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Gray matter density increases during adolescence

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From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: For years, the common narrative in human developmental neuroimaging has been that gray matter in the brain — the tissue found in regions of the brain… 

Prenatal stress predisposes female mice to binge eating

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From the Cell Press press release: Stress changes our eating habits, but the mechanism may not be purely psychological, research in mice suggests. A study published May 30 in Cell Metabolism found that stressed mouse… 

How fear can develop out of others’ traumas

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From the Karolinska Institutet press release: What happens in the brain when we see other people experiencing a trauma or being subjected to pain? Well, the same regions that are involved when we feel pain… 

Fathers’ brains respond differently to daughters than sons

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From the American Psychological Association press release: Fathers with toddler daughters are more attentive and responsive to those daughters’ needs than fathers with toddler sons are to the needs of those sons, according to brain… 

How the injured brain tells the body it’s hurt

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From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a new way that cells in the brain alert the rest of the body to recruit immune cells when the brain… 

Certain immune reactions to viruses cause learning problems

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From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which the body’s immune reaction to viruses like influenza and HIV may cause learning and… 

Storing a memory involves distant parts of the brain

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From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) press release: New research from scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus shows that distant parts of the brain are called into action to store a…