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·November 6, 2019·2 min read

Circuit responsible for building memories during sleep identified

The nucleus reuniens is responsible for coordinating synchronous slow waves between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during sleep. The findings suggest the nucleus reuniens plays a critical role in sleep-dependant memory consolidation.

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·October 25, 2019·2 min read

How our brains remember things depends upon how we learn them

Neural pathways for learning differ depending on how each person has learned a new skill.

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·October 16, 2019·3 min read

Brain networks more stable in individuals with higher cognitive abilities

Higher intelligence was associated with higher temporal stability of brain network modularity. Brain regions of the dorsal attention network contributed most to the observed effect.

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·October 14, 2019·6 min read

Dementia spreads via connected brain networks

A new brain mapping study allows for individual predictions of the progression of frontotemporal dementia.

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·October 10, 2019·6 min read

Neurofeedback increases self-esteem by re-balancing brain circuits in depression

Neurofeedback training can alter guilt-related networks and improve self-esteem in those with major depressive disorder.

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·October 10, 2019·5 min read

Brain scans may provide clues to suicide risk

Neuroimaging can be used to assess a person's risk of suicidal behavior. Those with mood disorders, a history of suicidal thoughts, and those with a history of suicide attempts have less connectivity in the cognitive control network. They also have reduced connectivity between the cognitive control network and the default mode network.

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·October 9, 2019·4 min read

Craving junk food after a sleepless night?

Sleep deprivation causes the olfactory system to go into overdrive, sharpening food odors, and breaking down communication within other brain areas that receive food signals.

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·October 8, 2019·4 min read

Prenatal stress could affect baby’s brain

White matter tracts were significantly altered in babies whose mothers experienced stress during pregnancy.

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·October 7, 2019·5 min read

Navigating ‘Neuralville’: Virtual town helps map brain functions

Combining neuroimaging and a constructed virtual reality town, researchers found the brain uses three different systems to perceive environment. One system allows us to recognize a place, another helps navigate through that location, and the third helps navigate from one place to another. The parahippocampal place area (PPA) helps encode location recognition, while the retrosplenial complex allows for mentally mapping the locations of specific places.

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·October 1, 2019·4 min read

Neuroimaging reveals hidden communication between brain layers during reading

Stronger activation for words over pseudo-words was seen in deep layers of the visual word form area. The activation caused top-down projections from higher language areas of the brain.

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·September 24, 2019·4 min read

Do children’s brains really get thinner?

A new study questions whether a child's brain thins as they get older. Researchers say the cortex does not thin during childhood, but instead becomes more myelinated.