Even though it’s smaller than a basketball, the scale of the human brain can feel astronomical. “There are as many neurons in…
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Basic Neuroscience “Neuroscience at Scale: Synaptomics tries to make sense of the brain at a stupefying scale” by Samuel RoseRead more
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Basic Neuroscience “Synthesizing excitement: a new way your brain makes glutamate” by Samuel RoseRead more
A recent report in Cell details a new way that the brain synthesizes glutamate, originating from sun exposure, no less. The research…
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Basic Neuroscience GABA and glycine sometimes are interchangeable, by Jaime de Juan SanzRead more
The sensory environment contains multiple streams of information that must be efficiently processed and categorized by the CNS. Sound, for example, is…
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Basic Neuroscience TMEM168, a new player in mood disorders?Read more
Transcriptional studies have revealed that alterations of gene expression are key mechanisms by which stimuli induce adaptive modifications in the brain. Indeed…
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Basic Neuroscience Looking at scaffolding proteins to understand addictionRead more
Understanding cellular and molecular modifications occurring in reward-related behaviors is nowadays an intense field of scientific investigation. The reward system is a…
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Basic Neuroscience When neurogenesis goes wrong…Read more
Neurogenesis is a complex biological process by which neurons are generated from neural stem cells and progenitor cells. Indeed, the discovery of…
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Basic Neuroscience Inside the Mind of an Octopus (by Naureen Ghani)Read more
“What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice?” – David Van Essen, 2003 Octopuses possess a rich behavioral repertoire1…
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Basic Neuroscience Sugar: sweet, tempting but dangerousRead more
Only a really small fraction of us gets through a normal day without adding sugar to its standard meal. Just think about…
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Basic Neuroscience The role of neurabins in affective disordersRead more
Affective disorders, a set of neuropsychiatric diseases also known as mood disorders, include depression and anxiety. These disorders are emerging as a…
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Basic Neuroscience Behind sociability? The medial prefrontal cortexRead more
Sociability and the medial prefrontal cortex Could it be possible to run a normal existence without social life? Indeed, sociability is an…
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Basic Neuroscience Dopamine control of prolactin secretion: hierarchy is the key! (by Cleyde Helena)Read more
In women, a major role of prolactin is to initiate and sustain pregnancy and lactation. During pregnancy, prolactin secretion from the pituitary…
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Basic Neuroscience ICYMI: 4/19 Redditscience AMA “Longitudinal influence of alcohol and marijuana use on academic performance in college students”Read more
Here we share a timely PLOS Science Wednesday discussion of relevance to the PLOS Neuro Community from our weekly PLOS Science Wednesday AMAs…