FeaturedNeuroethicsNeurologyPsychology·February 2, 2012·2 min readPatients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD MedicationNew research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why...Read More
FeaturedGenetics·February 1, 2012·4 min readSame Genes Linked to Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s DiseaseThe same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 31, 2012·5 min readScientists Decode Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on What We HearNeuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke...Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·January 31, 2012·3 min readShort-term Memory is Based on Synchronized Brain OscillationsScientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory. Holding information within one’s memory for a short...Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 30, 2012·4 min readMom’s Love Good for Child’s BrainSchool-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 30, 2012·3 min readResearchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain’s Speech Processing CenterNew location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 27, 2012·4 min readMaking Memories LastStowers researchers discovered that a prion-like protein plays a key role in storing long-term memories. Memories in our brains are...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroethicsNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·January 25, 2012·4 min readResearchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons from Pluripotent Stem CellsFirst-ever feat provides new method to understand cause of disease, develop drugs Led by researchers at the University of California,...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·January 23, 2012·4 min readMagic Mushrooms’ Effects Illuminated in Brain Imaging StudiesBrain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the...Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience Videos·January 13, 2012·2 min readWalk This Way: Scientists and MBL Physiology Course Students Describe How a Motor Protein “Steps Out”Just like people, some proteins have characteristic ways of “walking,” which (also like human gaits) are not so easy to...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 13, 2012·3 min readBrain Glia Cells Increase Their DNA Content to Preserve Vital Blood Brain BarrierThe blood-brain barrier is essential for maintaining the brain’s stable environment — preventing entry of harmful viruses and bacteria and...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 12, 2012·5 min readReceptor for Tasting Fat Identified in HumansWhy do we like fatty foods so much? We can blame our taste buds. Our tongues apparently recognize and have...Read More
