FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 14, 2020·4 min readA good blood supply is good for memoryStudy finds a link between blood supply to the hippocampus and cognitive performance.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 14, 2020·2 min readBrief bursts, big insightsA new method for analyzing brain oscillation data can detect short beta wave bursts in real-time within neural frequency bands of 20 Hertz. The method also shows how rats can increase the occurrences of these bursts.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 14, 2020·4 min readMother nature and child development: Reshaping modern play spaces for children’s healthAllowing a child to play in nature helps improve their physical health, motor skills, learning ability, social development, and emotional wellbeing.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 13, 2020·5 min readMolecular switch mechanism explains how mutations shorten biological clocksStudy reveals how certain genetic mutations can shorten the timing of the circadian clock, making some people extreme "morning larks" because their internal clock operates on a 20-hour cycle, as opposed to a 24-hour cycle.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 13, 2020·4 min readKisspeptin hormone injection can boost brain activity associated with attractionA shot of the reproductive hormone kisspeptin enhances brain activity in response to olfactory and visual cues of attraction in men. The findings reveal a previously undescribed attraction pathway in humans activated by the hormone and identify kisspeptin signaling as a potential therapeutic pathway for psychosexual and reproductive disorders.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·2 min readResearch reverses the reproductive clockSmall doses of a metabolic compound reverses the aging process and could help restore the number of eggs in females.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 12, 2020·3 min readCircular reasoning: Reduced levels of circHomer1a associated with mental health disordersLower levels of the circular RNA in the frontal cortex appears to be correlated with earlier onset of schizophrenia symptoms.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 12, 2020·3 min readGut feelings: Is the microbiome linked to our personality?A new study links the microbiome to personality traits and social behaviors. Those with a larger social network tend to have a more diverse gut microbiome.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·5 min readGene associated with autism also controls growth of the embryonic brainIn normally developing mice, the autism-associated Foxp1 gene was activated earlier than previously believed. This occurred during the period when apical radial glia was beginning to expand in numbers and generate a subset of neurons found deep in the developing brain. Mice lacking Foxp1 had fewer apical radial glia at the early stages of brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·3 min readResearchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains, and it wakes them upStimulating the central lateral thalamus in monkeys under anesthesia was enough to wake the animals and elicit normal waking behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·5 min readComponent of human breast milk enhances cognitive development in babiesThe oligosaccharide 2'FL from a mother's breast milk enhances cognitive development in her child. The amount of 2'FL in breast milk at one month was related to significantly higher cognitive development scores at the age of two.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 11, 2020·6 min readSitting still linked to increased risk of depression in adolescentsTeens who are inactive for large portions of the day face an increased risk of developing depression.Read More