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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·November 16, 2022·4 min read

Pattern of Gene Activity for ADHD Unlocked

Study reveals differences in gene activity in the caudate and frontal cortex in those with ADHD.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 9, 2021·5 min read

Poverty Associated With Smaller, Slower Growing Subcortical Regions in Children

A study spanning 17 years has found children born and raised in poverty had smaller subcortical brain regions, including the hippocampus, caudate, putamen, and thalamus. These brain areas also showed less growth over time.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 27, 2020·3 min read

The brain may need iron for healthy cognitive development

Iron levels in the basal ganglia steadily increase throughout development and, in two sub-regions, continue to increase into adulthood. Decreased levels of iron in the putamen was correlated with impaired cognitive performance involving reasoning and spatial processing. Findings suggest the brain requires iron for healthy cognitive development.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 23, 2020·3 min read

How the brain processes rewards

Different types of reward have unique effects on the basal ganglia nuclei. Food rewards influence the left hemisphere of the brain, while erotic rewards engage the right lateral globus and left caudate. Financial rewards engage the basal ganglia bilaterally.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 21, 2019·4 min read

Gene variants influence size of brain stem and other structures

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.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·July 28, 2019·4 min read

Frog in your throat? Stress might be to blame for vocal issues

Stress can have an impact on voice disorders. Researchers found those with higher salivary cortisol levels also exhibited brain activity that impacted the larynx. Those who were more introverted were more likely to have stress reactions related to speech.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 13, 2019·3 min read

Brain Clock Ticks Differently in Autism

A new study reports the hierarchy of intrinsic neural timescales appears to be disrupted in adults on the autism spectrum. Researchers say the differences in neural timescales could underlie features of ASD, like hypersensitivity.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·December 13, 2018·3 min read

Intellectually Active Lifestyle Protects Against Neurodegeneration in Huntington’s

People with Huntington's disease who participated in intellectually stimulating activities had less brain atrophy than those with the disease who did not take up such activities.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 13, 2018·6 min read

Ritalin Drives Greater Connection Between Brain Areas Key to Memory and Attention

A new neuroimaging study reveals methylphenidate, better known as Ritalin, increases the level of dopamine available in the caudate. Along with increased dopamine levels, researchers also notice greater functional connectivity between the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and precuneus, three areas of the brain associated with memory and attention.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 29, 2018·8 min read

Study Reveals Roots of OCD

A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 16, 2018·6 min read

How Dogs Process Words

A new neuroimaging study reveals how dogs process words they have been taught to associate with objects. Findings suggest dogs have a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·September 6, 2018·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Risk Gene May Aggravate Neurological Air Pollution Effects in Children

According to researchers, children who carry the APOE4 gene and who are exposed to air pollution have higher behavior problem scores and their attention capacity was slower to develop.

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caudate

Pattern of Gene Activity for ADHD Unlocked

Poverty Associated With Smaller, Slower Growing Subcortical Regions in Children

The brain may need iron for healthy cognitive development

How the brain processes rewards

Gene variants influence size of brain stem and other structures

Frog in your throat? Stress might be to blame for vocal issues

Brain Clock Ticks Differently in Autism

Intellectually Active Lifestyle Protects Against Neurodegeneration in Huntington’s

Ritalin Drives Greater Connection Between Brain Areas Key to Memory and Attention

Study Reveals Roots of OCD

How Dogs Process Words

Alzheimer’s Risk Gene May Aggravate Neurological Air Pollution Effects in Children

Memory Rewritten: Study Finds No Clear Line Between Episodic and Semantic Retrieval

Brain Stimulation Method Can Evaluate Consciousness in Alzheimer’s Disease

Early Intervention Helps Most Autistic Children Acquire Spoken Language

Brain Conductors Find Precise Connection to Target Cells via Protein Handshake

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