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Insular Cortex Alterations in Mouse Models of Autism
July 31, 2014 — The insular cortex is an integral "hub," combining sensory, emotional and cognitive content. Not surprisingly, alterations in insular structure and function have been reported in many ... full story -
New Mapping Approach Lets Scientists Zoom in and out as the Brain Processes Sound
July 31, 2014 — Researchers have mapped the sound-processing part of the mouse brain in a way that keeps both the proverbial forest and the trees in view. Their imaging technique allows zooming in and out on views ... full story -
Effect of Loud Noises on Brain Revealed in Study
July 31, 2014 — Prolonged exposure to loud noise alters how the brain processes speech, potentially increasing the difficulty in distinguishing speech sounds, according to neuroscientists. Exposure to intensely loud ... full story -
Monoamine Oxidase A: Biomarker for Postpartum Depression
July 31, 2014 — Postpartum mood swings are correlated with high monoamine oxidase A binding, a study shows. For most women, the birth of their baby is one of the most strenuous but also happiest days in their lives. ... full story -
Kids With Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders Show Differences in Brain Wiring
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD ... full story -
Brain Response to Appetizing Food Cues Varies Among Obese People
July 30, 2014 — People who have the most common genetic mutation linked to obesity respond differently to pictures of appetizing foods than overweight or obese people who do not have the genetic mutation, according ... full story -
Teen Insomnia Linked With Depression, Anxiety
July 30, 2014 — A study of high school students has shed new light on the links between insomnia-related mental health conditions among teens. "People with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep or stay ... full story -
A Blood Test for Suicide Risk? 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 -
Striatal Dopamine Transporter Binding Correlates With Body Composition and Visual Attention Bias for Food Cues in Healthy Young Men
July 29, 2014 — Scientists have described a way that brain chemistry may make some people notice food more easily, which can tempt overeating even in people who are not ... 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
- Insular cortex alterations in mouse models of autism
- New mapping approach lets scientists zoom in and out as the brain processes sound
- Effect of loud noises on brain revealed in study
- Monoamine oxidase A: Biomarker for postpartum depression
- Kids with autism and sensory processing disorders show differences in brain wiring
- Brain response to appetizing food cues varies among obese people
- Teen insomnia linked with depression, anxiety
- A blood test for suicide risk? Alterations to a single gene could predict risk of suicide attempt
- Striatal dopamine transporter binding correlates with body composition and visual attention bias for food cues in healthy young men
- 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
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