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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 2, 2019·4 min read

A NEAT discovery about memory

NEAT1, a noncoding RNA appears to play a significant role in memory formation.

Featured Psychology

·October 9, 2018·3 min read

Why Some Childhood Abuse Victims are More Prone to Developing Certain Mental Illnesses

According to researchers, the severity of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and PTSD in childhood survivors of abuse may depend upon the time the abuse first took place, how long it lasted and the severity of the abuse. Sexual abuse of females also has a more detrimental effect on mental health than in males, the study reports.

Featured Neurology

·August 10, 2018·4 min read

CBD Oil Study Shows Significant Improvements in Patients with Treatment Resistant Epilepsy

A new study reveals CBD oil significantly improves seizure frequency and other symptoms in people with treatment resistant epilepsy.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 30, 2018·2 min read

Can Hallucinogens Curb Cocaine Use?

A new study will investigate whether psilocybin can help curb cocaine addiction. Researchers are currently seeking people with a history of cocaine abuse to participate in the study.

Featured Neurology

·October 24, 2017·5 min read

Brain Structure Makes Some Resilient to Alzheimer’s

According to researchers, the size, shape and number of dendritic spines in the brain may determine whether a person develops Alzheimer's disease.

Featured Neurology

·October 2, 2017·5 min read

Preventing Autoimmune Disease After Viral Infections

A study in Nature Immunology reports on the mechanism that helps to prevent autoimmune diseases from developing following infection. Researchers report a population of immune cells develop during late stages of the immune response to influenza infection.

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 3, 2017·4 min read

Could Hackers Use Your Brainwaves to Steal your Passwords?

As EEG headsets are growing in popularity with general consumers, researchers are advising better security and safety measures is needed after their study revealed how easy it could be for experienced hackers to break into the system software and monitory brain waves to extract personal information.

Image shows a diagram of the gut brain axis.

Featured Neurology

·March 3, 2017·5 min read

Further Evidence For Link Between Gut Bacteria and Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reports Parkinson's disease and some of the medications used to treat the condition have distinct effects on the bacteria that make up the gut microbiome.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 3, 2017·4 min read

Brain Plasticity: How Adult Born Neurons Get Wired

Researchers report adult neurogenesis not only helps increase the number of cells in a neural network, it also promotes plasticity in the existing network. Additionally, they have identified the role the Bax gene plays in synaptic pruning.