FeaturedNeuroscience·October 6, 2022·3 min readA New Function of the CerebellumThe cerebellum plays a key role in the storage of both positive and negative memories of emotional events.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 16, 2022·3 min readResearchers Described How the Cerebellum Modulates Our Ability to SocializeDopamine in the cerebellum helps regulate social behaviors via its action on D2 receptors. Changes in D2 levels in Purkinje cells alter sociability and preference for social novelty without affecting motor function.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 2, 2022·2 min readNeurobiological Model to Better Understand Creative ProcessesResearchers propose a new framework for three seemingly unconnected forms of creativity.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 5, 2022·6 min readNeurexin Controls Cerebellar Granule Cells, Offering Insight Into Autism and Schizophrenia MechanismsNeurexin regulates the survival of cerebellar granule cells independently of synapses. The findings shed new light on the mechanisms behind neurodevelopmental disorders like schizophrenia and ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 13, 2022·5 min readEven Mild COVID Can Cause Brain Shrinkage and Affect Mental FunctionEven mild COVID-19 infection can lead to cognitive alterations and brain shrinkage, researchers report. The findings could help explain the brain changes that contribute to long-COVID.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 8, 2022·3 min readDiscovery of Novel Brain Fear Mechanisms Offers Target for Anxiety-Reducing DrugsResearchers have identified a new target in the brain that underpins the freezing response associated with anxiety and fear. The findings could provide a new drug target for anxiety-related disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePsychology·January 21, 2022·6 min readHow Do Tics Develop?A new study identifies a neural network that appears to be responsible for the development of tics and tic disorders. Researchers say deep brain stimulation applied to this network helps alleviate symptoms of tics.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 23, 2021·4 min readHow Value Decisions Are Coded Into Our BrainsPersistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 22, 2021·4 min readInadequate Sleep Is Bad for Preteens’ BrainsInadequate sleep can harm brain organization in early adolescence, researchers report. The disorganization can have an impact on cognitive processes, including attention, memory, emotional regulation, and controlling behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 17, 2021·7 min readIn the Brain’s Cerebellum, a New Target for Suppressing HungerConstant hunger associated with Prader-Willi syndrome is, in part, the result of disordered signaling in the cerebellum, an area of the brain associated with motor control and learning.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·November 10, 2021·3 min readNew Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder IdentifiedResearchers have identified a new, rare neurodevelopmental disorder associated with a homozygous mutation in the PRDM13 gene. Features of the disorder included intellectual disabilities, ataxia with cerebellar hypoplasia, and delayed puberty with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 6, 2021·8 min readMapping the Mouse Brain, and by Extension, the Human Brain TooNew collaborative studies shed light on the organization of cells in key areas of the mouse brain and the organization of transcriptome, epigenomic, and regulatory factors that provide the brain cells with purpose and function.Read More
