AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 27, 2018·5 min readAbnormal Brain Connections Seen in Preschoolers with AutismA new neuroimaging study reveals preschool aged children with ASD have significant differences in the basal ganglia network and paralimbic-limbic network in the brain compared to their peers who were not diagnosed with autism.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 9, 2018·4 min readHow Your Brain Helps You Learn New SkillsA new study reveals how fast spiking interneurons improve the efficiency of learning a new skill.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 20, 2017·2 min readSongbirds May Hold the Secret to How Babies Learn to SpeakZebra finches may hold the key to understanding how babies learn to talk, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 29, 2017·3 min readNo Evidence That Gadolinium Causes Neurologic HarmA new study reports there is no evidence that gadolinium contrast material, commonly used for MRI scans, contributes to cognitive decline.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 27, 2017·6 min readModeling Brain Connections to Understand Parkinson’s DiseaseResearchers have created computer models of the neural connections in both health brains and brains of people suffering from Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·September 26, 2017·4 min readOverturning the Theory of Tremors in Parkinson’sKAIST researchers have identified a new mechanism that causes tremors associated with Parkinson's disease. The findings, researchers say, overturn long standing assumptions about how tremors occur in Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 16, 2017·4 min readBrain Rewiring in Parkinson’s Disease May Contribute to Abnormal MovementAbnormal activity involving the globus pallidus may be responsible for movement dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosPsychology·July 23, 2017·7 min readChoir Helps People with Parkinson’s Disease Battle Destructive Effects to Muscles, Brain and VoiceResearchers at the Northern Arizona University are helping alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's and quash social isolation in sufferers by establishing a choir.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·July 17, 2017·4 min readBrain Circuit Study Finds Key Links to Depressive SymptomsResearchers have discovered a link between specific neural circuits to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. The study, published in Cell, reports altering the networks helped to improve symptoms such as social withdrawal and helplessness.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 26, 2017·5 min readInsomnia Medication May Wake Some Patients From Vegetative StateZolpidem, a medication commonly prescribed for insomnia, appear to be effective in helping to restore a conscious state in some patients who were in comas or vegetative state.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 6, 2017·3 min readTourette Like Tics Vanish With Histamine: Mouse StudyHistamines may help to reduce tics associated with Tourette syndrome, a new mouse study finds.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·May 19, 2017·3 min readMechanism Behind Sensory Deficits in Parkinson’sResearchers hope discovery will pave the way to developing new methods for earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.Read More