Small Cluster of Neurons is Off-On Switch for Mouse Songs With precise control, neurobiology researchers could make a mouse sing or not on command Researchers at Duke University have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse’s brain that...
General Anesthesia Hijacks Sleep Circuitry to Knock You Out After 170 years, nobody was quite sure where anesthesia worked on the brain The discovery of general anesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of...
Duke Flags Lowered: John Wilson Moore, Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology, Dies at Age 98 Moore was a pioneer in the field of computational neuroscience John Wilson Moore, Duke professor emeritus of neurobiology, died on March 30. He was 98. Moore...
Severity Of Crime Increases Jury’s Belief In Guilt Evidence matters more to lawyers and judges than to jurors The more severe a crime, the more evidence you should have to prove someone did it. But a new...
Pupil's Brain Recognizes the Perfect Teacher Social brain lights up in juvenile songbirds that find a singing mentor Youngsters learn many important behaviors by imitating adults. But young learners are selective...
Circuit Found for Brain’s Statistical Inference About Motion Brain’s equation for prediction looks like a Bayesian inference As the eye tracks a bird flying past, the muscles that pan the eyeballs to keep the target in...
Fine-Tuned Sense Of Smell Relies On Timing First impressions matter for precise scent identification If you can tell the difference between a merlot and a cabernet franc just by smell, it’s...
Eyes Have a Natural Version of Night Vision Cells in retina change their duties to help the brain detect motion To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software and...
Brain Has Natural Noise-Cancelling Circuit Motor cortex tells auditory cortex to ignore walking sounds To ensure that a mouse hears the sounds of an approaching cat better than it hears the sounds...
