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This image shows a CT scan slice of the brain showing a right-hemispheric ischemic stroke.

Featured Neurology

·August 21, 2014·3 min read

Common Infections Tied to Some Stroke Risk in Kids

A new study reports infections like the flu and common cold can temporarily increase stroke risk in children.

This image is a neuron from the brain of a young person with autism.

Autism Electrophysiology Featured

·August 21, 2014·5 min read

Children with Autism Have Extra Synapses in Brain

According to a new study, children with autism have an excess of synapses in the brain, due to a slowdown of the normal pruning process during development.

This image shows is an MRI of white matter in the human brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2014·4 min read

Physically Fit Kids Have Beefier White Matter than Less Fit Peers

Researchers find children who are more aerobically fit have more compact and fibrous white matter tracts than their less fit peers.

$The image shows a child reading a book. Surrounding him are numbers and words associated with math.$

Featured Neuroscience

·August 17, 2014·5 min read

New Research Sheds Light on How Children’s Brains Memorize Facts

A new neuroimaging study could help explain how the brain reorganizes itself as children learn math facts.

The image shows neurons differentiated from iPSCs.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·August 17, 2014·4 min read

Stem Cells Reveal How Illness-Linked Genetic Variation Affects Neurons

Researchers report a genetic variation linked to some mental illnesses reduces synaptic growth in developing brains.

The image shows fMRI scans wiht the amygdala and prefrontal cortex highlighted in yellow.

Featured Psychology

·August 15, 2014·2 min read

Brain Imaging Shows Brain Differences in Risk Taking Teens

A neuroimaging study reports connections between certain brain regions are amplified in teens who are more prone to taking risks.

The image shows the tau protein structure.

Featured Neurology

·August 13, 2014·3 min read

Reduction of Tau Protein Improves Symptoms in Model of Severe Childhood Epilepsy

A new study reports that reducing levels of tau protein in the brain effectively blocks the development of Dravet syndrome in mouse models.

The image shows a glioblastoma brain tumor under a microscope.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·August 13, 2014·1 min read

Researchers Reveal Weakness in Defenses of Deadly Brain Tumor

Targeting aPKC, a protein crucial for neurodevelopment, researchers report they can block multiple signaling pathways implicated in brain tumor growth.

The image shows the word Autism spelled out in building blocks.

Autism Featured Psychology

·August 12, 2014·5 min read

Overhaul of Our Understanding of Why Autism Potentially Occurs

A new study investigates why autism potentially occurs, develops and results in a diversity of symptoms.

The image shows how DLK1 was regulated during the experiment.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 10, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Shed New Light on Nerve Cell Growth

A new study reports that a particular protein play a more sophisticated role in neuron development than previously thought.

The image shows a new born baby being cooled in an incubator.

Featured Neurology

·July 10, 2014·5 min read

Cooling Treatment Improves Survival Without Brain Damage in Later Childhood

Researchers report cooling babies suffering from perinatal asphyxia can significantly improved chances of survival without brain damage later in childhood.