From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release via EurekAlert!: The use of the synthetic stimulants collectively known as “bath salts” have gained popularity among recreational drug users over the last five years,…
From the Georgia Health Sciences University press release via ScienceDaily: A new and powerful class of antioxidants could one day be a potent treatment for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report. A class of antioxidants called synthetic…
From the Emory University press release: It turns out mom was right. Music lessons are good for you, and those benefits may last a lifetime. A recent study conducted by Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, PhD, a clinical…
From the University of Manchester press release via ScienceDaily: Scientists at the University of Manchester have uncovered how the internal mechanisms in nerve cells wire the brain. The findings open up new avenues in the…
From the Institute of Physics (IOP) press release via AlphaGalileo: Korean scientists have used tiny stars, squares and triangles as a toolkit to create live neural circuits in a dish. They hope the shapes can…
From the Neuroscience Research Australia press release: Stroke patients once considered too disabled to regain function in their affected limbs are now showing signs of recovery because of a new therapy that utilises the Nintendo…
From the Monash University press release via ScienceDaily: New treatments to lessen the severity of the more than 21,000 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) cases that occur in Australia each year are on the horizon. Published…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Synapses are modified through learning. Up until now, scientists believed that a particular form of synaptic plasticity in the brain’s hippocampus was responsible for learning spatial relations. This was based…
From the Emory University press release by Carol Clark: The first major study on the biological effects of omega-3 fatty acids on the human brain is focusing on the role that this natural substance, primarily…
From the Monash University press release: When learning to master complex movements such as those required in surgery, is being physically guided by an expert more effective than learning through trial and error? New research…