Genetic risk factors for certain mental health disorders may impact people’s decisions regarding whether to live in urban areas or rural areas, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: First Ever Body Maps of Hallucinations Created
Researchers have created the first body map of sensations experienced during hallucinations in people not experiencing psychosis.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dragging Your Feet? Lack of Sleep Affects Your Walk
Insufficient sleep can negatively affect walking, specifically how we control stride and gait. Those who experienced a lack of sleep demonstrated less control when they walked.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: That Primate’s Got Rhythm! Lemurs Produce Music-Like Rhythms
Research of lemurs sheds light on the evolutionary origins of musicality in humans.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Men and Women Ride the Same Emotional Roller Coaster
Contrary to popular myths on stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, researchers report. A new study reveals men’s emotions fluctuate just as much as women’s do.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Call and Response Circuit Tells Neurons When to Grow Synapses
A new study reveals the mechanisms by which neurons and astrocytes work together to form synapses.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Maintaining Balance in the Brain
Reducing tau can prevent abnormal brain activity associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and epilepsy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Find Links to Genetic Disorders in Walking Patterns
Researchers have linked Fragile X and SHANK3 deletion syndrome, two disorders associated with autism, to specific microscopic walking patterns.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size 3,000 Years Ago?
A new study reports human brain size decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago, and the brain shrinkage parallels the expansion of collective intelligence in human societies.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Fat Cells Found to Play a Central Role in Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration
A new study reveals how adipocytes, or fat cells, play a role in cognitive decline and increased neurodegeneration risks. Using genetically modified mouse models, researchers found oxidative stress through exposure to a Western diet increased the produ…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Looking Beyond the Individual Brain to Study the Collective Mind
In order to better understand the role that knowledge serves in human intelligence, it is essential to look beyond the individual and focus studies on the community overall, researchers say.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Psychotic Experiences in Children Predict Genetic Risk for Mental Disorders
Genetic risk for mental health disorders is associated with brain structure and the occurrence of psychosis-like experiences in children between 9 and 10 years of age.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug Helps Sensory Neurons Regrow in the Mouse Central Nervous System
Fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug commonly used to treat high cholesterol, activated support cells around sensory neurons in mouse models of spinal cord injury, helping them regrow twice as fast as a placebo.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Brain Cells Talk
A new study expands the understanding of how brain cells communicate. Researchers discovered reversing the modification of molecular messages at the synapse may contribute to reversible psychiatric disorders and early-stage neurodegenerative diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Viral Infections Could Promote Neurodegeneration
Some viral infections could increase intercellular spreading of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disorders, increasing the risk for developing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Discovery of New Role for the Brain’s Immune Cells Could Have Alzheimer’s Implications
Study reveals microglia play an important role in the maintenance of blood delivery to the brain. The findings may prove important to the study and treatment of cognitive decline, dementia, and stroke.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Behavior Resembling Human ADHD Seen in Dogs
Hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention are more common in male dogs and young puppies, researchers say. The findings correspond to age and gender associated with ADHD in humans.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Map of Mouse Brain Metabolism in Aging
A new, freely available brain atlas reveals how brain metabolism changes throughout the life of mice.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why Do We Remember Stressful Experiences Better?
Memories of objects from stressful situations rely on similar neural activity to memories of the stressful events themselves.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genes Play Key Role in Exercise Outcomes
A new study reveals our genes play a key role in how our bodies respond to exercise. Researchers also identified specific genes that influence the outcome of different types of physical activity.
