From the Rutgers media release: Using your brain — particularly during adolescence — may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions after puberty. According to a recently published study in Frontiers…
From the Neural Regeneration Research media release: Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that is often used to help improve the level of consciousness in patients with disorder of consciousness (DOC). However, the responses…
From the North Carolina State University media release: The ritualized fighting behavior of one ant species is linked to increases in dopamine levels that trigger dramatic physical changes in the ants without affecting their DNA,…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Scientists showed that people who have a variant of a longevity gene, called KLOTHO, have improved brain skills such as thinking, learning and memory…
From the Radiological Society of North America media release: A study of concussion patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) found that males took longer to recover after concussion than females did. Results of the study,…
From the Washington State University media release: It sounds like a phrase from Urban Dictionary, or the title of an animated gif, but a Washington State University researcher says “exploding head syndrome” is an authentic…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine media release: Better-educated people appear to be significantly more likely to recover from a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), suggesting that a brain’s “cognitive reserve” may play a…
From the APS media release: Methylphenidate, also known as Ritalin, may prevent the depletion of self-control, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Self-control can be difficult — sticking with…
From the University of Adelaide media release: New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients, according to University of Adelaide researchers. Neuroplasticity is the…
From the Columbia University Medical Center media release: The cause of neuronal death in Parkinson’s disease is still unknown, but a new study proposes that neurons may be mistaken for foreign invaders and killed by…