FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 16, 2017·4 min readHow Dopamine Tells Us Something Isn’t Worth the WaitA new study reports on the role dopamine plays in decision making.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 9, 2017·3 min readFemale Brain Reacts More Strongly to Prosocial Behavior Than Male BrainUniversity of Zurich researchers report prosocial behaviors trigger stronger reward system activation in women, where as the same neural response is elicited by selfish behavior in men.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 30, 2017·4 min readBeer Can Lift Your Spirits: Hordenine Activates Brain’s Reward CenterHordenine, a substance present in beer and malted barley, activates dopamine D2 receptors through G proteins, leading to a possibly prolonged effect on the brain's reward center, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 29, 2017·6 min readHow ‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Spurs SociabilityResearchers pinpoint the brain circuitry involved in social reward and shed new light on oxytocin's role in social behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·September 26, 2017·4 min readOverturning the Theory of Tremors in Parkinson’sKAIST researchers have identified a new mechanism that causes tremors associated with Parkinson's disease. The findings, researchers say, overturn long standing assumptions about how tremors occur in Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 25, 2017·5 min readMaternal Diet Could Affect Kid’s Brain Reward CircuitryResearchers report rats that ate fatty or junk foods during pregnancy tended to have heavier pups that preferred the taste of fat directly following weaning. They also noted mothers who ate energy rich food either during pregnancy or while breastfeeding had an increased risk of their children becoming obese later in life.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 16, 2017·4 min readBrain Rewiring in Parkinson’s Disease May Contribute to Abnormal MovementAbnormal activity involving the globus pallidus may be responsible for movement dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 12, 2017·4 min readResearchers Reverse Negative Effects of Adolescent Marijuana UseResearchers were able to reverse the neural and behavioral effects of THC exposure and eliminate schizophrenia like symptoms in rats by using drugs to activate GABA, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 8, 2017·4 min readInterrupting Parkinson’s DiseaseA new study reports antioxidant intervention during early stages of Parkinson's disease may help slow its progression.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·September 6, 2017·4 min readStudy Associates Schizophrenia with Defective Processing of Messenger RNA in CellsBrain dysfunction noted in schizophrenia patients may be a result of impaired expression of a protein complex associated with protein synthesis, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 5, 2017·5 min readSuperhuman ‘Night’ Vision During the Total Eclipse?Researchers investigate how people are able to see objects clearly during a dark solar eclipse than on a typical moonless night.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 1, 2017·4 min readScents and Social Preference: Identifying the Roots of AttractionResearchers at UCSD have isolated two microRNA molecules that are responsible for mediating neurotransmission switching from aversion to attraction, and vice versa.Read More
