Learning a new language alters brain development
From the McGill media release: The age at which children learn a second language can have a significant bearing on the structure of their adult brain, according to a new joint study by the Montreal…
Neuroscientists find a key to reducing forgetting — it’s about the network
From the New York University media release: A team of neuroscientists has found a key to the reduction of forgetting. Their findings, which appear in the journal Neuron, show that the better the coordination between two…
A major cause of age-related memory loss identified: Potentially reversible
From the Columbia University Medical Center media release: A team of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, led by Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, MD, has found that deficiency of a protein called RbAp48 in…
Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia
From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine media release: A new genome-wide association study (GWAS) estimates the number of different places in the human genome that are involved in schizophrenia. In particular, the…
Language can reveal the invisible, study shows
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: It is natural to imagine that the sense of sight takes in the world as it is — simply passing on what the eyes collect from light reflected…
Comprehensive Parkinson’s biomarker test has prognostic and diagnostic value
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine media release: Perelman School of Medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania report the first biomarker results reported from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), showing that…
Study explains how the brain remembers pleasure and its implications for addiction
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: Key details of the way nerve cells in the brain remember pleasure are revealed in a study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers published…
Receptor may aid spread of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in brain
From the Washington University in St. Louis media release: Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way that corrupted, disease-causing proteins spread in the brain, potentially contributing to Alzheimer’s…
Mood is influenced by immune cells called to the brain in response to stress
From the Ohio State University media release: New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress, cells from the immune system are recruited to the brain and promote symptoms…
Copper identified as a culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease
From the University of Rochester Medical Center media release: Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and…