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Foods Combining Carbs and Fats More Rewarding That Just Carbs or Fats Alone

Neuroscience NewsJune 15, 2018

A new study reports foods that contain both carbs and fats evoke greater response in the brain's reward center than foods that contain either just carbs or fats.... Read More...

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Brain Structure Linked with Sex Based Differences in Anxiety Behavior: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsMay 22, 2018

A new mouse study reveals females have a three fold higher abundance of EP3, in addition to elevated levels of genes associated with major depressive disorder in the locus coeruleus. ... Read More...

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How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve Problems

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2018

Researchers have created a new model that may help explain how different sleep patterns may help us to solve problems. The study reveals non-REM sleep helps us categorize information, where as REM sleep helps us to draw unexpected connections between information we have been exposed to.... Read More...

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Study Sheds Light on Genetic Foundation of Migraines

Neuroscience NewsMay 3, 2018

Researchers have identified three genes linked to hemiplegic migraine. ... Read More...

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Neurons Derived From Super-Obese People Respond Differently to Appetite Hormone

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2018

According to researchers, neurons generated from super obese people are more likely to dysregulate hormones related to hunger and feeding behaviors.... Read More...

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Older Adults Grow Just As Many New Brain Cells As Young People

Neuroscience NewsApril 6, 2018

A new study reveals older adults can generate just as many new hippocampal neurons from progentior cells as young people. The findings confirm neurogenesis does occur in older individuals.... Read More...

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High Resolution Brain Imaging Provides Clues to Age Related Memory Loss

Neuroscience NewsMarch 9, 2018

The decline of signalling in the anterolateral entorhinal cortex has been linked to memory loss associated with aging, a new neuroimaging study reveals.... Read More...

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How Political Parties Influence Our Belief, and What We Can Do About It

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 20, 2018

Valuing our identity over our accuracy leads us to accept incorrect information that aligns with the beliefs of the political party we support, researchers report.... Read More...

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When it Comes to Our Brains, There’s No Such Thing as Normal

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 20, 2018

When it comes to the brain, there is "no fixed normal", researchers say.... Read More...

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Walking Fish Suggests Locomotion Control Evolved Much Earlier than Thought

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 8, 2018

New research reports the first ambulatory creatures may have remained under water. Researchers report modern descendants of these creatures exhibit walking behaviors on the ocean floor.... Read More...

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If You Swat Mosquitoes, They May Learn to Avoid Your Scent

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 26, 2018

A new study reveals mosquitoes can learn to associate a particular odor to an unpleasant shock, much like being swatted. Researchers report the insects tend to avoid the scent following the experience.... Read More...

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Music Really is a Universal Language

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 25, 2018

According to a new study, vocal songs that accompany dance, sooth a child or express love tend to sound similar across different cultures. The findings, researchers note, show consistency with the existence of a universal link between the form and function of vocal music.... Read More...

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Cell Press

Foods Combining Carbs and Fats More Rewarding That Just Carbs or Fats Alone

Brain Structure Linked with Sex Based Differences in Anxiety Behavior: Mouse Study

How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve Problems

Study Sheds Light on Genetic Foundation of Migraines

Neurons Derived From Super-Obese People Respond Differently to Appetite Hormone

Older Adults Grow Just As Many New Brain Cells As Young People

High Resolution Brain Imaging Provides Clues to Age Related Memory Loss

How Political Parties Influence Our Belief, and What We Can Do About It

When it Comes to Our Brains, There’s No Such Thing as Normal

Walking Fish Suggests Locomotion Control Evolved Much Earlier than Thought

If You Swat Mosquitoes, They May Learn to Avoid Your Scent

Music Really is a Universal Language