From the UCSF press release via EurekAlert!: Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy adults, in a study conducted by researchers at the Ernest…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Children quickly learn to avoid negative situations and seek positive ones. But humans are not the only species capable of remembering positive and negative events; even the small brain of…
From the Society of Nuclear Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Out of control competitive aggression could be a result of a lagging neurotransmitter called dopamine, say researchers presenting a study at the Society of Nuclear…
From the Harvard University press release via MedicalXpress: A genetically-modified version of the rabies virus is helping scientists at Harvard to trace neural pathways in the brain, a research effort that could one day lead…
From the UNC press release: What characterizes many people with depression, schizophrenia and some other mental illnesses is anhedonia: an inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences. Exactly why this happens is unclear. But…
From the Elsevier press release: Mark Twain said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.” Many smokers would agree that it’s difficult to…
From the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa press release: Treatments for Parkinson’s disease, estimated to affect 1 million Americans, have yet to prove effective in slowing the progression of the debilitating disease. However, University of…
From the Harvard University press release: Harvard scientists have developed the fullest picture yet of how neurons in the brain interact to reinforce behaviors ranging from learning to drug use, a finding that might open…