Brains are highly adaptable. Neuronal connections are constantly changing, molded by what people experience in their daily lives. New memories, information learned, and new skills spark this dynamic process, causing lasting changes to neuronal circuits. As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher, and it couldn’t be truer for brains.
When Ilber Manavbasi attempts a tricky piano riff, he rehearses more than the notes on the page.
Using a novel stem cell platform, a team of MUSC researchers has identified a pathway that could be targeted by drugs to reduce fat accumulation…
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Hopes were high a decade ago, when a new class of drugs called BET inhibitors emerged for treating blood cancers and solid tumors. Since then,…
As fascinating as it is to work in a modern biology lab, in many cases a lot of repetitive, detailed work is necessary before the…
Scientists at the University of Minnesota and the Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) Center have made a surprising discovery: antibodies can have opposite effects on…
A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience shows how flickering light can cause hallucinations in our brain: it produces “standing waves” of brain…
For the past three years, Corewell Health researchers have been studying the genetic code of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how it…
A new device that uses light to non-destructively image tissue could revolutionize cartilage and tissue transplant surgery, laying the groundwork for osteoarthritis treatment.
