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·June 15, 2020·1 min read

Loneliness alters your brain’s social network

Loneliness alters how the brain represents relationships, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 2, 2020·3 min read

Estrogen’s role in the sex differences of alcohol abuse

Estrogen level fluctuations appear to play a role in alcohol use disorder in women. Reducing the number of estrogen receptors in the ventral tegmental area decreased binge drinking behaviors in female mouse models.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 25, 2020·2 min read

A child’s brain activity reveals their memory ability

Activity in the frontoparietal network during memory tasks reflected the individual working memory capabilities of children, with an activity pattern unique to working memory.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 18, 2020·1 min read

The brain’s facial recognition area doesn’t differentiate outgroup members

A new study reports difficulty in telling members of an "outgroup" apart is linked to visual processing.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 18, 2020·2 min read

How experiencing traumatic stress leads to aggression

Strengthened amygdala pathways increase aggression in those who have experienced trauma. The findings could lead to new treatments for PTSD.

This shows a print out of the genetic findings from different brain regions

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·May 11, 2020·1 min read

Why some people are more prone to anxiety

Increased levels of serotonin transporters in the amygdala may explain why some people are more prone to anxiety than others.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 4, 2020·2 min read

How synaptic changes translate to behavior changes

Learning produces changes in connectivity via multiple synaptic mechanisms that are consistent with observed behavioral changes.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 27, 2020·3 min read

Antibiotics may increase risk for opioid abuse

Researchers administered antibiotics to rats for two weeks, depleting their gut microbiome. They then administered oxycodone. Compared to rats given only the opioid, those given the antibiotics had profound changes in how their brains responded to the pain killers.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 20, 2020·3 min read

Virtual reality makes empathy easier

First-person embodiment via virtual reality could help to treat those with empathy disorders. It could also assist violent offenders to develop an ability to empathize with their victims.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 13, 2020·3 min read

Structural protein may be new marker of depression

The protein tubulin blocks molecules that trigger the production of cAMP, leading to reduced messaging in the brain. Previous studies have found those with depression have less cAMP in their brains. The findings suggest tubulin could be a potential biomarker for depression.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·April 6, 2020·3 min read

Changes in brain attention may underlie autism

Those on the autism spectrum had atypically smaller pupil dilation compared to the control group during distracting conditions while taking a push-button test. The findings suggest those with ASD may have dysregulation in locus coeruleus activity. The dysregulation of the LC may explain the exaggerated responses to environmental stimuli and fixated behaviors many with ASD experience.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 30, 2020·2 min read

How stress remodels the brain

A single, stressful event causes rapid and long-lasting retraction of astrocyte branches. Stress induces this change by halting the production of GluA1.