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Sodium Shakedown in Dopamine Research

The chemical neurotransmitter dopamine is critical to sending and receiving signals in the nervous system linked to motor movements, learning, and habit formation, which is why many therapies for drug addiction and diseases related to the aging brain, such as Parkinson’s disease, target dopamine uptake. Central to uptake is the…
Katie Elyce Jones
September 19, 2017
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ORNL Resources Help BigNeuron Tackle Grand Challenges

In November 2015, BigNeuron researchers gathered at ORNL for a hackathon to scale up their algorithms and port data to the Titan supercomputer. This year data generated from the project is being transferred to CADES for public access. Like energetic children, computational scientists need large spaces to play. This play…
Jonathan Hines
January 31, 2017