From the Queen’s University press release via MedicalXpress: A Queen’s University study is giving new insight into how the neurons in our brains control our limbs. The research might one day help with the design…
From the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum press release via ScienceDaily: The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. Together with colleagues from Canada and the U.S., researchers at the Ruhr-Universität…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via ScienceDaily: People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may…
From the National Science Foundation (NSF) press release via MedicalXpress: When you’re studying for an exam, is there something you can do while you sleep to retain the information better? “The question is, ‘What determines…
From the University of Cambridge press release via EurekAlert!: People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have…
From the UC Riverside press release via EurekAlert!: Is athleticism linked to brain size? To find out, researchers at the University of California, Riverside performed laboratory experiments on house mice and found that mice that…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Older adults who have suffered from aphasia for a long time can nevertheless improve their language function and maintain these improvements in the long term, according…
From the Georgia Health Sciences University press release via EurekAlert!: As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff – that…
From the Asociación RUVID press release via ScienceDaily: The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that…
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have long wondered how nerve cell activity in the brain’s hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory, is controlled — too much synaptic communication…