FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 23, 2019Study identifies brain injury as a cause of dementia in some older adultsMRI neuroimaging can distinguish between memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Using new image analysis software, researchers discovered TBI causes the most amount of damage to the ventral diencephalon, a brain area associated with memory and learning, and the least amount of atrophy to the hippocampus, a brain region most impacted by Alzheimer's. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 30, 2019Fish fathers exhibit signatures of ‘baby brain’ that may facilitate parental care behaviorGenomic analysis reveals some of the neurogenomic dynamics closely resemble changes associated with pregnancy and reproduction in mammalian mothers. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 6, 2018Common Pesticide Inhibits Brain Development: Frog StudyA new study reveals pesticide chlorpyrifos have clear impact on brain development in Northern Leopard frogs. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 21, 2018Waking Up is Hard to Do: Prefrontal Cortex Implicated in ConsciousnessA new study reveals the prefrontal cortex may play a role in coordinating the level of consciousness through the cholinergic system. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 20, 2018Important New Piece in Huntington’s Disease Puzzle IdentifiedResearchers have identified a reduced exchange of glutamine between astrocytes and neurons in a new Huntington's disease study. Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 17, 2017Brief Interactions Spur Lasting Waves of Gene Activity in the BrainResearchers report they are able to see alterations in gene expression up to two hours after a stickleback fish interacts with an intruder. They speculate the changes in gene expression and chromatin modification could help set up the brain to respond to future threats. The study appears in PLOS Genetics. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 14, 2015Amazing Case of Man With 90 Minute MemoryResearchers claim the case of a man who suffers from extreme anterograde amnesia following a trip to the dentist is "like nothing we have ever seen before". Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 4, 2013Human Brain is Divided on Fear and PanicA new study provides proof that the amygdala is not the only gatekeeper of fear in the human brain. Other regions, such as the brainstem, diencephalon, or insular cortex, could sense the body’s most primal inner signals of danger when basic survival is threatened. Read More
