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Fruitfly Study Identifies Brain Circuit That Drives Daily Cycles of Rest, Activity
Apr. 24, 2014 — Researchers describe a circuit in the brain of fruit flies that controls their daily, rhythmic behavior of rest and activity. They also found that the fly version of the human brain protein known as ... full story -
Finding Safe Drugs to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
Apr. 23, 2014 — 'Mutant' protein clusters, long blamed for the progression of Huntington's and other neurodegenerative diseases, have been the primary focus of therapies in development by ... full story -
Hearing Quality Restored With Bionic Ear Technology Used for Gene Therapy: Re-Growing Auditory Nerves
Apr. 23, 2014 — Researchers have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to deliver gene therapy, thereby successfully regrowing auditory nerves. The research also heralds a ... full story -
Airport Security-Style Technology Could Help Doctors Decide on Stroke Treatment
Apr. 23, 2014 — A new computer program could help doctors predict which patients might suffer potentially fatal side-effects from a key stroke treatment. The program assesses brain scans using pattern recognition ... full story -
Physical Activity Keeps Hippocampus Healthy in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Apr. 23, 2014 — Moderate physical activity may preserve the hippocampus -- the brain region responsible for memory and spatial orientation that is attacked first in Alzheimer's disease, a study of older adults ... full story -
ADHD Drug May Help Preserve Self-Control Resources
Apr. 23, 2014 — Methylphenidate, also known as Ritalin, may prevent the depletion of self-control, according to research. Self-control can be difficult -- sticking with a diet or trying to focus attention on a ... full story -
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 -
Newly-Approved Brain Stimulator Offers Hope for Individuals With Uncontrolled Epilepsy
Apr. 22, 2014 — A recently FDA-approved device has been shown to reduce seizures in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy by as much as 50 percent. When coupled with an innovative electrode placement planning ... full story -
Depressed? Researchers Identify New Anti-Depressant Mechanisms, Therapeutic Approaches
Apr. 22, 2014 — Breakthroughs that could benefit people suffering from depression are being made by researchers. A team of physician-scientists has identified a major mechanism by which ghrelin (a hormone with ... 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
- Finding safe drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases
- Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
- Airport security-style technology could help doctors decide on stroke treatment
- Physical activity keeps hippocampus healthy in people at risk for Alzheimer's disease
- ADHD drug may help preserve self-control resources
- Brain circuits involved in emotion discovered by neuroscientists
- Newly-approved brain stimulator offers hope for individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy
- Depressed? Researchers identify new anti-depressant mechanisms, therapeutic approaches
- 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
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