FeaturedNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·4 min readWhen Taste and Healthfulness Compete, Taste Has a Hidden AdvantageIt takes slightly longer to include information about healthy foods in the process of choosing between the taste and healthiness of a snack.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·13 min readFor Neuroscientists and Researchers in General, a Checklist for Eliminating Gender BiasResearchers set forth a new summary of the forms gender bias can take and propose a new checklist to remedy the problems they discovered.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·2 min readCould a Longer Reproductive Period Put Women at Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?Longer reproductive periods in women with an increased duration of endogenous estrogen were linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·5 min readDancing With Music Can Halt Most Debilitating Symptoms of Parkinson’s DiseaseWeekly musical dance classes can help to improve daily living and motor functions in those with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 6, 2021·6 min readDigital Pens Provide New Insight Into Cognitive Testing ResultsPerforming written cognitive tests with a digital pen allowed researchers to identify differences between "thinking" and "writing" times that may be early biomarkers for cognitive and motor decline.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 6, 2021·6 min readStudy Reveals Source of Remarkable Memory of “Superagers”The structure of SuperAgers' brains and the connectivity of their neural networks more closely resembles the brains of younger adults, a neuroimaging study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 6, 2021·4 min readRejuvenating Mouse Brains With Ketamine or Flickering LightKetamine and exposure to 60-hertz flickering light show promise as a potentially new, non-invasive therapy to help rejuvenate the aging brain.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 5, 2021·3 min readStructures Discovered in Brain Cancer Patients Can Help Fight TumorsResearchers found lymph-node-like structures close to glioma brain tumors in cancer patients. The study reveals immune cells within these structures can be activated to attack the brain tumor.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 5, 2021·4 min readBeing Clean and Hygienic Need Not Impair Childhood ImmunityResearchers report a cleaner living environment may not detrimentally impact a child's developing immune system, as current theories suggest.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 5, 2021·3 min readNanomaterials Shape and Form Influences Their Ability to Cross the Blood Brain BarrierSilver and zinc oxide nanomaterials are able to pass through an in vitro blood-brain barrier model in the form of both particles and dissolved ions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 5, 2021·2 min readMore Filling? Tastes Great? How Flies, and Maybe People, Choose Their FoodNeurochemistry may dictate our choices for certain kinds of food, even when we believe we are making a conscious choice in what to eat.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·July 5, 2021·6 min readCommon Mechanism Underlies Some Behavioral Traits Seen in Autism and SchizophreniaCertain genes that are mutated or missing in those with schizophrenia and autism cause similar dysfunction in neural networks within the thalamus.Read More