From the Lifespan press release via EurekAlert!: Rhode Island Hospital researcher Suzanne de la Monte, M.D., has found a link between brain insulin resistance (diabetes) and two other key mediators of neuronal injury that help…
From the Northwestern University press release: Want to nail that tune that you’ve practiced and practiced? Maybe you should take a nap with the same melody playing during your sleep, new provocative Northwestern University research…
From the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language press release via MedicalXpress: When looking for a lemon in the fridge, its colour is a useful characteristic to think about—the bright yellow will stand out…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Every day the human brain is presented with tasks ranging from the trivial to the complex. How much mental effort and attention are devoted to each…
From the Yale University press release by Karen N. Peart: Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have zeroed in on a set of neurons in the part of the brain that controls hunger, and found…
From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via AlphaGalileo: A longstanding question in brain research is how information is processed in the brain. Neuroscientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure…
From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have succeeded in recommending a new type of therapeutic approach to dementia. The study published in the journal Neurology…
From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy involve an imbalance between two types of synapses in the brain: excitatory synapses that release the neurotransmitter glutamate, and inhibitory…
From the IOS Press BV press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists from the University of South Florida and Fudan University in Shanghai found increases in brain volume and improvements on tests of memory and thinking in…
From the University College London press release via MedicalXpress: Neurons come in an astounding assortment of shapes and sizes, forming a thick inter-connected jungle of cells. Now, UCL neuroscientists have found that there is a…