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A Blood Test for Suicide? Alterations to a Single Gene Could Predict Risk of Suicide Attempt
July 30, 2014 — Researchers say they have discovered a chemical alteration in a single human gene linked to stress reactions that, if confirmed in larger studies, could give doctors a simple blood test to reliably ... full story -
Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages During Adolescence Impairs Memory, Animal Study Suggests
July 29, 2014 — Daily consumption of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose can impair the ability to learn and remember information, particularly when consumption occurs during adolescence, a ... full story -
Blood Sugar Levels Closely Linked to How Our Brains Respond to the Sight of Food, Twin Study Finds
July 29, 2014 — Our brain's response to the sight of food appears to be driven more by how low our blood sugar level is at the moment than our upbringing or ... full story -
Watching Neurons Fire from a Front-Row Seat
July 29, 2014 — They are with us every moment of every day, controlling every action we make, from the breath we breathe to the words we speak, and yet there is still a lot we don't know about the cells that ... full story -
Brainwaves Can Predict Audience Reaction of Television Programming
July 29, 2014 — By analyzing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences, up to 90 percent in the ... full story -
Social Origins of Intelligence in the Brain
July 29, 2014 — By studying the injuries and aptitudes of Vietnam War veterans who suffered penetrating head wounds during the war, scientists are tackling -- and beginning to answer -- longstanding questions about ... full story -
Autistic Brain Less Flexible at Taking on Tasks
July 29, 2014 — The brains of children with autism are relatively inflexible at switching from rest to task performance, according to a new brain-imaging ... full story -
Help Your Infant or Toddler Cope With Stressful Events
July 29, 2014 — 18-month-old “Karla” was playing on the slide at the park in her neighborhood, her mother sitting on a nearby bench chatting with her friend. A loud screech was followed by a crash and the sound ... full story -
Preterm Children's Brains Can Catch Up Years Later
July 29, 2014 — There's some good news for parents of preterm babies -- latest research shows that by the time they become teenagers, the brains of many preterm children can perform almost as well as those born ... full story -
Glucose 'Control Switch' in the Brain Key to Both Types of Diabetes
July 28, 2014 — Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in part of the brain that is key to sensing glucose levels in the blood, linking it to both type 1 and type 2 ... full story -
Brain's Habenula Signals How Bad Things Could Be
July 28, 2014 — An evolutionarily ancient and tiny part of the brain tracks expectations about nasty events, according to new research. The study demonstrates for the first time that the human habenula, half the ... full story -
Learning the Smell of Fear: Mothers Teach Babies Their Own Fears Via Odor, Animal Study Shows
July 28, 2014 — Babies can learn what to fear in the first days of life just by smelling the odor of their distressed mothers’, new research suggests. And not just “natural” fears: If a mother experienced ... full story -
Anti-Inflammatory Drug Can Prevent Neuron Loss in Parkinson's Model
July 25, 2014 — An experimental anti-inflammatory drug can protect vulnerable neurons and reduce motor deficits in a rat model of Parkinson's disease, a study has shown. The findings demonstrate that the drug, ... full story -
Manipulating Key Protein in Brain Holds Potential Against Obesity, Diabetes
July 25, 2014 — A protein that controls when genes are switched on or off plays a key role in specific areas of the brain to regulate metabolism, researchers have found. The research potentially could lead to new ... full story -
It Takes Two to Court: Pheromone That Triggers Mating Found in Mice
July 25, 2014 — The functions of two classes of pheromone receptors have been identified by researchers, who have also found pheromones crucial to triggering the mating process in mice. "Interestingly, the ... full story -
Brain Tumor Causes, Risk Factors Elude Scientists
July 25, 2014 — Today, nearly 700,000 people in the U.S. are living with a brain tumor, and yet, when it comes to pinpointing causes or risk factors, scientists are still searching for answers. "Unlike the ... full story -
Klotho: Neuroprotective Against Alzheimer's Disease
July 24, 2014 — Researchers may have found a way to delay or even prevent Alzheimer's disease. They discovered that pre-treatment of neurons with the anti-aging protein Klotho can prevent neuron death in the ... full story -
Brain's Dynamic Duel Underlies Win-Win Choices
July 24, 2014 — People choosing between two or more equally positive outcomes experience paradoxical feelings of pleasure and anxiety, feelings associated with activity in different regions of the brain, according ... full story -
Books, Videos and Other 'Experiential Products' Provide Same Happiness Boost as Life Experiences
July 24, 2014 — 'Experiential products,' items such as books or musical instruments that are designed to create or enhance an experience, can make shoppers just as happy as life experiences, according to a ... full story -
Immune Response May Cause Harm in Brain Injuries, Disorders
July 24, 2014 — Could the body's own immune system play a role in memory impairment and cognitive dysfunction associated with conditions like chronic epilepsy, Alzheimer's dementia and concussions? ... full story
- Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages during adolescence impairs memory, animal study suggests
- Blood sugar levels closely linked to how our brains respond to the sight of food, twin study finds
- Watching neurons fire from a front-row seat
- Brainwaves can predict audience reaction of television programming
- Social origins of intelligence in the brain
- Autistic brain less flexible at taking on tasks
- Help your infant or toddler cope with stressful events
- Preterm children's brains can catch up years later
- Glucose 'control switch' in the brain key to both types of diabetes
- Brain's habenula signals how bad things could be
- Learning the smell of fear: Mothers teach babies their own fears via odor, animal study shows
- Anti-inflammatory drug can prevent neuron loss in Parkinson's model
- Manipulating key protein in brain holds potential against obesity, diabetes
- It takes two to court: Pheromone that triggers mating found in mice
- Brain tumor causes, risk factors elude scientists
- Klotho: neuroprotective against Alzheimer's disease
- Brain's dynamic duel underlies win-win choices
- Books, videos and other 'experiential products' provide same happiness boost as life experiences
- Immune response may cause harm in brain injuries, disorders
- Protein couple controls flow of information into brain's memory center
- A reward is valued more if you choose it yourself: New quirky byproduct of learning from reward
- Novel technologies advance brain surgery to benefit patients
- Metastatic brain tumor treatment could be on the horizon with use of SapC-DOPS
- Maltreatment affects the way children's genes are activated
- Targeting the brain to treat obesity
- How stress hormones promote brain's building of negative memories
- Toward an oral therapy for treating Alzheimer's disease: Using a cancer drug
- Study reveals 'unhappiest' cities in the U.S.
- Gene variant linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, alcoholism
- Neuroprotective role of immune cell discovered
- Low strength brain stimulation may be effective for depression
- Rigid connections: Molecular basis of age-related memory loss explained
- Children's impulsive behaviour is related to brain connectivity
- 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?
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