FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 28, 2011·3 min readEat Today, Pay Tomorrow: Lean Women Think AheadStudy reveals possible gender-specific influence of overeating on the brain. Being overweight is accompanied by changes in brain structure and...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 22, 2011·3 min readDeconstructing Vision: Motion, Critical Windows and Curing Blindness in IndiaWhat if blind eyes could see? What does that mean? That’s the question neuroscientist Pawan Sinha and his team at...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 20, 2011·2 min readBrain Pathway Links Nicotine and Weight LossSmokers often gain weight when they quit. A new study in mice may help explain why. Scientists have pinpointed a...Read More
Neuroscience·June 20, 2011·2 min readUSC Researchers Find New Clues About Protein Linked To Parkinson’s DiseaseStructural biologists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC are the first to measure the energy difference between protein...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethics·June 15, 2011·2 min readResearchers Report Progress Using iPS Cells to Reverse BlindnessResearchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 14, 2011·2 min readResearchers Discover ‘Road Map’ in Fish Brain for How Vertebrates Produce SoundsCornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how all vertebrates, including humans,...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 13, 2011·4 min readBrain Scan Identifies Patterns of Plaques and Tangles in Adults with Down SyndromeIn one of the first studies of its kind, UCLA researchers used a unique brain scan to assess the levels...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurology·June 10, 2011·3 min readFragile X Protein Acts as Toggle Switch in Brain CellsNew research shows how the protein missing in fragile X syndrome – the most common inherited form of intellectual disability...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 8, 2011·5 min readFirst Images of Rod Photoreceptors in the Living Human EyeAdaptive optics technology likely to spur sight-saving interventions, usher in new era of eye disease research, diagnosis and treatment Scientists...Read More
NeurologyNeuroscience·June 7, 2011·2 min readConstruction Industry Has Highest Number of Traumatic Brain Injuries in US WorkplaceAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine publishes first national study of occupational fatalities Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 6, 2011·3 min readUCSB Scientists Discover New Direction in Alzheimer’s ResearchIn what they are calling a new direction in the study of Alzheimer’s disease, UC Santa Barbara scientists have made...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 3, 2011·4 min readBlast-Related Injuries Detected in the Brains of U.S. Military PersonnelAn advanced imaging technique has revealed that some U.S. military personnel with mild blast-related traumatic brain injuries have abnormalities in the brain that have not been seen with other types of imaging.Read More
