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Academic Performance Linked To Dopamine Gene Variation

02 Sep, 2010 | Author: Neuroscience News | 27 Comments »
Academic Performance Linked To Dopamine Gene Variation

New research proposes that academic performance of adolescents is linked to specific dopamine gene variations. Researchers also suggest a correlation exists between the variants of dopaminergic genes a student possesses and performance in specific subject areas. [Read More]

Parkinson’s Disease Gene Linked To Immune System

27 Aug, 2010 | Author: Neuroscience News | 11 Comments »
Parkinson’s Disease Gene Linked To Immune System

New research published in Nature Genetics suggests that there is a genetic component for late-onset Parkinson's disease. [Read More]

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Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children with Autism Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin, a [Read More]

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Dartmouth researchers investigate the cognitive effects of athlete head impacts. Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects [Read More]

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at [Read More]

Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function

Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function

A gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug therapy to fight Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, [Read More]

Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity

Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity

What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to [Read More]

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