From the Radiological Society of North America via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say a common condition called leukoaraiosis, made up of tiny areas in the brain that have been deprived of oxygen and…
From the Children’s National Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: A team at Children’s National Medical Center has found that external stimulation has an impact on the postnatal development of a specific region of the…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances and feuds in the group.…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Epileptic fits are like thunderstorms raging in the brain: Nerve cells excite each other in an uncontrolled way so that strong, rhythmic electrical discharges sweep over whole…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System have demonstrated that the effects on white matter brain volume…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release: Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have identified a new stem cell population that may be responsible for giving birth to the neurons responsible for higher thinking. The…
From the Emory University press release via EurekAlert!: The possibility of an inexpensive, convenient test for Alzheimer’s disease has been on the horizon for several years, but previous research leads have been hard to duplicate.…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: If past experience makes you think there’s going to be one more cashew at the bottom of the bowl, you’re likely to search through those mixed nuts…
From the University of California-Davis Health System: Scientists affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute have discovered how a defective gene causes brain changes that lead to the atypical social behavior characteristic of autism. The…
From the Texas Advanced Computing Center press release by Monica Kortsha via EurekAlert!: Singing mice (scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common white albino strain;…