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Brain Circuits Involved in Emotion Discovered by Neuroscientists
Apr. 22, 2014 — A brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviors critical for survival have been discovered by neuroscientists. The team has identified a chain of neural connections which links central ... full story -
Life Stressors Trigger Neurological Disorders, Researchers Find
Apr. 22, 2014 — When mothers are exposed to trauma, illness, alcohol or other drug abuse, these stressors may activate a single molecular trigger in brain cells that can go awry and activate conditions such as ... full story -
Commonly Available Blood-Pressure Medication Prevents Epilepsy After Severe Brain Injury
Apr. 22, 2014 — A team of neuroscientists has shown in rats that a drug commonly prescribed for hypertension can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. The drug blocks a receptor on ... full story -
New Way to Enhance Nerve Growth Following Injury Discovered
Apr. 22, 2014 — A mechanism to promote growth in damaged nerve cells as a means to restore connections after injury has been uncovered by scientists who have discovered a key molecule that directly regulates nerve ... full story -
First Brain Images of African Infants Enable Research Into Cognitive Effects of Nutrition
Apr. 22, 2014 — Brain activity of babies in developing countries could be monitored from birth to reveal the first signs of cognitive dysfunction, researchers say. The cognitive function of infants can be visualized ... full story -
Sleep Behavior Disorder Linked to Brain Disease
Apr. 22, 2014 — A sleep disorder that causes people to act out their dreams is the best current predictor of brain diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, research suggests. In this disorder, the disturbance ... full story -
Want to Quit Smoking? New Study Says Try 'Self-Expanding' Activities
Apr. 21, 2014 — If you are trying to quit smoking, one method to incorporate is to do new, exciting “self-expanding” activities that can help with nicotine craving. This is the take-home message from a new ... full story -
Novel Function of Protein Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Discovered
Apr. 21, 2014 — A novel function of the Amyloid Precursor Protein, one of the main pathogenic culprits of Alzheimer's disease, has been discovered by researchers. This discovery may help researchers understand ... full story -
Finding Turns Neuroanatomy on Its Head: Researchers Present New View of Myelin
Apr. 18, 2014 — Neuroscientists have made a discovery that turns 160 years of neuroanatomy on its head. Myelin, the electrical insulating material long known to be essential for the fast transmission of impulses ... full story -
Better Way to Deal With Bad Memories Suggested
Apr. 18, 2014 — A simple and effective emotion-regulation strategy that has neurologically and behaviorally been proven to lessen the emotional impact of personal negative memories, researchers have shown. ... full story -
Our Brains Are Hardwired for Language
Apr. 17, 2014 — People blog, they don't lbog, and they schmooze, not mshooze. But why is this? Why are human languages so constrained? Can such restrictions unveil the basis of the uniquely human capacity for ... full story -
Proteomics Discovers Link Between Muscle Damage and Cerebral Malaria
Apr. 17, 2014 — Malaria-related complications remain a major cause of death for children in many parts of the world. Why some children develop these complications while others don't is still not understood. ... full story -
Inhibited Children Become Anxious Adults: Examining the Causes and Effects of Early Shyness
Apr. 17, 2014 — Three little girls sit together in a room, playing with the toys surrounding them. One of the girls -- "Emma" -- has clearly taken charge of the group, and the others happily go along with ... full story -
Boosting Depression-Causing Mechanisms in Brain Increases Resilience, Surprisingly
Apr. 17, 2014 — New research uncovers a conceptually novel approach to treating depression. Instead of dampening neuron firing found with stress-induced depression, researchers demonstrated for the first time that ... full storyMore: -
Anti-Seizure Drug May Reduce Alcohol Consumption, Study Shows
Apr. 17, 2014 — The anti-seizure drug ezogabine, reduced alcohol consumption in an experimental model, researchers report. The findings may lead to more effective treatments for alcoholism. Excessive consumption of ... full story -
New Cause of Brain Bleeding Immediately After Stroke Identified
Apr. 17, 2014 — By discovering a new mechanism that allows blood to enter the brain immediately after a stroke, researchers have opened the door to new therapies that may limit or prevent stroke-induced brain ... full story -
How Vision Makes Sure That Little Fish Do Not Get Carried Away
Apr. 17, 2014 — Our eyes not only enable us to recognize objects, they also provide us with a continuous stream of information about our own movements. The world glides by us and leaves a characteristic motion trace ... full story -
Neurons in Brain Tune Into Different Frequencies for Different Spatial Memory Tasks
Apr. 17, 2014 — Your brain transmits information about your current location and memories of past locations over the same neural pathways using different frequencies of a rhythmic electrical activity called gamma ... full story -
Common Links Between Neurodegenerative Diseases Identified
Apr. 17, 2014 — The pattern of brain alterations may be similar in several different neurodegenerative diseases, which opens the door to alternative therapeutic strategies to tackle these diseases, experts ... full story -
Rapid Whole-Brain Imaging With Single Cell Resolution
Apr. 17, 2014 — A major challenge of systems biology is understanding how phenomena at the cellular scale correlate with activity at the organism level. A concerted effort has been made especially in the brain, as ... full story
- Brain circuits involved in emotion discovered by neuroscientists
- Life stressors trigger neurological disorders, researchers find
- Commonly available blood-pressure medication prevents epilepsy after severe brain injury
- New way to enhance nerve growth following injury discovered
- First brain images of African infants enable research into cognitive effects of nutrition
- Sleep behavior disorder linked to brain disease
- Want to quit smoking? New study says try 'self-expanding' activities
- Novel function of protein linked to Alzheimer's disease discovered
- Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin
- Better way to deal with bad memories suggested
- Our brains are hardwired for language
- Proteomics discovers link between muscle damage and cerebral malaria
- Inhibited children become anxious adults: Examining the causes and effects of early shyness
- Boosting depression-causing mechanisms in brain increases resilience, surprisingly
- Anti-seizure drug may reduce alcohol consumption, study shows
- New cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke identified
- How vision makes sure that little fish do not get carried away
- Neurons in brain tune into different frequencies for different spatial memory tasks
- Common links between neurodegenerative diseases identified
- Rapid whole-brain imaging with single cell resolution
- 'Brain training' overcomes tics in Tourette syndrome, study finds
- Conceptual representation in the brain: Towards mind-reading?
- Atypical brain connectivity associated with autism spectrum disorder
- Off-season doesn't allow brain to recover from football hits, study says
- Beating the clock for ischemic stroke sufferers
- Intravenously administered ketamine shown to reduce symptoms of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
- In old age, lack of emotion, interest may signal brain is shrinking
- How kids' brain structures grow as memory develops
- Cancer drugs block dementia-linked brain inflammation, study finds
- How smells stick to your memories: Your nose can be a pathfinder
- Scientists explain how memories stick together
- Modified stem cells offer potential pathway to treat Alzheimer's disease
- Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Teenagers who have had a concussion also have higher rates of suicide attempts
- Brain changes associated with casual marijuana use in young adults, study finds
- SSRI use during pregnancy linked to autism and developmental delays in boys
- Cultivating happiness often misunderstood
- Outgoing behavior makes for happier humans: Across cultures, extroverts have more fun
- MRI pinpoints region of brain injury in some concussion patients
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- Obesity: Are lipids hard drugs for the brain?
- Outcome of stroke worse for people with infection
- Collaborative care model manages depression, anxiety in patients with heart disease
- Shared decision making improves patient satisfaction during radiation therapy, may help alleviate anxiety, depression
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- Domestic abuse linked to mental health problems in new mothers
- Green space keeps you from feeling blue
- Brain cell discovery could open doors to targeted cancer therapies
- Confirmation of neurobiological origin of attention-deficit disorder
- How the brain pays attention: Identifying regions of the brain dealing with object-based, spacial attention
- Finding the target: How timing is critical in establishing an olfactory wiring map
- Researchers search for earliest roots of psychiatric disorders
- Brainy courage of the rainbowfish
- Head injuries can make children loners
- Neurofinance study confirms that financial decisions are made on an emotional basis
- Bone marrow stem cells show promise in stroke treatment
- Stressful environments genetically affect African American boys
- Proprioceptive feedback helps rehab patients learning to operate robotic prosthetic
- Regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain in older women
- Processing new information during sleep compromises memory
- Online registry to drive brain disease research
- Brain changes can result from participation in one year of contact sports, evidence shows
- Lipid levels during prenatal brain development impact autism, study shows
- Language structure: You're born with it
- Intranasal ketamine confers rapid antidepressant effect in depression
- What songbirds tell us about how we learn
- DNA modifications measured in blood signal related changes in the brain
- Innovative, coordinated brain care could save billions of health care dollars
- Potential therapeutic target for deadly brain cancer
- Higher blood pressure linked to lower tendency to worry
- Potential link between brain development, breast cancer gene found
- Faster eye responses in Chinese people not down to culture, study suggests
- Deep brain stimulation may improve cognition in dementia, other neurodegenerative diseases
- Connection between integrity of brain's white matter, cognitive health
- Part of brain linked to gambling addiction identified by researchers
- Social circuits that track how we like people, ideas
- Green tea extract boosts your brain power, especially the working memory, new research shows
- Movies synchronize brains: Brain activity patterns show remarkable similarities across different people
- Switching off anxiety with light: Cone opsins coupled with serotonin receptors
- No evidence of Alzheimer's disease-associated changes in adolescents carrying genetic risk factors
- The long and the short of telomeres: Loneliness impacts DNA repair, parrot study shows
- Light-activated neurons from stem cells restore function to paralyzed muscles
- Young motorists lack self control
- Toward a clearer diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
- Moonwalker flies backing up
- Dopamine, hippocampus and psychiatric diseases: Clarifying their relationships
- Bioengineer studying how the brain controls movement
- Brain region for resisting alcohol's allure found
- A critical window into the developing human brain profiled in Nature
- Noisy brain signals: How schizophrenic brain misinterprets the world
- Integrating meditation with science
- Biological evidence of positive and negative people in the world
- Preventing relapse in cocaine-addicted patients with new methods
- Oxytocin, 'love hormone,' promotes group lying, according to researchers
- Child's obesity, cognitive function linked, study finds
- New test makes Parkinson's-like disorder of middle age detectable in young adulthood
- New discovery gives hope that nerves could be repaired after spinal cord injury
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