Cocaine is a common illicit drug of abuse which is able to strongly modify the brain. Cocaine-induced synaptic modifications are implicated in…
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Basic Neuroscience No WAVE, no reward: hope for addictive brains
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Basic Neuroscience Where does innate fear come from?
The 20th century has seen an explosion of scientific efforts made to reveal the biological substrates of cognitive functions. Research has shown…
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Basic Neuroscience beta-Asarone: a promise for cognitive impairments induced by environmental pollutants?
Long-term exposure to environmental pollutants is worldwide acknowledged as a major risk factor for health diseases. Indeed, pollution has become a plague…
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Basic Neuroscience Does Junk Food Steal Memories?
Obesity, a multifactorial metabolic disorder, is rapidly increasing in western and developing countries. Nearly 35% of adults over the age of 20…
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Basic Neuroscience Could an ancient Asian remedy fight memory loss?
Losing memory is definitely scary and as the world’s population ages, the burden of neurodegenerative disorders is becoming a critical global issue…
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Basic Neuroscience Where do memories live?
Memory is one of the many brain functions that have fascinated generations of neuroscientists. It is a cerebral phenomenon that accompanies us…
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Basic Neuroscience PLOS Neuro Community meets face-to-face at #FENS2016 in Copenhagen!
Updated July 6: As FENS draws to a close, we thank everyone who came by our booth for literature, talked with our editors…
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Basic Neuroscience Fighting addiction through the gut-brain axis…the future?
“We are what we eat”. This piece of folk knowledge is true in more ways than one. In fact, it is well…
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Basic Neuroscience Sugar, the addictive enemy hiding in plain sight
Could you image a world without sugar? A life without that spectacular sweet taste in your mouth? Sugar is something that we…
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Basic Neuroscience From the Community: Everybody Loves Dopamine by The Neurocritic
This post was originally posted on The Neurocritic Blog on March 27, 2016 Dopamine is love. Dopamine is reward. Dopamine is addiction.Neuroscientists…
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Basic Neuroscience #BAW2016: “The birth of consciousness: a story of brain creation” by Shane Hegarty
‘I think therefore I am’. While René Descartes’ profound quote may underestimate the elusive existential truth of what makes us human, brain…
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Basic Neuroscience Testosterone beyond Sex
When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all…