From the Rice University press release: A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to the advance of neuroscience: a better understanding of the relationship between the brain’s…
From the University of Southern California press release: Some 40 years since CT scans first revealed abnormalities in the brains of schizophrenia patients, international scientists say the disorder is a systemic disruption to the brain’s entire…
From the University of Iowa Health Care press release: Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys have discovered differences in a brain signaling pathway involved in reward learning and…
From the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main press release: Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain’s plasticity. Scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt report in the latest issue of…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia years later, according to a study published in the October 4, 2017,…
From the University of Surrey press release: A study has given new insights into how sleep contributes to brain plasticity — the ability for our brain to change and reorganize itself — and could pave the…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Among all the bad things that can happen to the brain when it is severely jolted — in a car accident, for example — one of…
From the Trinity College Dublin press release: Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have discovered that abnormalities of blood vessels in the brain may play a major…
From the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health press release: While memory loss is an early symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, its presence doesn’t mean a person will develop dementia. A new study at the Centre for…
From the Rice University press release: The way a person’s brain is “wired” directly impacts how well they perform simple and complex tasks, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University. The brain is…