From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy involve an imbalance between two types of synapses in the brain: excitatory synapses that release the neurotransmitter glutamate, and inhibitory…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai found increases in brain volume and improvements on tests of memory and thinking in…
From the University College London press release via MedicalXpress: Neurons come in an astounding assortment of shapes and sizes, forming a thick inter-connected jungle of cells. Now, UCL neuroscientists have found that there is a…
From the UCLA Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: UCLA researchers have combined two tools – gene expression and the use of peripheral blood — to expand scientists’ arsenal of methods for pinpointing genes that…
From the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Interfaces between the brain and a computer could be the key to a more independent life for patients with severe paralysis: Devices that transform the mere thought…
From the Royal Holloway, University of London press release via HealthCanal: Concentrating closely on a conversation can leave us ‘deaf’ to other sounds, reveals Dr Polly Dalton from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway,…
From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) in Japan have uncovered two brain signals in the human prefrontal cortex involved in how humans predict the decisions of…
From the Boston University School of Medicine press release: Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused…
From the University of Bristol press release via MedicalXpress: Four generations of a single family have been found to possess an abnormality within a specific brain region which appears to affect their ability to recall…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: Thanks to modern science, we know that love lives in the brain, not in the heart. But where in the brain is it – and is it…