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Epigenetic Tie to Neuropsychiatric Disorders Found
July 21, 2014 — Dysfunction in dopamine signaling profoundly changes the activity level of about 2,000 genes in the brain's prefrontal cortex and may be an underlying cause of certain complex neuropsychiatric ... full story -
Try, Try Again? Study Says No: Trying Harder Makes It More Difficult to Learn Some Aspects of Language, Neuroscientists Find
July 21, 2014 — Neuroscientists find that trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language. When it comes to learning languages, adults and children have different strengths. Adults excel at ... full story -
Mental Health Issues in Children With Relatives Who Participated in Manhunt After Boston Marathon
July 21, 2014 — Children with relatives who were called upon to participate in the interagency manhunt following the Boston Marathon attack carried a particularly heavy mental health burden, according to a study ... full story -
Enzyme Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
July 21, 2014 — Unclogging the body’s protein disposal system may improve memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to ... full story -
Researchers Identify Brain Network With Mapping Technique
July 18, 2014 — A new image-based strategy has been used to identify and measure placebo effects in randomized clinical trials for brain disorders. The researchers used a network mapping technique to identify ... full story -
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Slight Decrease in Brain Volume
July 18, 2014 — A new study has confirmed a link between antipsychotic medication and a slight, but measureable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia. For the first time, researchers have been ... full story -
Experts Urge New Discipline Combining Benefits of Neuroscience, Psychology Treatments
July 18, 2014 — For some conditions, such as bipolar disorder, psychological treatments are not effective or are in their infancy. A 'culture gap' between neuroscientists and clinical scientists is ... full story -
New Clues to Brain's Wiring Found by Scientists
July 18, 2014 — New research provides an intriguing glimpse into the processes that establish connections between nerve cells in the brain. These connections, or synapses, allow nerve cells to transmit and process ... full story -
Fish Oil May Benefit Alcohol Abusers
July 17, 2014 — Omega-3 fish oil might help protect against alcohol-related neurodamage and the risk of eventual dementia, according to a study. Many human studies have shown that long-term alcohol abuse causes ... full story -
How the Brain Stabilizes Connections in Order to Learn Better
July 17, 2014 — Throughout our lives, our brains adapt to what we learn and memorize. The brain is indeed made up of complex networks of neurons and synapses that are constantly re-configured. However, in order for ... full story -
Forty Percent of Ontario Female Prisoners Enter Correctional System With a Traumatic Brain Injury
July 17, 2014 — Almost 40 per cent of Ontario female prisoners have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a study has shown. Unlike the men participating in the study, half of these women sustained a TBI before ... full story -
Potential New Therapy With Brain-on-a-Chip Axonal Strain Injury Model
July 17, 2014 — The use of 'Brain-on-a-Chip' microsystem has been used to assess specific effects of traumatic axonal injury. This innovative approach was used to characterize the biochemical changes that ... full story -
What Are the Risks of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After an Accident?
July 17, 2014 — Many patients continue to suffer from symptoms (headaches, pain) several months after an accident. Now, a research team has studied the subsequent development of 1,300 people who were admitted to ... full story -
Danish DNA Could Be Key to Happiness
July 17, 2014 — Genetics could be the key to explaining nation’s levels of happiness, according to new research. Economists have found the closer a nation is to the genetic makeup of Denmark, the happier that ... full story -
Increased Levels of the Body's Own Cannabinoids Impair Embryonic Brain Development
July 17, 2014 — The human body produces substances, called endocannabinoids, that work in a similar way to cannabis. These endocannabinoids may not produce a “high”, but are of tremendous importance for the ... full story -
Measuring Nurture: Study Shows How 'Good Mothering' Hardwires Infant Brain
July 17, 2014 — By carefully watching nearly a hundred hours of video showing mother rats protecting, warming, and feeding their young pups, and then matching up what they saw to real-time electrical readings from ... full story -
Persistent Symptoms Following Concussion May Be Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
July 16, 2014 — The long-lasting symptoms that many patients contend with following mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion, may be posttraumatic disorder and not postconcussion syndrome. Concussion ... full story -
Even Mild Traumatic Brain Injury May Cause Brain Damage
July 16, 2014 — Even mild traumatic brain injury may cause brain damage and thinking and memory problems, according to a study. Compared to people with no brain injury, those with injuries had brain damage in brain ... full story -
Brain of World's First Known Predators Discovered
July 16, 2014 — Scientists have found the fossilized remains of the brain of the world's earliest known predators, from a time when life teemed in the oceans but had not yet colonized the land. The discovery ... full story -
Brain Pathways Linking Visual Function, Running Identified
July 16, 2014 — A brainstem circuit discovered in mice may help explain how active movement impacts the way the brain processes sensory information, researchers report. The researchers focused on the brain's ... full story
- Epigenetic tie to neuropsychiatric disorders found
- Try, try again? Study says no: Trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language, neuroscientists find
- Mental health issues in children with relatives who participated in manhunt after Boston Marathon
- Enzyme linked to Alzheimer’s disease
- Researchers identify brain network with mapping technique
- Antipsychotic drugs linked to slight decrease in brain volume
- Experts urge new discipline combining benefits of neuroscience, psychology treatments
- New clues to brain's wiring found by scientists
- Fish oil may benefit alcohol abusers
- How the brain stabilizes connections in order to learn better
- Forty percent of Ontario female prisoners enter correctional system with a traumatic brain injury
- Potential new therapy with brain-on-a-chip axonal strain injury model
- What are the risks of post-traumatic stress disorder after an accident?
- Danish DNA could be key to happiness
- Increased levels of the body's own cannabinoids impair embryonic brain development
- Measuring nurture: Study shows how 'good mothering' hardwires infant brain
- Persistent symptoms following concussion may be posttraumatic stress disorder
- Even mild traumatic brain injury may cause brain damage
- Brain of world's first known predators discovered
- Brain pathways linking visual function, running identified
- Making a mental match: Pairing mechanical device with stroke patients
- Marijuana dependence alters the brain's response to drug paraphernalia
- New knowledge about brain's effective bouncer
- Transplantation of new brain cells reverses memory loss in Alzheimer's disease model
- Underlying cause of cerebral palsy could lie in family links; Relatives including first cousins could be at risk
- Fish oil supplements reduce incidence of cognitive decline, may improve memory function
- Hear Jane read: New meaning given to semantics
- Defects in fatty acid transport proteins linked to schizophrenia, autism
- Brain responses to emotional images predict ptsd symptoms after Boston Marathon bombing
- Neurons, brain cancer cells require the same little-known protein for long-term survival
- Hidden variations in neuronal networks may explain differences in traumatic brain injury outcomes
- Older adults nearly twice as likely to have memories affected by distractions
- Babies born in Canada to immigrant mothers have lower risk of cerebral palsy: Study
- Beneath the surface: What zebrafish can tell us about anxiety
- Months before their first words, babies' brains rehearse speech mechanics
- Post-concussion 'return to play' decision should be made solely by doctors, says new editorial
- 'Noisy' memory in schizophrenia
- Brain activity in sex addiction mirrors that of drug addiction
- Blame it on the astrocytes: does brain's most abundant cell type have role in neurological disorders?
- Ultrasound tracks odor representation in brain
- DARPA taps Lawrence Livermore to develop world's first neural device to restore memory
- After a concussion, which teens will have emotional symptoms?
- Understanding consciousness: Researchers advocate for more scientific research on consciousness
- Sleep disturbances, common in Parkinson's disease, can be early indicator of disease onset
- Chimp intelligence 'runs in families,' environment less important
- Neurologist offers hope to patients with genetic tumor disorder
- Working to loosen the grip of severe mental illness
- L-dopa medication could be helpful in treatment of phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder
- Study cracks how brain processes emotions
- Why people with bipolar disorder are bigger risk-takers
- Will genomics soon explain the human brain gain?
- Cinnamon may be used to halt progression of Parkinson's disease, study suggests
- Huntington's disease protein helps wire young brain
- Contradictory findings about effect of full moon on sleep
- Neuroeconomists confirm Warren Buffett's wisdom: Brain research suggests an early warning signal tips off smart traders
- Holistic approach to POW trauma
- Retired NFL players may be at risk for hearing loss and tinnitus
- Alzheimer's disease: Simplified diagnosis, with more reliable criteria
- Headbanging: Doctors highlight potential dangers at hardcore rock 'n' roll acts
- Burst spinal artery aneurysm linked to Ecstasy use
- A dominant hemisphere for handedness and language?
- New strategy could uncover genes at the root of psychiatric illnesses
- 'Switch' in Alzheimer's and stroke patient brains prevents generation and survival of neurons
- Could boosting brain cells' appetites fight disease? New research shows promise
- Tool helps guide brain cancer surgery
- More left-handed men are born during the winter: Indirect evidence of a hormonal mechanism
- Biological basis for magic mushroom 'mind expansion' discovered
- Do not disturb! How the brain filters out distractions
- Using computers to model the human brain
- Who will binge-drink at age 16? Teen imaging study pinpoints predictors
- Fruit fly research may reveal what happens in female brains during courtship, mating
- Study examines neurological outcomes for TBI treatments
- Mental health wins when teens play school sports
- Addiction starts with an overcorrection in brain, study shows
- The less older adults sleep, the faster their brains age, new study suggests
- Key brain region responds to subjective perception in study of individual neuron activity
- Potential drug target for PTSD prevention
- Early traumas and young people's reactions to terror
- Learn Dutch in your sleep: Listening to lessons while sleeping reinforces memory
- Unprecedented 3-D view of important brain receptor
- Early life stress can leave lasting impacts on the brain
- Brain fills gaps to produce a likely picture
- Child maltreatment influences alcohol consumption in adolescents
- Little or poor sleep may be associated with worse brain function when aging
- Blocking key enzyme minimizes stroke injury, research finds
- Decoding characteristic food odors
- Brain circuits involved in stress-induced fevers identified
- Researchers find portable, low-cost optical imaging tool useful in concussion evaluation
- People with tinnitus process emotions differently from their peers, researchers report
- Traumatic brain injury in veterans may increase risk of dementia
- Chronic brain damage not as prevalent in NFL players, say researchers
- Neural sweet talk: Taste metaphors emotionally engage the brain
- New device allows brain to bypass spinal cord, move paralyzed limbs
- Deep brain stimulation improves non motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease as well as motor symptoms
- Music can help neuroscience: Detecting patterns in neuronal dendrite spines by translating them into music
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