From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: When people see pictures of bodies, a whole range of brain regions are active. This network is altered in women with anorexia nervosa. In a functional magnetic…
From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of…
From the UT Austin press release via MedicalXpress: Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, found researchers at The University of Texas…
From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Keeping active can slow down the progression of memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has shown. A team of researchers from The University…
From the University of Oregon press release via ScienceDaily: When De’Anthony Thomas returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, says University of Oregon researcher Frank Diaz, Thomas put Ducks fans…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: In experiments on rats outfitted with tiny goggles, scientists say they have learned that the brain’s initial vision processing center not only relays visual stimuli, but…
From the UBC press release: New research from the University of British Columbia is shedding light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we’re full. “We’ve known that insulin plays a role…
From the Society of Nuclear Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: A rustle of undergrowth in the outback: it’s a sound that might make an animal or person stop sharply and be still, in the anticipation…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Choline, an essential nutrient similar to the B vitamin and found in foods such as liver, muscle meats, fish, nuts and eggs, when given as…