Tag: neurology

Brain disconnections may contribute to Parkinson’s hallucinations

From the Radiological Society of North America press release: Researchers have found that disconnections of brain areas involved in attention and visual processing may contribute to visual hallucinations in individuals with… Read more »

Systems analysis points to links between Toxoplasma infection and common brain diseases

From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: More than 2 billion people — nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people in the… Read more »

New possibility of studying how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain at different ages

From the Lund University press release: Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of… Read more »

When making decisions, monkeys use different brain areas to weigh value and availability

From the Cell Press press release: There are many calculations at play in our minds when we make a decision, whether we are aware of them or not. Seventeenth-century mathematician… Read more »

Study suggests placebo effectiveness may hinge on ability to control emotions

From the University of Luxembourg press release: In a pioneering study, researchers at the University of Luxembourg used fMRI technology to show that a person’s ability to reinterpret negative events and… Read more »

Origins of autism: Abnormalities in sensory processing at six months

From the McGill University press release: The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings published in Biological Psychiatry brings… Read more »

Brain changes linked to physical, mental health in functional neurological disorder

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: An imaging study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified differences in key brain structures of individuals whose physical or mental health has… Read more »

Noninvasive eye scan could detect key signs of Alzheimer’s disease years before patients show symptoms

From the Cedars-Sinai press release: Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer’s disease affects the retina — the back of the eye — similarly to the way it affects the… Read more »

New light on link between gut bacteria and anxiety-like behaviours

From the Biomed Central press release: Research published in the open access journal Microbiome sheds new light on how gut bacteria may influence anxiety-like behaviors. Investigating the link between gut bacteria and… Read more »