From the SUNY Buffalo press release via Newswise: Animals that are socially isolated for prolonged periods make less myelin in the region of the brain responsible for complex emotional and cognitive behavior, researchers at the…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Although schizophrenia is highly genetic in origin, the genes involved in the disorder have been difficult to identify. In the past few years, researchers have…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new pathway that appears to play a major role in information processing in the brain. Their…
From the Queensland University of Technology press release via MedicalXpress: Teenagers who binge drink risk inhibiting part of their brain’s development and many are laying the groundwork for alcoholism down the track a Queensland University…
From the Drexel University press release via ScienceDaily: What was your high school mascot? Where did you put your keys last night? Who was the first president of the United States? Groups of neurons in…
From the Stony Brook press release via Newswise: Newly generated, or newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus are critical for memory retrieval, according to a study led by Stony Brook University researchers to be published…
From the University of Copenhagen press release via ScienceDaily: A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen has created a model that shows how some types of ADHD medicine influence the brain’s reward system.…
From the Caltech press release by Marcus Woo: For speed daters, first impressions are everything. But it’s more than just whether someone is hot or not. Whether or not we like to admit it, we…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via HealthCanal: High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls, according to new results of a…