Tag: neuroscience

Major research project provides new clues to schizophrenia

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet collaborating in the large-scale Karolinska Schizophrenia Project are taking an integrative approach to unravel the disease mechanisms of schizophrenia. In the… Read more »

Brain cells show teamwork in short-term memory

From the University of Western Ontario press release: Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, and are not solo artists as previously… Read more »

Head injuries can alter hundreds of genes and lead to serious brain diseases

From the UCLA press release: Head injuries can harm hundreds of genes in the brain in a way that increases people’s risk for a wide range of neurological and psychiatric… Read more »

Blueberry concentrate improves brain function in older people

From the University of Exeter press release: Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, according to research by the University of Exeter. In the study, healthy people… Read more »

Even after treatment, brains of anorexia nervosa patients not fully recovered

From the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus press release: Even after weeks of treatment and considerable weight gain, the brains of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa remain altered, putting them… Read more »