FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 1, 2021·4 min readFight or Flight, Unless Internal Clocks Are DisruptedDaily release of glucocorticoids depends on coordination between the clock gene and activity rhythms of neurons within two parts of the hypothalamus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 27, 2021·5 min readWithdrawal From Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of BrainWithdrawal from psychostimulants including methamphetamines, cocaine, and nicotine, produced restructuring of brain regions and major increases in functional connectivity, a new mouse study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·September 8, 2021·2 min readNew Information on the Early Stages of Dementia With Lewy BodiesNew findings reinforce the idea that dementia with Lewy bodies can be pathologically classified as two different and distinct disease types.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 2, 2021·3 min readA Connection Between Brain’s Opioid System and Eating BehaviorThe function of the opioid system is connected to eating triggered by external stimuli. The findings could lead to the development of new therapies that target the opioid system to reduce obesity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 30, 2021·5 min readHow a Racing Heart May Alter Decision-Making Brain CircuitsHeightened states of arousal altered neural circuits in a brain area associated with decision making, resulting in some neurons changing from decision making to internal state monitors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 9, 2021·7 min readFight-or-Flight Response Is Altered in Healthy Young People Who Had COVID-19Regardless of symptom severity, otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19 develop abnormalities with the system that governs the fight-or-flight response in the sympathetic nervous system.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 29, 2021·5 min readAmygdala Found to Have Role in Important Pre-Attentive Mechanism in the BrainStudy reveals how the amygdala plays a role in prepulse inhibition by activating inhibitory neurons in the brain stem of mice. The findings could have positive implications in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, OCD, and other disorders marked with impaired somatosensory gating.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 16, 2021·5 min readHow Micro-Circuits in the Brain Regulate FearThe central amygdala isn't only the hub for fear response in the brain, it also contains microcircuits that regulate the suppression of fear response.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 28, 2021·3 min readSaturated Fatty Acid Levels Increase When Making MemoriesSaturated fatty acid levels rise in the brain during the formation of new memories, researchers say. The highest levels of saturated fatty acids were found in the amygdala, an area of the brain associated with fear and emotional memories.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 24, 2021·5 min read‘Fight or Flight’ Discovery in Sleepwalkers Paves Way to New Understanding of PhenomenonThe "fight or flight" response in those who sleepwalk is significantly lower than in those who sleep soundly at night.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyPsychology·June 17, 2021·3 min readDepression and Tau Deposits Seen in Subset of Middle-Aged PersonsDepressed middle-aged carriers of the APOEe4 Alzheimer's genetic variant are at risk of developing tau accumulations in brain areas associated with emotion and memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 24, 2021·5 min readSpecialized Inhibitory Cluster Gates Plasticity in Fear LearningThe apical intercalated cell cluster (apITC), a specialized portion of inhibitory circuitry in the amygdala, has rich connectivity and plays a unique role in modulating synaptic plasticity.Read More
