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Neurobiology

Dr. Jasmin Fisher
24.02.2013

Dr. Jasmin Fisher’s computer models reveal how cells make decisions

Bringing Down Barriers
14.02.2013

An unusual protein sequence may help drugs cross the brain-blood barrier

white smell illustration
22.11.2012

Weizmann Institute scientists apply the principles of white color and white noise to create a white smell
 

memory (Image: Thinkstock)
03.09.2012

Why do some troubling memories continue to haunt while others can be repressed?

Mouse hippocampus containing two different types of channelrhodopsins. The green fluorescence marks axons entering into the hippocampal CA1 region, and the red fluorescence is expressed in the dentate gyrus part of the hippocampus (inverted V-shaped structure)
11.06.2012

Dr. Ofer Yizhar investigates the brain’s circuitry with tiny pulses of light

Neuron cover
23.02.2012

Both parts of the mechanism – ON and OFF receptors – are encoded in the same gene.

Experimental apparatus for recording neural activity directly from the olfactory receptor neurons lining the olfactory epithelium in the nasal passages. Photo by Martin Kollar
26.09.2011

The smell receptors in our noses are arranged in logical patterns according to pleasantness

As compared to the control brain (top), the autistic brain (bottom) shows weaker inter-hemispheric synchronization in several areas, particularly the superior temporal gyrus (light blue) and the inferior frontal gyrus (red)
19.09.2011
A new biological marker for autism may enable early diagnosis
fMRI
29.08.2011

Weizmann Institute scientists track brain activity as false memories are formed

Danit and Einat Finkelshtein
04.08.2011

Some sets of twins even study science together. 

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