Tag: neurons

Study expands understanding of how the brain encodes fear memory

From the UC Riverside press release: Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on “fear memory” could lead to the development of therapies that reduce the effects… Read more »

Discovery of new pathway in brain has implications for schizophrenia treatment

From the Tufts University press release: Neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a new signaling pathway that directly connects two major receptors in the brain associated with… Read more »

Exercise study offers hope in fight against Alzheimer’s

From the University of Maryland press release: Could the initiation of a simple walking exercise program help older adults to reverse declines in key brain regions? A new study led… Read more »

Low levels of ‘memory protein’ linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease

From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: Working with human brain tissue samples and genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers together with colleagues at the National Institutes of Health,… Read more »

Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice

From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin — a neurotransmitter that regulates mood and emotions —… Read more »

Study suggests brain self-adjusts to environment to set unique learning rate for everything we do

From the Dartmouth College press release: Each time we get feedback, the brain is hard at work updating its knowledge and behavior in response to changes in the environment; yet,… Read more »