Real Neurons are Noisy. Can Neural Implants Figure That Out? The brain has adaptive noise filters that change with conditions, making signals 20 – 100 percent more accurate DURHAM, N.C. – If human eyes came in a package, it would have to be labeled “Natural...
Neurobiologist Finds Potent Pain-Suppression Center in the Brain Single OFF switch dampens response of dozens of pain-promotion centers A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly...
Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and six other Duke faculty members have been...
Neuroscientists Find New Roles for Huntington’s Protein Crucial role in synapse formation could be new avenue toward treatment DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University research team has identified a new function of a gene called...
Two Medicine Researchers Named NIH "New Innovators" NIH Director's grant for highly creative scientists carries five years of support School of Medicine researchers Diego Bohórquez Ph.D. and Opeyemi Olabisi M.D., Ph.D. have been...
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...
