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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 6, 2022·5 min read

What Causes the Brain’s Emotional Hub to Switch to Negative States?

Researchers explore how changes in the patterns of activity in the basolateral amygdala contribute to negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and depression.

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·January 11, 2019·5 min read

Sleeping Though a Fire Alarm: Benzodiazepines Prevent Ability to Wake in Response to Threat

Researchers report popular benzodiazepine sleep medications, such as Ambien and Halcion, caused test subjects to sleep through fire alarm drills. However, a newly developed class of sleeping medications perverse the ability to wake in response to threat.

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·August 24, 2016·5 min read

Increased Hippocampal Activity Impairs Memory and Attention

A new study reports memory and attention impairments may be a result of increased activity in the hippocampus.

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Autism Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 16, 2016·4 min read

Anti-Anxiety Drug Reduces Autism Features in Mouse Model of Jacobsen Syndrome

Researchers discover clonazepam, an anti anxiety medication appears to reduce autistic features in mouse models of Jacobsen syndrome.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·March 14, 2016·7 min read

How the Brain Detects Short Sounds

A new study reports on bow certain brain cells compute the length of sounds and are able to detect shorter noises.

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·February 25, 2015·2 min read

Sobering Effect of Oxytocin

Researchers report oxytocin can influence the intoxicating effect of alcohol.