From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: A defective gene linked to autism influences how neurons connect and communicate with each other in the brain, according to a study from Washington University School of…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: Using an innovative “NeuroGrid” technology, scientists showed that sleep boosts communication between two brain regions whose connection is critical for the formation of memories. The…
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute press release: Tiny microscopes mounted on mice’s heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior. Instincts such as mating or fighting are innate behaviors generally…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Before we are born, the developing brain creates an incredible number of neurons, which migrate to specific parts of the brain to ready us for life.…
From the Elsevier press release: A new study in Biological Psychiatry has linked signs of heightened arousal and reactivity — a core symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — to overactivity of the locus coeruleus (LC), a…
From the University of Miami press release: What makes some people better able to resist temptation than others? Lucina Uddin and Jason Nomi, cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences…
From the Lund University press release: Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have for the first time convincingly shown where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur. The discovery could potentially become significant to…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Using a molecular method likely to become widely adopted by the field, researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have discovered brain circuitry essential for alertness,…
From the Medical University of South Carolina press release: It’s been 55 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn successfully launched into space to complete three orbits aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft, becoming the first…
From the Maastricht University Medical Center press release: Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center and Maastricht University have discovered why the brain is more sensitive to oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia, than other organs. Hypoxia caused…