From the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont press release: All it takes is the flip of a protein “switch” within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase the blood flow…
From the Research Society on Alcoholism: Despite greater awareness of the dangers of prenatal exposure to alcohol, the rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders remain alarmingly high. This study evaluated academic achievement among children known…
From the University of Konstanz press release: In a complex series of experiments they examined what the effects were of changing a single amino acid in the protein. The physicochemists were able to prove how…
From the Brown University press release: A new study describes a key mechanism in the brain that allows animals to recognize and react when subtle sensory signals that might not seem important on their own…
From the Thomas Jefferson University press release: More Americans than ever are turning to spiritual, meditative and religious retreats as a way to reset their daily life and enhance wellbeing. Now, researchers at The Marcus…
From the University of Maryland School of Medicine press release: Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation that…
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 very first results now presented…
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 thought, Western-led brain research has…
From the Northwestern University press release: Gentle sound stimulation — such as the rush of a waterfall — synchronized to the rhythm of brain waves significantly enhanced deep sleep in older adults and improved their…
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 disorders, UCLA life scientists report.…