News: Neuroscience
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Could a Digital Version of this Part of the Brain Be Coming Soon?
Michael Mauk and his team have made a discovery that adds an important detail to a computer simulation of the part of our brains called...

Manipulating Neurons
Boris Zemelman has been influential in the field of optogenetics, which is producing insights that could uncork a flood of new therapies.

The Texas Scientist
Unlocking the Mind’s Mysteries
The brain is the most complicated object in the known universe, but as scientists are learning, it offers five important clues for understanding its wonders.

Keeps Us on Our Toes
Michael Mauk is working on a "digital cerebellum" that mimics the part of the brain that helps us keep from falling. It could help make...

Resetting the Alcoholic Brain
The brains of people experiencing alcohol addiction have different patterns of gene expression than those without addiction. Could this lead to a new kind of...

Neuroscientist Receives 2016 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award
The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award is the Board of Regents’ highest honor.

Serotonin Regulates the Sensitivity of Brain Cells Involved in Hearing
Nace Golding, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, and his team were surprised to find that serotonin also regulates the sensitivity of...

Scientists Discover How We Play Memories in Fast Forward
New research shows how we use a special brain wave frequency when we think about past or future events to play them in fast forward.

Neuroscience professor wins NSF CAREER award
Laura Colgin studies the relationship between brain waves and memory during sleep.

Cocktail Party Effect
Your brain has to do all sorts of tricks to focus on just one voice floating in a sea of noise, including localization
