Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Aid Spinal Cord Recovery
In a new study, Yale researchers report the healing effects of stem cells in spinal cord injury can be aided by their ability to hitch…
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists Demonstrate Integration of Plasticity Mechanisms within a Single Sensory Neuron
The nervous system has the capacity to change based on experience. This plasticity is thought to underpin the formation and retrieval of memories. How plasticity…
Neurologists Identify New Brainstem Changes in Parkinson’s Disease
A pioneering study has found that patients with Parkinson’s disease have more errors in the mitochondrial DNA within the brainstem, leading to increased cell death…
Neuroscientists Reveal How the Brain Selectively Remembers New Places
When you enter a room, your brain is bombarded with sensory information. If the room is a place you know well, most of this information…
Neurologists Map Brain Lesions for Clues to Criminal Behavior
New research examining brain lesions in individuals with a history of criminal behavior found a common link to a network involved in moral decision-making. The…
Researchers Show That a Hyperactive Network Causes Stuttering
Roughly, one in a hundred adults has problems with speaking fluently. Not much is known about the causes of persistent developmental stuttering, which is the…
Monkeys and Humans Share Same Signs of Alzheimer’s
Very old rhesus monkeys exhibit similar patterns of brain pathology as human Alzheimer’s patients, researchers report in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of…
Neuroscientists Can Predict IQ’s By Analyzing Neuronal Connections
Combining neuroscience with algorithms and network science, Yale researchers have developed a method of analyzing the neuronal connections of individual brains that allow them to…
New Insight on CLOCK Gene May Hold Answers to Human Brain Evolution
Scientists have long sought to unravel the molecular mysteries that make the human brain special: What processes drove its evolution through the millennia? Which genes…
Yale Researchers Examine How the Brain Weighs Value
Steak or ice cream? To make the choice, the brain assigns a value to each option. For example, at dinnertime, steak may be ranked more…
Neuroscientists Discover Networks of Neurons That Control Timing
A new study from MIT provides evidence for an alternative timekeeping system that relies on the neurons responsible for producing a specific action. Depending on…
New Study Shows Dogs Possess Significantly More Neurons Than Cats
The first study to actually count the number of cortical neurons in the brains of a number of carnivores, including cats and dogs, has found…
Yale Scientists Show Small Differences in the Evolution of Human Brain
The most dramatic divergence between humans and other primates can be found in the brain, the primary organ that gives our species its identity. However,…
Human Stem Cells Allow Paraplegic Rats to Walk and Regain Sensory Perception
Engineered tissue containing human stem cells has allowed paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory perception. The implanted rats also show some degree of…
New Chimpanzee Research Sheds Light on Human Evolution
New research from the University of Edinburgh reveals that Chimpanzee brains may be more different from those of humans than was previously thought. The study…
Researchers Use Next-Generation Optogenetics to Control Single Neurons
Using a technique that relies on a new type of light-sensitive protein, researchers have devised a way to control single neurons using optogenetics. Researchers at…
New Yale Study Reveals ADHD as a Collection of Different Disorders
New research from Yale University reveals that patients with different types of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have impairments in unique brain systems, indicating that there may…
Study Shows Six-Month Old Babies Have a Sense of Probability
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have now shown that even six-month-old babies have a sense of…