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The Redwood Center is an HWNI center.Read more about Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience unveils new website

Research from the Xu lab.Read more about Super-resolution microscopy reveals fine detail of cellular mesh

Research from the Lammel and Bateup labs, explained by first author Hongbin Yang, a postdoctoral scholar.Read more about The path to happiness is complicated: Dopamine circuitry in the brain

Research from the Feldman lab, explained by first author and PhD Program alum Brian Isett.Read more about The sensory code: Shape and texture discrimination in the cortex

Jenkins is a postdoc in the Hsu lab.Read more about Congratulations to Postdoc Adrianna Jenkins, named APS Rising Star

Research from HWNI members Avgusta Shestyuk and Robert Knight.Read more about Recording a thought’s fleeting trip through the brain

Technologies to detect brain activity — fine, we’ll come right out and call it mind…Read more about 3 Brain Technologies to Watch in 2018

For many people today, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is most…Read more about With CRISPR, geneticists have a powerful new weapon in the battle against ALS

University of California, Berkeley scientists have for the first time used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to…Read more about First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease

I can’t even remember what happened that night” is a common joke/cry for help among…Read more about Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Impair Memory

Our brains don’t rest when we sleep. Electrical waves ripple through our noggins as our…Read more about Out-of-sync brain waves may explain why we get forgetful as we age

Research reveals that as we age, brain waves become unsynchronized. Because of that, the brain…Read more about How sleep impacts your memory

Why do only some people with Parkinson’s disease decline cognitively? Scientists have proposed various theories,…Read more about Aβ, Tau Absolved of Causing Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s

Like swinging a tennis racket during a ball toss to serve an ace, slow and…Read more about Offbeat brain rhythms during sleep make older adults forget

Neuroscientists can now explore a beta version of the new Neurodata Without Borders: Neurophysiology (NWB:N 2.0) software and offer input to developers before it is fully released next year.Read more about Beta of Neurodata Without Borders software now available

Six UC Berkeley scientists are among the 396 newest fellows elected to the American Association…Read more about Marla Feller, Mark D’Esposito, and Bob Knight elected AAAS fellows

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Award to Helen S.…Read more about Helen S. Bateup Receives the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award

In Alzheimer’s, the initial changes in the brain occur through retention of the protein, β-amyloid…Read more about New research shows where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur

The neuroscience field is steaming ahead, fueled by a revolution in cutting-edge technologies. Concurrently, another…Read more about The emperor’s new wardrobe: Rebalancing diversity of animal models in neuroscience research

NYSCF welcomed six of the most talented stem cell researchers and neuroscientists from around the…Read more about Stephen Brohawn named 2017 New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Neuroscience Investigator

UC Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle on a $65.5 million,…Read more about $65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas

Running a high fever during early pregnancy is known to be dangerous. A first-trimester fever…Read more about How fever in early pregnancy can cause birth defects

Ask neuroscientist Matthew Walker, author of the new book, Why We Sleep, about the downside of…Read more about Everything you need to know about sleep, but are too tired to ask

The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but…Read more about Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life ‘In An Underslept State’

UC Berkeley neuroscience and engineering professor Michael Yartsev has been awarded a 2017 Packard Fellowship for…Read more about Michael Yartsev awarded prestigious Packard fellowship