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High Levels of Glutamate in Brain May Kick-Start Schizophrenia: Implications for Early Diagnosis and New Treatment Strategies
April 18, 2013 — An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia. The findings suggest a potential diagnostic tool for identifying ... > full story -
Brain's 'Slow Waves': Scientists Probe Source of Pulsing Signal in Sleeping Brain
April 18, 2013 — New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep, are assumed to play a role in important processes ... > full story -
Brain-Behavior Associations: Researchers Look at Ties Between Early Social Experiences and Adolescent Brain Function
April 18, 2013 — Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative ... > full story -
Detecting Autism from Brain Activity
April 17, 2013 — Neuroscientists have developed an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children, researchers report in a new ... > full story -
Teens' Brains Are More Sensitive to Rewarding Feedback from Peers
April 17, 2013 — Teenagers are risk-takers -- they're more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows that teenagers have the ... > full story -
Going Places: Rat Brain 'GPS' Maps Routes to Rewards
April 17, 2013 — Studying rats' ability to navigate familiar territory, scientists found that the hippocampus uses remembered spatial information to imagine routes the rats then follow. Their discovery has ... > full story -
Acute Stress Primes Brain for Better Cognitive and Mental Performance
April 16, 2013 — Chronic stress is known to cause major health problems, yet acute stress can be good for you. A new study shows why. Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help you ... > full story -
Memory, the Adolescent Brain and Lying: The Limits of Neuroscientific Evidence in the Law
April 16, 2013 — Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal whether you believe you remember some person or event in your life. In a new study, researchers used fMRI brain scans to detect whether a person recognized ... > full story -
Scientists Pinpoint Brain's Area for Numeral Recognition
April 16, 2013 — Scientists have determined the precise anatomical coordinates of a brain "hot spot," measuring only about one-fifth of an inch across, that is preferentially activated when people view the ordinary ... > full story -
Aerobic Exercise May Protect Cognitive Abilities of Heavy Drinkers
April 16, 2013 — Aerobic exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the brain damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new ... > full story
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