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Featured Genetics

·November 30, 2017·3 min read

Why Are Genetically Identical Individuals Different? Ask Your Mom!

Researchers reveal maternal age has an impact on variations between genetically identical individuals.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·November 30, 2017·5 min read

Behavior Not Indicative of Pain in Stressed Babies

A new study reveals newborns who are stressed by their environment have a greater neural pain response following a routine skin lance than babies who are not stressed. However, the neural response is not matched by their physical reaction to pain.

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·November 30, 2017·4 min read

Helping the Brain Prune Bad Habits

Emory researchers report a drug approved in Japan for stroke, can help to stimulate neural pruning and help reduce habit driven behaviors in mice.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 30, 2017·2 min read

Brain’s Appetite Regulator Disrupted in Obese Teens

A new study reports obese teens have disrupted connectivity between numerous areas of the brain involved in appetite regulation.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 30, 2017·4 min read

People With PTSD React Differently to Certain Sounds

In people with PTSD, the brain expresses an enhanced response to deviant tones, suggesting their brains over process any environmental changes. Additionally, researchers note, the more enhanced the response, the worse those with PTSD performed on cognitive and memory tests.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 30, 2017·5 min read

Brain Scans Reveal Why Rewards and Punishments Don’t Seem to Work on Teens

Researchers investigate the teenage brain and answer questions as to why behaviors change so much during these years.

Featured Neurology

·November 30, 2017·3 min read

HIV Targets the Brain During Early Infection

Summary: While it has long been known that HIV infection impacts cognitive function in those with the virus, researchers have...

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·November 30, 2017·3 min read

Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain

Smartphone and internet addiction appears to have an impact on brain chemistry. A new study reports the ratio of GABA to Glx is significantly increased in the anterior cingulate cortex of teens who are addicted to their smartphones.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 30, 2017·5 min read

With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There’s a Likely Culprit

Researchers look at the impact smartphone use and technology is having on teen mental health.

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Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 30, 2017·5 min read

Gene Variant That Protects Against Alzheimer’s Identified

Researchers report people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's and who carry a variant in the RAB10 gene, may be more resilient to the disease than those without the genetic variant.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 29, 2017·6 min read

Innovative Microscope Poised to Propel Optogenetics Studies

Researchers have developed a new microscope which is optimized to perform studies using optogenetic techniques.

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·November 29, 2017·6 min read

Study of WWII Evacuees Suggests Mental Illness May Be Passed to Offspring

A new NIH study reveals mental health problems associated with childhood adversity, such as being evacuated from a war zone, can be passed down from generation to generation.