From the American Thoracic Society press release via Newswise: A novel brain mechanism mediating the inhibition of the critical breathing muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been identified for the first time in…
From the Gerontological Society of America press release via EurekAlert!: Living in areas of high air pollution can lead to decreased cognitive function in older adults, according to new research presented in San Diego at…
From the Florida State University press release via Newswise: Portions of Albert Einstein’s brain have been found to be unlike those of most people and could be related to his extraordinary cognitive abilities, according to…
From the Thomas Jefferson University press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil analyzed the cerebral blood flow (CBF) of Brazilian mediums during the practice of…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via HealthCanal: A new study shows that people who have had a head injury and have lived or worked near areas where the pesticide paraquat was used…
From the University of Bristol press release via EurekAlert!: Relatively small levels of exposure to alcohol while in the womb can influence a child’s IQ, according to a new study led by researchers from the…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have combined and translated two kinds of brain wave recordings into music, transforming one recording (EEG) to create the pitch and duration of a…
From the University of Toronto press release via EurekAlert!: An international research team including scientists from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine has discovered a link between a mutation in an immune system gene…
From the NIH press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers in the voice, speech, and language branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have used…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers using a new approach to identifying genes associated with depression have found that variants in a group of genes involved in transmission of signals by…