From the Harvard Medical School press release by Shraddha Chakradhar via ScienceDaily: Deleting a single gene in the cerebellum of mice can cause key autistic-like symptoms, researchers have found. They also discovered that rapamycin, a…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Exposure to childhood maltreatment increases the risk for most psychiatric disorders as well as many negative consequences of these conditions. This new study, by Dr. Gustavo Turecki and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we…
From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: When people have similar injuries, why do some end up with chronic pain while others recover and are pain free? The first longitudinal brain imaging study to…
From the Biomed Central press release via ScienceDaily: Research published today in Biomed Central’s open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer’s disease. To date it…
From the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center press release: Using a mouse model of autism, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have successfully treated an autism spectrum…
From the IOS Press press release via MedicalXpress: After stroke, patients often suffer from dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that results in greater healthcare costs and higher rates of complications such as dehydration, malnutrition, and pneumonia.…
From the National Institute for Physiological Sciences press release via MedicalXpress: The visual information from eyes is sent into the brain unconsciously even if you are not aware. One of examples of unconscious seeing is…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration…
From the University of Alberta press release via EurekAlert!: We’ve all heard that eating fish is good for our brains and memory. But what is it about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish,…