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How neurons communicate with each other is central to our understanding of the nervous system. Since the times of Golgi and Cajal, the roles of electrical vs. chemical forms of […]

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People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer, according to researchers from the University […]

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Study has far-reaching implications for unconscious role of infant experiences on adult development An infant’s mother tongue creates neural patterns that the unconscious brain retains years later even if the […]

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MUHC-led study identifies new player in brain function and memory Is it possible to change the amount of information the brain can store? Maybe, according to a new international study […]

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Information is transferred from one neuron to another via synapses. This communication is mediated by neurotransmitters packaged into vesicles. These structures seem identical on electron microscopic images. However, recordings of […]

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Findings contribute to baseline knowledge of minute-to-minute healthy brain activity. Examining the brain when it is healthy is essential in order to understand how and why things go wrong when […]

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Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine have shown why anesthetics can cause long-term memory loss, a discovery that can have serious implications for post-operative patients.

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