From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) press release via ScienceDaily: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more treatable than previously thought. A novel method has shown to be remarkably effective. The method, called…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Using adult stem cells, Johns Hopkins researchers and a consortium of colleagues nationwide say they have generated the type of human neuron specifically damaged by Parkinson’s…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a cause-and-effect relationship between two well-established biological risk factors for schizophrenia previously believed to be independent of one another.…
From the Georgia Tech press release: Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI). The gadget was successfully used…
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that people with a form of mild cognitive impairment…
From the University of Kansas, Life Span Institute press release via Newswise: University of Kansas researchers have found larger resting pupil size and lower levels of a salivary enzyme associated with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation in the size and activity…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via ScienceDaily: Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain’s long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.…
From the University of Texas at Austin press release via Newswise: When humans learn, their brains relate new information with past experiences to derive new knowledge, according to psychology research from The University of Texas…
From the UC San Diego press release via MedicalXpress: In a paper published in the July 11 online issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have…