Using eye movement test to confirm brain aging effects
A newly developed eye movement measurement test sheds light on inhibitory control and brain aging.... Read More...
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Sleep linked to language skills in neurodevelopmental disorders
Sleep disruptions are common features of Fragile X syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Down syndrome. The disruption of sleep in these neurodevelopmental disorders appears to be linked to language development. The longer children with neurodevelopmental disorders slept, the more words they knew.... Read More...
Antipsychotics associated with increased risk of head & brain injuries in persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's patients who used antipsychotics had a 29% increased risk of head injury and a 22% higher risk of TBI compared to others with the neurodegenerative disease who did not use the medications.... Read More...
Are bigger brains better?
Greater hippocampal volume is not always a reliable predictor of learning and memory ability in older adults. Faster learning was only found in older adults who had both greater hippocampal volume and more uniform white matter connections to other parts of the brain.... Read More...
Being bilingual may protect from cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis
Bilingual multiple sclerosis patients score better than those who are monolingual in cognitive tests.... Read More...
Lifetime suicide risk factors identified
Analyzing previous studies, researchers have identified the effects of individual and environmental risk factors for suicide over a person's lifespan. The risk factors, researchers report, change throughout a person's lifetime.... Read More...
How decisions unfold
A new zebrafish study reveals the important role the cerebellum plays in cognition, decision making, and motor planning.... Read More...
Making sense of the self
Study reveals how the insular cortex helps assess and predict physiological states of the body. The findings shed light on the neural basis for interoception.... Read More...
Scientists breach brain barriers to attack tumors
Introducing VEGF-C into the cerebrospinal fluid of mouse models of glioblastoma, researchers noted increased levels of T cell response to the cancerous tumors. When combined with immune system checkpoint inhibitors, the VEGF-C treatment significantly extended the life span of the mice with glioblastoma brain cancer.... Read More...
With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward
Fear extinction memories and feelings of reward are both stored in neurons that express the Ppp1r1b gene in the posterior of the basolateral amygdala.... Read More...
Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury
Daily, early morning exposure to blue light therapy can help the healing process in people suffering from mild traumatic brain injury.... Read More...
Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered
TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases.... Read More...
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