Traumatic Brain Injury

March 27, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Access Legal, Concussion, Infographic, TBI, Traumatic brain injury

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One Concussion Could Cause Permanent Brain Damage

March 25, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 2 Comments atrophy, Concussion, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, MTBI, TBI, Traumatic brain injury

Every year, 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which occur when sudden traumas damage the brain. TBI commonly occurs when the head suddenly and violently hits an object,… Read more

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SNARE Complex: Machinery for Synaptic Vesicle Fusion

March 20, 2013March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 3 Comments complex, complexin, docking, fusion, presynaptic terminal, priming, proteins, SNAP-25, SNARE, Synapse, synaptic, synaptobrevin, synaptotagmin, syntaxin-1, vesicle

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From Neurons to Astrocytes: The Shift of Focus in Stroke

March 18, 2013March 5, 2017 Anita 0 Comments astrocytes, excitotoxicity, gliotransmitters, glutamate, Haydon P.G., Hines D.J., Inhibition of a SNARE-Sensitive Pathway in Astrocytes Attenuates Damage following Stroke, ischemia, Ischemic stroke, Journal of Neuroscience, SNARE, tripartite synapse

If you think about it, blood vessels are the freeways of the body. The vast array of vasculature enables molecules to reach important destinations (organs) quickly. But, if a small… Read more

How does the brain locate sound sources?

March 15, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 10 Comments Audition, auditory, Binaural, Doppler effect, Ear, Frequency, Hearing, Horizontal, Monaural, Pinna, Sound, Sound Localization

The brain has an amazing ability to identify the source of sounds around you. When driving, you can tell where an approaching fire truck is coming from and pull over… Read more

Brain Basics Did You Know? Sensation and Perception

The Auditory System: From Sound Waves to Brain Waves

March 13, 2013March 5, 2017 JuanVelasquez 1 Comment Amplitude, Audition, auditory, cochlea, Ear, Ear Drum, Frequency, Hearing, Loud, Pitch, Sound

Our human experience is enriched by our senses. The world would appear to be a dull place if the brain did not endow us with the ability to construct visual… Read more

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Hearing is Believing: Cells that Enable Hearing after Birth

March 11, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 6 Comments 2013, Audition, auditory, cochlea, Deaf, Development, Hair Cell, Hearing, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Heller, Inner Ear, Jan, Nusse, Progenitor Cell, Sensory, Sound, Supporting Cell, Tympanic Border Cell, Tympanic border cells are Wnt-responsive and can act as progenitors for postnatal mouse cochlear cells, Wnt

The sense of hearing is a critical part of how we experience life and the world around us. It is so important, in fact, that the ears are fully formed… Read more

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The Hunger Games of The Second Brain

March 6, 2013March 5, 2017 Anita 2 Comments enteric nervous system (ENS), Ghrelin, Gut feelings: the emerging biology of gut-brain communication, hunger center, lateral hypothalamus, Leptin, satiety center, second brain, ventromedial hypothalamus

If you’ve sensed “butterflies” in your stomach before a stage performance, felt your “stomach churn” upon hearing a horrifying story, or simply made a decision based on your “gut feeling,”… Read more

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Disruption of Circadian Cycles Linked to Weight Gain

March 4, 2013March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 4 Comments biological clock, BmaI1, circadian clock, circadian rhythm, diabetes, glucose, high-fat diet, Hypothalamus, insulin, insulin resistance, obesity, Sleep, sleep-wake cycle, suprachiasmatic nucleus

Every night during finals week, I studied into the wee hours of the morning and caught only a few hours of sleep. It was exhausting! After finals were over, I… Read more

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The Road to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Begins at the Intersection of DNA and Childhood Trauma

March 1, 2013March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 8 Comments Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene-childhood trauma interactions, Elisabeth B Binder, Fear, FKBP5, glucocorticoid, Methylation, Nature Neuroscience, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs, Torsten Klengel

Shakespeare left out a crucial component for understanding human behavior when he wrote: it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. Our genetic predispositions are… Read more