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Drug Protects Mice Against Malaria Brain Damage, Raises Levels of BDNF in Humans
Mar. 6, 2014 — Cerebral malaria is a serious complication of infection with the malaria parasite, affecting approximately one in a thousand children in areas where malaria is common. Many of the patients die, and ... full story -
Marijuana's Anxiety Relief Effects: Receptors Found in Emotional Hub of Brain
Mar. 6, 2014 — Cannabinoid receptors, through which marijuana exerts its effects, have been found in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response. This is the ... full story -
'Seeing' Bodies With Sound (No Sight Required)
Mar. 6, 2014 — People born unable to see are readily capable of learning to perceive the shape of the human body through soundscapes that translate images into sound, according to researchers. With a little ... full story -
Computers Used to 'See' Neurons to Better Understand Brain Function
Mar. 6, 2014 — A study reveals new information about the motor circuits of the brain that may one day help those developing therapies to treat conditions such as stroke, schizophrenia, spinal cord injury or ... full story -
Learning How to Listen With Neurofeedback
Mar. 6, 2014 — When listening to music or learning a new language, auditory perceptual learning occurs: a process in which your recognition of specific sounds improves, making you more efficient in processing and ... full story -
Cocaine, Pleasure Principle Explored in New Rat Study
Mar. 5, 2014 — On the other side of the cocaine high is the cocaine crash, and understanding how one follows the other can provide insight into the physiological effects of drug abuse. For decades, brain research ... full story -
Drug Therapy Could Eventually Reverse Memory Decline in Seniors
Mar. 5, 2014 — It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can't remember a name we just learned or a meal we just ordered. But researchers say memory trouble doesn't have to be inevitable, ... full story -
What Bat Brains Might Tell Us About Human Brains
Mar. 4, 2014 — Could a new finding in bats help unlock a mystery about the human brain? Likely so, say researchers who have shown that a small region within the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure in the brains of ... full story -
Drug War Violence in Mexico Connected With Desensitization in Social Media
Mar. 4, 2014 — Amid times of crisis, citizens often turn to social media as a method to share information, make observations and vent. But as a professor’s research into social media use amid the Mexican drug war ... full story -
Off With Your Glasses: Visual Crowding Linked to Retina, Brain Processing
Mar. 4, 2014 — Middle-aged adults who suddenly need reading glasses, patients with traumatic brain injuries, and people with visual disorders such as "lazy eye" may have one thing in common -- ... full story -
New Evidence Confirms Link Between IQ, Brain Cortex
Mar. 4, 2014 — Rate of change in the thickness of the brain's cortex is an important factor associated with a person's change in IQ, according to a collaborative study by scientists in five countries. The ... full story -
Motion-Sensing Cells in Eye Let Brain 'Know' About Directional Changes
Mar. 4, 2014 — How do we "know" from the movements of speeding car in our field of view if it's coming straight toward us or more likely to move to the right or left? In a detailed study of the ... full story -
Muscle-Controlling Neurons Know When They Mess Up, According to Research
Mar. 4, 2014 — Whether it is playing a piano sonata or acing a tennis serve, the brain needs to orchestrate precise, coordinated control over the body's many muscles. Moreover, there needs to be some kind of ... full story -
Cigarette Smoking May Cause Physical Changes in Brains of Young Smokers, Study Shows
Mar. 4, 2014 — Young adult smokers may experience changes in the structures of their brains due to cigarette smoking, even with a relatively short smoking history, a study of adolescents suggests. It also suggests ... full story -
Blasts May Cause Brain Injury Even Without Symptoms: Veteran Study
Mar. 3, 2014 — Veterans exposed to explosions who do not report symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have damage to the brain's white matter comparable to veterans with TBI, according to ... full story -
First Glimpse of Brain Circuit That Helps Experience to Shape Perception
Mar. 2, 2014 — How do our memories shape the way sensory information is collected? For the first time, scientists have demonstrated a way to observe how our experiences shape sensory information in awake animals. ... full story -
Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Reduced Brain Gray Matter in Gulf War Vets
Feb. 28, 2014 — A new study of Gulf War veterans found an association between poor sleep quality and reduced gray matter volume in the brain's frontal lobe, which helps control important processes such as ... full story -
Brain Differences Linked to Insomnia Identified by Researchers
Feb. 28, 2014 — Researchers report that people with chronic insomnia show more plasticity and activity than good sleepers in the part of the brain that controls movement. "Insomnia is not a nighttime ... full story -
Education Attenuates Impact of TBI on Cognition
Feb. 28, 2014 — Higher educational attainment (a proxy of intellectual enrichment) attenuates the negative impact of traumatic brain injury on cognitive status, new research indicates. Said one researcher of the ... full story -
Novel Therapeutic Targets for Huntington's Disease Discovered
Feb. 27, 2014 — The impact that genes may have on Huntington's disease have been illuminated by a new, novel study. The study identified specific small segments of RNA (called micro RNA or miRNA) encoded in DNA ... full story -
Early Strokes Leave Many Young Adults With Long-Lasting Disability
Feb. 27, 2014 — Ten years after having a stroke, nearly a third of young survivors still need assistance or are unable to live independently. About one in 10 strokes occurs in 18- to 50-year-olds. "We ... full story
- Drug protects mice against malaria brain damage, raises levels of BDNF in humans
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Computers used to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
- Learning how to listen with neurofeedback
- Cocaine, pleasure principle explored in new rat study
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- What bat brains might tell us about human brains
- Drug war violence in Mexico connected with desensitization in social media
- Off with your glasses: Visual crowding linked to retina, brain processing
- New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex
- Motion-sensing cells in eye let brain 'know' about directional changes
- Muscle-controlling neurons know when they mess up, according to research
- Cigarette smoking may cause physical changes in brains of young smokers, study shows
- Poor sleep quality linked to reduced brain gray matter in Gulf War vets
- Brain differences linked to insomnia identified by researchers
- Education attenuates impact of TBI on cognition
- Novel therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease discovered
- Early strokes leave many young adults with long-lasting disability
- Dual role of brain glycogen revealed by researchers
- Mechanisms cancer cells use to establish metastatic brain tumors revealed by research
- Internal logic: Eight distinct subnetworks in mouse cerebral cortex
- Mouse brain atlas maps neural networks to reveal how brain regions interact
- The pain of social exclusion: Physical pain brain circuits activated by 'social pain'
- After death, twin brains show similar patterns of neuropathologic changes
- Effective treatment for youth anxiety disorders has lasting benefit
- Mental health of most UK troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq is 'resilient'
- One gene influences recovery from traumatic brain injury
- Can non-invasive electrical stimulation of brain help patients regain state of consciousness after coma?
- Why breastfed babies are so smart: Moms who breastfeed are often responsive and read to their babies
- Factors affecting self-reporting among people with traumatic brain injury evaluated
- Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
- Exercise, surgically removing belly fat improves cognition in obese, diabetic mice
- Brain cell activity regulates Alzheimer's protein
- Increasing brain acidity may reduce anxiety
- Brainstem discovered as important relay site after stroke
- Music as therapeutic intervention can relieve anxiety, depression in older people
- Why almost winning is just as good for some gamblers
- White matter disease exacts heavy toll, increasing risk of stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia
- Stereotactic radio surgery procedure comes to New Mexico
- New ideas change your brain cells, research shows
- Watching how the brain works with new live imaging
- New research helps explain how social understanding is performed by the brain
- Stimulation glove for stroke patients helps improve tactile perception, motor function
- Could PTSD involve immune cell response to stress? Study in mice raises question
- Neuron-generating brain region could hold promise for neurodegenerative therapies
- Human and dog brains both have dedicated 'voice areas'
- Active thyroid may raise risk of depression in older individuals
- Mechanism behind activation of dormant memory cells discovered
- The musical brain: Novel study of jazz players shows common brain circuitry processes both music, language
- Brain signals move paralyzed limbs in new experiment
- Workings of working memory revealed
- Potential solution for feeding, swallowing difficulties in children with digeorge syndrome, autism
- Protein's role in human memory and learning: Deficiency in SNX27 could explain the learning difficulties in Down's syndrome
- 'Beautiful but sad' music can help people feel better
- Dreams, déjà vu and delusions caused by faulty 'reality testing,' research shows
- Family problems experienced in childhood and adolescence affect brain development
- A brain circuit for recognizing change
- Neuropsychological assessment more efficient than MRI for tracking disease progression in memory clinic patients
- Can you boost your brain power through video?
- Researchers discover how ALS spreads
- Surprising differences in brain activity of alcohol-dependent women discovered
- Researchers hijack cancer migration mechanism to 'move' brain tumors
- Thinking it through: Scientists seek to unlock mysteries of the brain
- Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children
- Another reason to not mix work, family: Money makes parenting less meaningful, study suggests
- New depression treatments reported
- Consequences of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disorders
- Brain's 'sweet spot' for love found in neurological patient
- Impaired recovery from inflammation linked to Alzheimer's
- Brains have switch board to guide behavior in response to external stimuli
- Stopping smoking linked to improved mental health
- Rebuilding the brain after stroke
- How memory, schizophrenia are connected
- Call to scientists: Stop excluding left-handed people from scientific studies
- Common infections may increase risk for memory decline
- Understanding basic biology of bipolar disorder
- Sleep apnea common among stroke-related brainstem injuries
- Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music
- Two Parents with Alzheimer's Disease? Disease May Show up Decades Early on Brain Scans
- Sanfilippo B: Promising new therapy for devastating genetic disorder
- New pathway for fear discovered deep within brain
- Depressed girls suffer most: Adolescents with psychiatric problems also likely to suffer chronic pain
- Novel compound keeps Parkinson's symptoms at bay in mice
- Elevated brain aluminium, early onset Alzheimer's disease in an individual occupationally exposed to aluminium
- 'Growth charts' for cognitive development may lead to earlier diagnosis, treatment for children with risk for psychosis
- How chronic stress predisposes brain to mental disorders
- Excess weight linked to brain changes that may relate to memory, emotions, and appetite
- Aging and the pursuit of happiness
- Males and females differ in specific brain structures
- Lactate and brain function: How the body regulates fundamental neuro-hormone
- Scientists identify gene linking brain structure to intelligence
- How our brain networks: White matter 'scaffold' of human brain revealed
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