Axon terminal; synaptic boutons are small swellings that are found at the terminal ends of axons. Synaptic boutons are typically the sites where synapses with other neurons are found, and ...

Have you ever heard someone point to a broken-down car, refrigerator, or another piece of machinery and claim, “they just don’t make them like they used to”? According to the theory of retrogenesis, ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...

Neurodegenerative disease where dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra deteriorate. Symptoms involve resting tremor, slowness of movement, shuffling gait, rigidity. Kate graduated from Scripps ...

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Areas of the central nervous system that consist primarily of glial cells and myelinated axons, which gives the tissue a white coloring. Compare to grey matter. Kate graduated from Scripps College in ...

Nerissa received her MSci in Neuroscience from The University of Nottingham where she studied the protective effects of hypothermia on brain physiology. During her placement year, she investigated the ...

A neurodegenerative disease characterized by neuronal loss in brain areas like the hippocampus. The loss of neurons is associated with symptoms of dementia. Kate graduated from Scripps College in 2009 ...

Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research focuses on CNS ...