Discovery Leads to Schizophrenia Biomarker and New Insights on Cause and Treatment
Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a…
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New Way to Treat Hypersensitivity to Noise and Other Neurological Disorders
Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits could offer new ways to treat some neurological disorders. People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise…
Autism Risk Linked to Insufficient Placental Steroid – Single Injection Could Prevent
Single ALLO injection during pregnancy was enough to avert both the cerebellar abnormalities and the aberrant social behaviors in experimental models. A study in experimental…
Advancing Biomanufacturing by Uncovering the Mechanisms Behind Magnetogenetics
Greater understanding of phenomena could enable unprecedented control over gene expression. Magnetogenetics — the idea that you can use magnetic fields to control cells and…
Why Food Tastes Better When We’re Hungry – Researchers Find Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus
How Hunger Makes Food Tastier: A Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways…
Neuroscientists Show How Interactions Between Neuronal Migration and Outgrowth Shape Network Architecture
Neurons are not randomly arranged in the human brain. In the cortex, they are organized in interconnected clusters with high intrinsic connectivity. This modular connectivity…
Subconscious Threat Assessment: People Pay More Attention to Stimuli They Associate With Danger
Paying attention to a threat then causes a person to perceive it as being more dangerous. A new analysis of how people prioritize their attention…
3D Tissue Models of Brain Tumors Grown in Brain-Mimicking Microenvironment
Use of brain-like extracellular matrix allows cell growth and treatment to more closely replicate physiological response. A team of Tufts University-led researchers has developed three-dimensional…
Scientists Find What Caused ‘Havana Syndrome’ That Affected Diplomats in Cuba – It Wasn’t Sonic Weapons
Ben-Gurion University professor Alon Friedman will discuss groundbreaking research at Breaking the Barriers of Brain Science Symposium on October 27, 2019, in New York City….
Secrets of the Molecular Makeup of Cannabis Reveals How CBD and THC Levels Impact Side Effects
Findings reveal how CBD and THC levels impact side effects of cannabis. High levels of cannabidiol (CBD) in cannabis can offset the neuropsychiatric effects of…
Molecular Cannabis Study Reveals How CBD Offsets the Psychiatric Side-Effects of THC
Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side…
Long Before Alzheimer’s Symptoms, Plaque Emerges Deep in the Brain [Video]
Long before symptoms like memory loss even emerge, the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, such as an accumulation of amyloid protein plaques, is well underway…
Innovative Brain Research Records Neurons to Understand Cognition
Where is Waldo? Whether we’re searching for Waldo or our keys in a room of clutter, we tap into a part of the frontal region…
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Shows How the Brain Repurposes Unused Regions
Listening triggers synchronized activity in the ‘visual’ cortex in blind adults. In adults that are born blind, the “visual” cortex is activated in a similar…
The Secret of Motivation: How Neural Circuits Drive Hungry Individuals to Peak Performance
Success is no accident: To reach your goal you need perseverance. But where does the motivation come from? An international team of researchers led by…
Common Nutrient Supplement May Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
In a new study, Biodesign researchers reveal that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Choline is a…
Stanford Scientists Find Potential Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
In human cell cultures, countering a defect that appears to be nearly universal among patients with Parkinson’s disease prevents death in the cells whose loss…
Incredible Imaging Shows How Neural Circuits Form in a Developing Embryo [Video]
Cells that eventually become neurons (red, orange, and yellow spheres) migrate during embryonic development. The migrating baby neurons that build the spinal cord are color-coded…
