From the Neural Regeneration Research media release: Neural stem cells proliferate in the subventricular zone and hippocampal dentate gyrus of adult mammals. However, the number of endogenous neural stem cells is insufficient to prevent cerebral…
From the SRI International media release: A hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s is that by the time symptoms appear, significant brain damage has already occurred — and currently there are…
From the Rush University Medical Center media release: The results of a new study by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center show that a sudden decrease of testosterone, the male sex hormone, may cause…
From the BMJ media release: Breastfeeding not only boosts children’s chances of climbing the social ladder, but it also reduces the chances of downwards mobility, suggests a large study published online in the Archives of…
From the Karolinska Institutet media release: A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that our imagination may affect how we experience the world more than we perhaps think. What we imagine hearing or seeing…
From the University of California – Davis Health System media release: A protein secreted with insulin travels through the bloodstream and accumulates in the brains of individuals with type 2 diabetes and dementia, in the…
From the Texas A&M AgriLife Communications media release: Scientists using sophisticated imaging techniques have observed a molecular protein folding process that may help medical researchers understand and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s and…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: A series of studies conducted by Randy Bruno, PhD, and Christine Constantinople, PhD, of Columbia University’s Department of Neuroscience, topples convention by showing that sensory…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via EurekAlert!: Teenagers are famously self-conscious, acutely aware and concerned about what their peers think of them. A new study reveals that this self-consciousness is linked with…
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies press release via Newswise: How is it possible for a human eye to figure out letters that are twisted and looped in crazy directions, like those in the…