Pigs help scientists understand human brain
Using resting state fMRI, researchers discover pig brains may be better models for studying human neurological conditions than previously thought.... Read More...
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Type 1 diabetes may have an impact on the developing brain in children
Children with type 1 diabetes have slower growth of total cortical and subcortical gray and white matter compared to their peers without diabetes. ... Read More...
CBD reduces impairment caused by cannabis
Cannabidiol may buffer the effects of THC on the brain for those who use marijuana. Marijuana with a higher CBD content restores disruptions to the salience network caused by THC exposure.... Read More...
Train your brain, change your brain
Neurofeedback training helps reinforce brain patterns associated with motor function while participants complete imaginary motor tasks. The findings may help in the rehabilitation for stroke and other disorders that compromise motor function. ... Read More...
Brain Connections That Disadvantage Night Owls Revealed
A new MRI study reveals those who get to sleep and wake up late have lower resting brain connectivity in regions associated with the maintenance of consciousness. Researchers report the reduced brain connectivity is linked to poorer attention, slower reactions and increased daytime sleepiness.... Read More...
Exercise Gives Older Men a Better Brain Boost
According to a new study, men have a stronger positive correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain function as they age.... Read More...
Disrupted Networks Link Overlapping Cognitive Deficits in Psychiatric Disorder
A new meta analysis study identifies dysfunction of neurocognitive networks across multiple psychiatric disorders.... Read More...
Autism Behaviors Show Unique Brain Network Fingerprints in Infants
A new study reveals unique functional brain networks associated with characteristic behaviors of ASD in infants at risk of developing autism.... Read More...
Mindful People Feel Less Pain
Those who are more mindful are less caught up in the experience of pain, and report feeling less pain than those who are less mindful, a new study reports. Researchers say higher disposition mindfulness during painful heat is associated with greater deactivation of the posterior cingulate cortex.... Read More...
Differences Between Combined and Isolated Cannabis and Nicotine Use on Brain Networks
Researchers say those who use both cannabis and nicotine have greater brain connectivity that those who take one or the other. The networks of those who used both substances closely resembled those who people who took neither drug.... Read More...
Past Experience Shapes What We See More Than What We Are Looking At Now
Researchers report we recognize what we are looking at by combining current stimuli with comparison to images stored in memory.... Read More...
Why Some Gain While in Pain
A new study looks at why pain enhances some people's ability to perform well.... Read More...