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Experts review evidence yoga is good for the brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2019

Yoga has a positive effect on the structure and function of key brain areas associated with memory. Findings provide evidence that yoga may hold promise in mitigating age-related and neurodegenerative decline.... Read More...

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Imaging reveals pathways behind depression

Neuroscience NewsDecember 3, 2019

Two new neuroimaging studies shed light on structural and functional abnormalities in the brains of those with major depressive disorder.... Read More...

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Prenatal opioid exposure may alter brain function in babies

Neuroscience NewsNovember 25, 2019

Prenatal opioid use significantly alters the way the amygdala connects to different brain regions in children.... Read More...

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Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neuroscience NewsNovember 18, 2019

Teenage binge drinking is linked to altered gene expression in the brain, specifically the central nucleus of the amygdala. Adolescent rats exposed to alcohol had increased levels of miR-137, resulting in lower expression of proteins essential for healthy neuron growth. During adulthood, these rats displayed higher levels of anxiety and an increased preference for alcohol consumption.... Read More...

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Researchers discover the brain circuits that rapidly detect friend or foe

Neuroscience NewsNovember 15, 2019

Three key components have been identified, which allow for the rapid processing of emotion to assess whether someone is a potential friend or foe. ... Read More...

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New pathways in brain’s amygdala discovered

Neuroscience NewsNovember 12, 2019

Study provides evidence of the existence of a long-rage inhibitory pathway from the auditory cortex to the amygdala in the brains of mice. ... Read More...

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Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2019

Combining neuroimaging data with machine learning, researchers report musical pleasure depends on a dynamic interplay between prospective and retrospective states of expectation.... Read More...

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How brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2019

Traumatic brain injury caused five times as many neurons in the amygdala to be active during white noise exposure in rats. Altered sensory processing within subcortical sensory-emotional networks following TBI impacts the facilitation of traumatic memory and may contribute to the development of PTSD.... Read More...

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Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit

Neuroscience NewsOctober 30, 2019

Patients with mood and anxiety disorders have abnormally low activation in brain areas associated with cognitive and emotional control. Brain scans also revealed hyperactivity in brain areas linked to the processing of emotional thoughts.... Read More...

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How our brains remember things depends upon how we learn them

Neuroscience NewsOctober 25, 2019

Neural pathways for learning differ depending on how each person has learned a new skill.... Read More...

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Brain imaging reveals neural correlates of human social behavior

Neuroscience NewsOctober 22, 2019

Brain imaging studies shed new light on social behaviors such as empathy and team flow. The findings provide new understanding of the neural basis of social behaviors and conditions involving social dysfunction.... Read More...

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Gene variants influence size of brain stem and other structures

Neuroscience NewsOctober 21, 2019

Researchers identified 48 common genetic variants that appear to play a role in the size of the brainstem and other subcortical structures. Forty of the variants were novel. The findings also revealed 199 genes related to the variants which regulate brain development and susceptibility to neurological disorders.... Read More...

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Experts review evidence yoga is good for the brain

Imaging reveals pathways behind depression

Prenatal opioid exposure may alter brain function in babies

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Researchers discover the brain circuits that rapidly detect friend or foe

New pathways in brain’s amygdala discovered

Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

How brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder

Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit

How our brains remember things depends upon how we learn them

Gene variants influence size of brain stem and other structures