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Neuroscience
Sleep Science
Snooze or lose memories
Published Feb 2, 2017
Lack of rest inhibits brain's ability to form new memories, study reaffirms / Hopkins Medicine
Neuroscience
The brain's 'black box'
Published Jan 19, 2017
Study identifies protein that maintains, protects adult neurons responsible for learning, memory
Neuroscience
The Hopkins brain trust
Published Nov 2, 2016
Interdisciplinary team aims to develop digital repository of brain data accessible to researchers worldwide
Mental health
A faster antidepressant?
Published Oct 14, 2016
Neuroscientists may have zeroed in on a compound that works like ketamine, but is safer and non-addictive / Johns Hopkins Health Review
Mental health
Unraveling bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Published Aug 31, 2016
Johns Hopkins to co-lead effort to develop new ways of studying, screening drugs for major psychiatric illnesses
Duy Phan in neuroscience lab
Student scholar
'The joy of discovery'
Published Aug 30, 2016
Junior Duy Phan, a neuroscience major, is one of two JHU students to earn a coveted NIH Undergraduate Scholarship
Ulrich Mueller
Brain science
Neuroscientist Ulrich Mueller named 24th BDP
Published Aug 25, 2016
Expert on hearing loss, brain development studies molecular workings behind auditory impairment
A black and white rat drinks some chocolatey liquid from a small dish
Instant replay
How the brain remembers where to go
Published Aug 25, 2016
Study using rats shows that brains use backward replays to recall routes that end in rewards / Hopkins Medicine
Night flight
Camouflage, with a twist
Published Aug 16, 2016
Luna moth's long, twisted tail could confuse predators that hunt using echolocation
Brain science
'Physics engine' found
Published Aug 8, 2016 Video
Researchers identify brain region that helps us predict how the world around us will behave