Creating modular neural networks (MoMNets), researchers generate a new way to study schizophrenia and other disorders in a lab setting.
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Study reveals the molecular mechanism that allows neural networks to grow and branch out.
Study reveals striking differences in well being between women who were allowed to terminate pregnancies and those who were denied abortions. Women denied terminations were more likely to live in economic hardship, remain in abusive relationships, raise children without external assistance, face more life-threatening complications during pregnancy, such as pre-eclampsia, and experience chronic pain following birth compared to women who were able to seek an abortion. Women who had abortions, by contrast, experienced better emotional outcomes overall, were more economically stable, were better able to raise children in a stable environment, were more likely to want children later, and expressed the decision to terminate a pregnancy was the correct decision for them 5 years after the termination took place.
Researchers identified a brain region responsible for driving action, and another that suppresses action. The study reports impulsive behaviors can be triggered or suppressed by activating these areas.
Researchers report the way the brain processes sensory input information depends on whether an animal lacks specific nutrients or is pregnant. The findings provide valuable new insight on the neural basis for behavior both within and beyond food choices.
The more a person stares at themselves while in a virtual meeting, the more their mood decreases, a new study reports.
Dogs have multi-modal mental imagery of items and objects that are familiar to them. When a dog thinks about an object, they imagine the object's different sensory features.
White matter may be the key to understanding dementia, TBI, and numerous other neurological disorders.
The "pace of aging" score converts several health variables into a single measure that reflects a person's biological aging rate.
Higher levels of stress can diminish altruistic behaviors, researchers report.
Glutamate binds to the subunits of its receptor only in specific patterns. The findings upend previous belief that each subunit binds glutamate independently and points to a new level of complexity in neurotransmission and drug response.
Depression symptoms in teens often present themselves differently from those in adults with clinical depression.
