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CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: Neuroscience

Experiments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory support alternative theory of information processing in the cortex

10/15/2008

Scientists discover a role for remarkably precise timing in the brain’s “neural code”. Read the story »

CSHL neuroscientists glimpse how the brain decides what to believe

8/11/2008

Study shows that laboratory rats calculate confidence to make decisions Read the story »

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Scientists demonstrate means of reducing Alzheimer’s-like plaques in fly brain

7/14/2008

But overexpression of Neprilysin causes other serious pathologies. Read the story »

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Neuroscientists show insulin receptor signaling regulates structure and function of brain circuits

6/18/2008

Impact of the signaling upon synapses and dendrites is shown for the first time in living creatures Read the story »

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists identify a mechanism that helps fruit flies lock-in memories

5/28/2008

A protein called Pum regulates the expression of genes that alter synaptic plasticity Read the story »

Scientists discover a molecular scaffold that guides connections between brain cells

5/20/2008

Researchers find non-signaling glial cells can direct synapse formation in the forging of neural networks. Read the story »

CSHL scientists part of multi-institution team that discovers role of rare gene mutations in schizophrenia

3/28/2008

Researchers have identified multiple, individually rare gene mutations in people with schizophrenia. Read the story »

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory make progress in determining how the brain selectively interprets sound

1/29/2008

Researchers report new findings about how the mammalian brain interprets and fashions representations of sound. Read the story »

New leadership at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience

1/28/2008

Professor Anthony Zador appointed as director of the Laboratory’s on-campus Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience (SCCN). Read the story »

Unexpected sensitivity of brain circuits is revealed by neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

1/8/2008

CSHL researchers revealed an unexpected sensitivity and specificity in circuits of the mammalian brain. Read the story »

Brain stem cells sensitive to space radiation

12/12/2007

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists recently led a team of researchers to study potential effects of space radiation on astronauts. Read the story »

Team of scientists develops non-invasive method to track nerve-cell development in live human brain

11/8/2007

Researchers identified the first biomarker that permits neural stem and progenitor cells to be tracked in the brains of living human subjects. Read the story »

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory links activity in brain synapses and developmental abnormalities with schizophrenia gene

5/24/2007

Researchers have identified a function of neuregulin1 (NRG1), a gene previously linked to schizophrenia but whose role in the disease was unknown. Read the story »

Location, location, location!

8/17/2006

Brain neurons found to combine economic value and spatial information. Read the story »

Prozac’s target revealed

5/15/2006

Researchers identified which among several different kinds of cells in the brain is the chief target of the widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac. Read the story »

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