do scientists know about the brain? Find out with this neuroscience quiz. Take the quiz »

Did you hear the one about the swimming worm?

12/28/2021

CSHL NeuroAI scholars combine artificial intelligence (AI) with neuroscience. One scholar developed an AI program for worm locomotion. Watch the video »

Why AI needs a genome

12/21/2021

AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes. Read the story »

Taking a course at the Banbury Center: Small gatherings at the cutting edge

12/10/2021

Dr. Greg Lemke has visited Banbury as a meeting participant, organizer, and Course instructor. Read here why CSHL courses at Banbury are unique. Read the story »

Fine-tuning motivation in the brain

12/9/2021

Scientists have pinpointed a group of neurons in the brain that can adjust a mouse’s motivational drive to seek out rewards. Read the story »