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·October 11, 2016·6 min read

Designer Brain Receptors Used in Preclinical Study to Suppress Cued Cocaine Seeking

Gene therapy shows promise for future treatment of addiction in humans, a new study reports.

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·October 7, 2016·6 min read

Experts Suggest New Theory For PTSD Symptoms

A new study reports context processing problems could help to explain some of the symptoms and neuroimaging findings associated with PTSD.

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·October 4, 2016·5 min read

Infants Use Prefrontal Cortex In Learning

A new study reports infants use their prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with higher forms of cognition and reasoning, when learning.

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·October 4, 2016·4 min read

Developing Brain Regions in Children Hardest Hit by Sleep Deprivation

Researchers report sleep deprivation affects the parietal and occipital lobes in children, along with myelin levels in the visual system.

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·September 28, 2016·3 min read

How the Brain Decides Between Effort and Reward

A new study reports on how our brain decides if performing a certain task is worth the effort.

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·September 20, 2016·5 min read

Newly Discovered Neural Connections May Be Linked to Emotional Decision Making

Researchers have discovered connections withing the brain that appear to form a communication pathway between areas that control decision making, movement and emotion. They believe cells within the network could also be potential targets for Parkinson's disease.

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·September 13, 2016·4 min read

Chronic Stress Elevates Level of Protein That Decreases Serotonin Availability

Researchers discover elevated levels of TG2 in the prefrontal cortex of people who committed suicide.

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·September 8, 2016·4 min read

Watch and Learn: Brain Cells That Help Us Learn by Watching Identified

Researchers report they have identified individual neurons in the brain that support observational learning.

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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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·August 11, 2016·6 min read

Total Number of Neurons, Not Enlarged Prefrontal Region, the Hallmark of the Human Brain

Researchers have determined that the human brain has the highest number of cortical neurons of any primate brain, but the prefrontal region contains the same proportion of neurons and fills the same relative volume as that of non-human primates.

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·August 11, 2016·5 min read

This Is Your Brain on Google Glass

Researchers have developed a portable fNIR system to measure a person's brain activity as they navigate around a location while wearing smart eyewear.