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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: Neuroscience

Neuroscientists explain how mutated X-linked mental retardation protein impairs neuronal function

6/24/2014

There are new clues about malfunctions in brain cells that contribute to intellectual disability and possibly other developmental brain disorders. Read the story »

GluN1a/GluN2B NMDA receptors calcium-binding

Unprecedented detail of intact neuronal receptor offers blueprint for drug developers

5/29/2014

NMDA receptor malfunction is implicated in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and stroke Read the story »

Dealing with stress—to cope or to quit?

5/27/2014

Researchers identify neurons that determine whether an individual will be depressed or resilient Read the story »

Neurobiologists find chronic stress in early life causes anxiety, aggression in adulthood

3/27/2014

New research indicates a link between certain kinds of early stress and dysfunction in the neuroendocrine system. Read the story »

For neurons in the brain, identity can be used to predict location

3/24/2014

A new mathematical model uses gene expression data to predict where neurons are located throughout the brain Read the story »

Celebrating Brain Awareness Week with DNALC’s 3D Brain–revolutionizing education in the classroom and the doctor’s office

3/14/2014

The 3D Brain app is an interactive, three-dimensional model of the human brain. Read the story »

Research reveals first glimpse of a brain circuit that helps experience to shape perception

3/2/2014

For the first time, scientists monitor inhibitory neurons that link sense of smell with memory and cognition in mice Read the story »

Scientists discover a new pathway for fear deep within the brain

2/12/2014

‘Far-reaching’ neurons connect the amygdala with fear response center to control behavior Read the story »

Unprecedented structural insights reveal how NMDA receptors can be blocked, to limit neurotoxicity

1/22/2014

Structural biologists have obtained important scientific results likely to advance efforts to develop new drugs targeting NMDA receptors in the brain Read the story »

Scientists discover two proteins that control chandelier cell architecture

1/16/2014

Chandelier cells, a group of powerful inhibitory neurons, are important in epilepsy and schizophrenia Read the story »

CSHL’s Adam Kepecs receives McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award

12/18/2013

Associate Professor Adam Kepecs received the 2014 Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award from The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Read the story »

CSHL’s Partha Mitra receives two awards for theoretical work with implications for brain circuitry

12/10/2013

Professor Partha Mitra, the Crick-Clay Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), is receiving two honors for his recent wor Read the story »

Neuron ‘claws’ in the brain enable flies to distinguish one scent from another

10/20/2013

Researchers are using the fruit fly to discover how the brain integrates multiple signals to identify one unique smell. Read the story »

Study shows how neurons enable us to know smells we like and dislike, whether to approach or retreat

10/7/2013

Some basic biology learned from study of fruit flies could help us understand food choice in obese people. Read the story »

CSHL neuroscientists identify class of cortical inhibitory neurons that specialize in disinhibition

10/6/2013

An inhibitory neuron type is found to specifically suppress the activation of other inhibitory neurons in cerebral cortex. Read the story »

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