From the Frontiers press release: Let it be no misunderstanding: heavy alcohol intake has severe harmful effects. But already for several years, researchers have been finding that moderate wine intake can be beneficial in delaying…
From the NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine press release: Long thought to simply pass on information received from the senses, the thalamus may also quickly assemble the circuits that enable…
From the University of Southern California press release: A new study has found brain abnormalities in people with bipolar disorder. In the largest MRI study to date on patients with bipolar disorder, a global consortium…
From the Aalto University press release: The brain works most efficiently when it can focus on a single task for a longer period of time. Previous research shows that multitasking, which means performing several tasks…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When animals hunt or forage for food, they must constantly weigh whether the chance of a meal is worth the risk of being spotted by a predator.…
From the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) press release: Associative learning allows an individual to acquire an association between a sensory cue and an outcome resulting from a specific response. Associative learning plays a vital…
From the Gladstone Institutes press release: Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes identified that mutations in a protein commonly linked to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) result in obsessive-like behaviors. They linked these behaviors to immune pathways, implicating…
From the Experimental Biology 2017 press release: You probably know that walking does your body good, but it’s not just your heart and muscles that benefit. Researchers at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) found that…
From the University of Pennsylvania press release: A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has shown for the first time that electrical stimulation delivered when memory is predicted to fail can improve memory…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla have revealed new clues to the wiring of the brain. A team led by Associate Professor Anton Maximov…