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…
From the American College of Rheumatology press release via Newswise: According to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., pain experienced by people with fibromyalgia may be…
From the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania press release via Newswise: Fat cells store excess energy and signal these levels to the brain. In a new study this week in Nature…
From the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) press release via MedicalXpress: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than…