From the American Physiological Society (APS) media release: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disorder in which cells of the nervous system die, leading to muscle weakness that impacts breathing, movement and other physical functions. More…
From the Rockefeller University media release: A new class of drugs under development to treat depression has shown some success by targeting brain cells’ ability to respond to the chemical messenger glutamate. But the mechanism by…
From the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) media release: Stroke is very rare in children, but colds, flu and other minor infections may temporarily increase stroke risk in children, according to a study published in…
From the American Cancer Society media release: Cancer survivors who smoke report fewer negative opinions about smoking, have more barriers to quitting, and are around other smokers more often than survivors who had quit before…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke media release: Scientists at the National Institutes of Health discovered that reactivation of ancient viral genes embedded in the human genome may cause the destruction of neurons…
From the University of Waterloo media release: Proponents of climate change tend to use more conservative, tentative language to report on the science behind it, while skeptics use more emotional and assertive language when reinterpreting scientific…
From the McGill University media release: “John, Jim, Jake, Josh, Jack …and Jane.” Five out of every six names that appear in the media today are those of men, a McGill-led research team has discovered. Indeed,…
From the University of Washington media release: How strongly children identify with math (their math “self-concept”) can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized test of math achievement, according to a…
From the Tohoku University media release: Researchers from Tohoku University’s Research Institute of Electrical Communication and RIKEN BSI have found the presence of neurons in the human brain which can each selectively respond to an intermediate…
From the King’s College London media release: A new study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London sheds light on why people with schizophrenia misinterpret social cues in others, often…