From the American Chemical Society press release via ScienceDaily: A new study raises concern about chronic exposure of workers in industry to a food flavoring ingredient used to produce the distinctive buttery flavor and aroma…
From the UC San Diego press release via EurekAlert!: The greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is advancing age. By age 85, the likelihood of developing the dreaded neurological disorder is roughly 50 percent.…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: While drinking caffeine each day does not appear to help improve sleepiness among people with Parkinson’s disease, it may have a benefit in controlling movement, according to…
From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via ScienceDaily: Speech, sensory perception, thought formation, decision-making processes and movement are complex tasks that the brain only masters when individual nerve cells (neurons) are well connected.…
From the University of Southern California press release: In a new study published in the journal Vision Research, researchers at the University of Southern California show that the eyes and attention of men and women…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: When it comes to intelligence, what factors distinguish the brains of exceptionally smart humans from those of average humans? As science has long suspected, overall brain…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release: The junior high and high school years are emotionally challenging even under the best of circumstances, but for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), that time can be…
From the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine via ScienceDaily: The presence of specific autoantibodies of the immune system is associated with blood vessel damage in the brain. These findings were made by Marion Bimmler,…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. During wakefulness, we are always conscious of ourselves. In sleep, however,…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers reporting online on July 26 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have for the first time shown that they can control the behavior of monkeys…