From the University of Zürich press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a…
From the Radiological Society of North America press release via EurekAlert!: Children exposed to alcohol during fetal development exhibit changes in brain structure and metabolism that are visible using various imaging techniques, according to a…
From the Radiological Society of North America press release via EurekAlert!: Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study presented today at…
From the University of Leicester press release via EurekAlert!: Psychologists from the University of Leicester have carried out unique eye tests to examine reading styles in young and old people – and discovered for the…
From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release: You can see the color white; you can hear white noise. Now, Weizmann Institute researchers show that you can also smell a white odor. Their research findings…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: The cerebral cortex of the human brain has been called “the crowning achievement of evolution.” Ironically, it is so complex that even our greatest minds…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: While in deep dreamless sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. But how exactly is this done?…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: The discovery of the molecular pathway that drives the changes seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients is reported today, revealing new targets for drug discovery that…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal have identified a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which can bolster new…
From the MIT press release by Anne Trafton via EurekAlert!: One of the biggest puzzles in neuroscience is how our brains encode thoughts, such as perceptions and memories, at the cellular level. Some evidence suggests…