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What stress does to the brain

Neuroscience NewsJuly 25, 2019

A new study sheds light on how the brain changes as a result of chronic stress. Selective noradrenaline release rewires connectivity patterns between different brain regions. Activity in the amygdala and networks that process sensory stimuli increased. ... Read More...

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Light Sensitive THC For Research

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 10, 2018

Researchers have synthesized THC molecules that can be altered by light.... Read More...

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Exit Through the Lymphatic System

Neuroscience NewsNovember 10, 2017

A new study in Nature Communications refutes long standing belief, reporting that cerebrospinal fluid exits the cranial cavity via lymph vessels.... Read More...

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Area of the Brain Affected by Autism Detected

Neuroscience NewsApril 3, 2017

Researchers report the anterior cingulate cortex, an area of the brain associated with empathy, activates very weakly in people with autism.... Read More...

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High Fat Diet Disrupts Brain Maturation

Neuroscience NewsNovember 15, 2016

Consuming a high fat diet during adolescence could contribute to cognitive impairment as an adult, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Men and women have equal spatial cognition skills

The easy route the easy way: New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant

Strict adherence to traditional masculinity associated with more severe PTSD in vets

Neuroscience

Men and women have equal spatial cognition skills

The easy route the easy way: New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant

Strict adherence to traditional masculinity associated with more severe PTSD in vets

Neurology

New look at odd holes involved in taste, Alzheimer’s, and asthma

Children to bear the burden of negative health effects from climate change

Parkinson’s disease may start before birth

AI

The easy route the easy way: New chip calculates the shortest distance in an instant

A rat had basically no brain, but it could still see, hear, smell, and feel

Google and Janelia researchers unveil biggest, most detailed map of the fly brain to date

Robotics

Findings about sea star locomotion could aid in development of simpler, decentralized systems in robotics

The first living robots

Psychology

Strict adherence to traditional masculinity associated with more severe PTSD in vets

Children to bear the burden of negative health effects from climate change

How personality predicts seeing others as sex objects

ETH Zurich

What stress does to the brain

Light Sensitive THC For Research

Exit Through the Lymphatic System

High Fat Diet Disrupts Brain Maturation