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·August 21, 2020·4 min read

A Gatekeeper Against Insulin Resistance in the Brain

Summary: In males, a genetic variant of DUSP8 can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by impairing the brain’s...

Featured Neurology

·September 19, 2017·5 min read

An Interconnection Between the Nervous and Immune System

Researchers reveal a neuroendocrine system reflex may trigger an increased susceptibility to contracting bacterial infections following injuries to the brain or spinal cord.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 6, 2015·4 min read

Anxiety Impacts Future Cortisol Production in Gender Specific Ways

According to a new study, African American youths who have elevated levels of anxiety as a result of every day struggles will overproduce cortisol as adults.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 11, 2021·5 min read

Brain Memory Signals Linked to Blood Sugar Levels

Researchers report on how a cluster of neurons in the hippocampus may directly regulate metabolism.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 24, 2018·3 min read

Brain Region for Stress Control is Larger in Depressed People

Researchers report the hypothalamus is, on average, five percent larger in those with mood disorders like major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, than it is in those without depression.

This image shows the MRI and PET/CT brain scans of a patient with PTSD.

Featured Neurology Psychology

·December 1, 2014·3 min read

Brain Scans Show Pituitary Abnormalities in Veterans with PTSD

A new neuroimaging study reports veterans with PTSD could have hormonal irregularities due to pituitary gland damage from blast related injuries.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 6, 2017·6 min read

Buzzing the Vagus Nerve Just Right to Fight Inflammatory Disease

Using kilohertz frequency nerve block on vagus nerve pathways may reduce inflammation, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·March 4, 2018·3 min read

Certain Smiles Aren’t All They Are Cracked Up to Be

Smiles can increase, or decrease, physical stress depending on how we perceive them, researchers report.

This shows a sad child holding onto a fence

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 15, 2022·5 min read

Children With History of Maltreatment Could Undergo an Early Maturation of the Immune System

Study links acute stress as a result of childhood maltreatment to accelerated early maturation of the immune system.

Featured Psychology

·June 12, 2013·4 min read

Dad’s Life Stress Exposure Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

Researchers have shown stress on preadolesecent and adult male mice induced an epigenetic mark in their sperm which reprogrammed their offspring's HPA axis, a region the the brain which governs stress response.