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·February 26, 2016·5 min read

Poorer Memory Linked to Being Overweight

A new study reports on an association between high body mass index and poorer performance on episodic memory tests.

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Featured Psychology

·February 25, 2016·5 min read

Vigorous Exercise Boosts Neurotransmitters and May Help Restore Mental Health

A new study focuses on why exercise may be an important tool in treating depression and other disorders linked to GABA or glutamate deficiencies.

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Featured Neurology

·February 18, 2016·5 min read

Diabetes Drug May Prevent Recurring Strokes and TIA

A drug prescribed for diabetes may help prevent TIA, recurring stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance not associated with diabetes.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 28, 2016·6 min read

An Epigenetic Switch for Obesity

Researchers have discovered an epigenetic switch that can 'shut down' obesity.

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Featured Neuroscience

·January 25, 2016·2 min read

Deciphering Sugar’s Siren Song

Signals for taste and nutrients are processed in two separate areas of the striatum, a new study reports.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 30, 2015·3 min read

Early Life Exercise Alters Gut Microbes and Promotes Healthy Brain and Metabolism

According to researchers, starting to exercise early in life can alter gut microbes for the better, promoting healthier brain and metabolic activity throughout the course of a lifetime.

Featured Genetics

·December 11, 2015·4 min read

An Alternative Explanation for Free Radical Theory of Aging

A new study reports the a majority of Swiss students questioned were against the use of cognitive enhancement drugs.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 23, 2015·6 min read

High Fat Diets Prompt Immune Cells to Munch at Synapses

According to researchers, high fat diets appear to prompt microglia to start consuming synapses in mice.

Diagram shows how sugar cravings are eliminated following surgery.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 19, 2015·4 min read

Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Sugar Cravings

Weight loss surgery reduces the release of dopamine in the brain of mice, curbing their sugar seeking behavior, a new study reports.

Drawings of women's bodies. One has an apple overlaided and the other a pear.

Featured Psychology

·November 14, 2015·6 min read

Women With Apple Shaped Bodies More Prone to Binge Eating

According to a new study, women with apple shaped bodies may be at higher risk of binge eating episodes.

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Featured Neuroscience

·October 14, 2015·4 min read

Gestational Diabetes Slows Fetal Brain Response After Eating

According to a new study, unborn children of mothers with gestational diabetes tend to have slower reaction to auditory stimuli, directly after the mother eats, than fetuses of mothers without the disease.