8-Year-Old Whiz Kid Teaches Neuroscience Online from Home

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(MENAFN – SomTribune) Amoy Antunet got hooked on science at the age of three after coming across a microscope owned by her father, who was a college student. The young whiz kid from Atlanta, Georgia, soon became her father’s ‘study buddy.’ Davin Shepherd, who was then 43, began explaining […]

Chinese university sets up neuroscience undergraduate majors

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Zhejiang University on Thursday announced that it has set up two undergraduate programs in the field of neuroscience under the newly established school of brain science and medicine. It is the first time for a Chinese university to offer undergraduate education in the field. The two programs will focus […]

‘Brains Are Amazing’ – Neuroscientists Discover L2/3 Human Neurons Can Compute the XOR Operation

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When talk of artificial neural networks began some fifty years ago the idea was to mimic the behaviour and function of the neurons in human brains — a premise that has more or less survived to this day. But new research now suggests scientists may have severely underestimated the […]

Good Luck Gilmans

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From left: Lynn Kim, Diamond Jackson, Erin Bryant, Savannah Kelly, and Maya Taliaferro. Five Hamilton juniors have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad this spring. Recipients are Erin Bryant, Diamond Jackson, Savannah Kelly, Lynn Kim, and Maya Taliaferro. The Gilman Scholarship Program, sponsored by the […]

Mayo Clinic discovers a molecular switch for repairing central nervous system disorders

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — A molecular switch has the ability to turn on a substance in animals that repairs neurological damage in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. The early research in animal models could advance an already approved Food and Drug Administration therapy and also […]

Grant Brings Nerve Stimulation Device Closer to Next Stage of Testing

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research Jan. 13, 2020 The wireless vagus nerve stimulation device (right) may be small, but it’s a big leap forward when compared to its predecessor (left). The new device is MRI-compatible and can be mass-produced on a wafer. Bioengineering researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas recently received […]

Biogen Teams Up With Startup CAMP4 to Scout for New Neuro Drugs

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Xconomy Boston — The next neuroscience drug that joins Biogen’s pipeline might come from the research of startup CAMP4 Therapeutics. The two Cambridge, MA-based companies are starting an alliance that will use CAMP4’s technology to find genetic targets that could lead to new drugs. Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) is […]

Timothy Maurice Webster Trains Cogent Analytics on a New Approach to Business Development

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Cogent Analytics USA hosts a training session on a new business development approach by international expert on human and brand behavior Timothy Maurice Webster Mr. Webster’s approach merges neuroscience and behavioral science to demonstrate how to trigger the sought after “buy-in” by all business development professionals around the world. […]

What happens to deferred intentions in the brain?

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Placing a checkmark on the to-do list is an extremely liberating feeling for many eager list lovers, especially when the task has been postponed for a long time. But what happens in our brain when we have completed a postponed task? Will it be deactivated? If so, how? A […]

Beebe Healthcare expands partnership with Jefferson Neuroscience Network

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Jan 10, 2020 at 12:01 AM Beebe Healthcare announced it will expand its partnership with the Thomas Jefferson Neuroscience Network, to include a robotic teleconferencing unit in Beebe’s Emergency Department. The Jefferson Expert Teleconsulting, or JET, unit is the region’s first university-based, high-tech mobile robot system for acute stroke. […]