From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York reveals that repeated exposure to cocaine decreases the activity of a protein necessary for normal functioning…
From the Lund University press release via AlphaGalileo: Researchers at Lund University have discovered a new stem cell in the adult brain. These cells can proliferate and form several different cell types – most importantly,…
From the American Physiological Society (APS) press release via Newswise: ‘Brain freeze’ is a nearly universal experience—almost everyone has felt the near-instantaneous headache brought on by a bite of ice cream or slurp of ice-cold…
From the University of Liverpool press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that children who have experienced severe trauma are three times as likely to develop schizophrenia in later life.…
From the Springer press release: Your best side may be your left cheek, according to a new study by Kelsey Blackburn and James Schirillo from Wake Forest University in the US. Their work shows that…
From the Technische Universität München press release via AlphaGalileo: Studying a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroscientists at the Technische Universität München have observed correlations between increases in both soluble and plaque-forming beta-amyloid – a…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: A new study suggests there may be a starting point at which blows to the head or other head trauma suffered in combat sports start to affect…
From the Georgia State University press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Georgia State University have discovered that in one species of freshwater crustaceans, social status can affect the configuration of neural circuitry. They found that…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: A new Northwestern Medicine brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles — bypassing the spinal cord — to enable voluntary and complex movement…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: Daily physical exercise may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, even in people over the age of 80, according to a study published in the…