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·July 29, 2016·5 min read

Why Working the Night Shift Can Pose a Cancer Risk

A new study reports on a link between circadian cell disruption and cancerous tumor growth.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 22, 2016·7 min read

Why You Don’t Feel Jet Lagged When You Run a Fever

Researchers report on a link between core body temperature and circadian rhythm in mice.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 16, 2021·4 min read

Why You Drink Black Coffee: It’s in Your Genes

A taste for black coffee and dark chocolate is possibly a genetic trait, a new study reports. Coffee drinkers who have a genetic variant that reflects faster caffeine metabolism prefer bitter, black coffee. The same genetic variant is found in those who prefer dark chocolate.

Widely Used Assembling and Stabilizing Forces Behind Brain Synapses Identified

The planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling pathway appears to play a significant role in the formation and maintenance of a large number of synapses.

Featured Psychology

·August 15, 2017·4 min read

Will Ketamine Treat Your Depression? Check Your Activity Monitor

A new study reports depressed people who responded to ketamine found their activity increased during earlier parts of the day. Researchers suggest clock gene machinery may be linked to the type of depression that responds to ketamine treatment.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·May 22, 2020·5 min read

Wired for marriage: The neural and genetic links to romantic love

Researchers have identified both genetic and neural mechanisms associated with romantic love and attachment. The maintenance of romantic love is not only associated with subcortical brain regions but also higher-order centers of the brain. The propensity to sustain romantic love appears to also be affected by genetic variability, specifically with genes associated with dopamine, vasopressin, and oxytocin.

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·January 17, 2019·4 min read

Wired for Obesity: Genes Involved in Development Can Affect Body Weight

Study reveals people with obesity have more mutations in semaphorin signaling in the hypothalamus, implying semaphorins may be critical for maintaining a healthy body weight.

Brain Cancer Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 1, 2012·2 min read

Wisconsin Research Team Reveals Novel Way to Treat Drug-Resistant Brain Tumor Cells

New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains why the incurable brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is highly resistant to...

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·March 17, 2019·8 min read

With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight

Gene therapy that targets retinal ganglion cells with light-sensitive cone opsins helps restore vision in mice. Researchers report a potential human treatment could be available within three years.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 15, 2020·5 min read

With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward

Fear extinction memories and feelings of reward are both stored in neurons that express the Ppp1r1b gene in the posterior of the basolateral amygdala.

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Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·March 29, 2019·5 min read

Woman with novel gene mutation lives almost pain-free

A rare genetic mutation has been associated with pain insensitivity. The findings could further research into new treatments to target pain.

Featured Neurology

·March 17, 2016·4 min read

Women Retain Verbal Memory Skills Longer Than Men in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s

A new study reports women may retain better verbal memory during the early stages of Alzheimer's than men, despite evidence of similar levels of hippocampal shrinkage.

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