From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Fat Bastard’s revelation “I eat because I’m depressed and I’m depressed because I eat” in the Austin Powers film series may be explained by sophisticated neuroscience…
From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine press release via MedicalXpress: New nerve cells formed in a select part of the brain could hold considerable sway over how much you eat and consequently weigh,…
From the BioMed Central press release via EurekAlert!: Pathological aging (PA) is used to describe the brains of people which have Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathology but where the person showed no signs of cognitive impairment…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly…
From the Universität Basel press release via AlphaGalileo: Experiencing distressing memories of a shocking experience characterizes posttraumatic stress disorder. Scientists from the University of Basel have now discovered that a genetic factor for good memory…
From the Dartmouth College press release via EurekAlert!: Exercise clears the mind. It gets the blood pumping and more oxygen is delivered to the brain. This is familiar territory, but Dartmouth’s David Bucci thinks there…
From the Virginia Tech press release via EurekAlert!: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that suspicion resides…
From the American Pain Society press release via Newswise: Training the brain to reduce pain could be a promising approach for treating phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome, according to an internationally known…
From the Dartmouth College press release: Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects of head impacts among student athletes. Tested at the beginning and end of one…
From the Yale University press release via EurekAlert!: Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout…