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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

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·May 2, 2022·3 min read

Children With Vegetarian Diet Have Similar Growth and Nutrition Compared to Children Who Eat Meat

Children who follow a vegetarian diet have similar measures of growth and nutrition as those who eat meat. However, vegetarian children had higher odds of being underweight compared to those who eat meat.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 2, 2022·5 min read

Brain Connectivity Changes Revealed in Individuals With Pre-clinical Alzheimer’s Disease

The accumulation of amyloid-beta and tau proteins disrupts the connections between brain regions associated with memory years before symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear.

Featured Neuroscience Pain

·May 2, 2022·3 min read

How Antidepressants Treat Nerve Pain

Researchers identify the mechanisms behind tricyclic antidepressants' ability to help relieve nerve pain.

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·May 2, 2022·4 min read

Does Autism Begin in the Womb?

Researchers found idiopathic autism occurs as the result of epigenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic cells during fetal development, leading to immune dysregulation in the brain and gut.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 2, 2022·5 min read

Gene Therapy Reverses Effects of Autism-Linked Mutation in Brain Organoids

A brain organoid study reveals how a genetic mutation associated with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a profound form of autism, disrupts neural development. Using gene-editing technology, researchers recovered the function of the TCF4 gene and effectively restored neural structure and function.

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·May 2, 2022·3 min read

Dopamine Involved in Recognizing Emotions

Researchers reveal dopamine, a neurotransmitter commonly associated with reward plays a key role in social cognition and emotional recognition.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·May 1, 2022·3 min read

Infants Preferentially Perceive Faces in the Upper Visual Field

The upper visual field bias for faces emerges at around 7 months of age. Babies over 7 months developed a preference for memorizing the upper portions of a face.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 1, 2022·4 min read

New Blood Biomarker for Predicting Dementia Before Symptoms Develop

Measuring blood levels of P-tau181 may allow doctors to diagnose Alzheimer's before the onset of symptoms. Elevated levels of P-tau181 in the blood were associated with greater amyloid beta accumulation in the brain and outperformed two other biomarkers in predicting signs of amyloid beta in brain scans.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 1, 2022·3 min read

High Static Magnetic Field Can Relieve Anxiety

Exposure to high static magnetic fields alleviated anxiety and improved both spatial and social memory in mice within two months of exposure.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 30, 2022·4 min read

Thinking About Suicide and Self-Harming Alleviates Stress

A new meta-analysis study finds people engage in self-harm and think about suicide as a means of reducing some types of stress. The perceived stress release from embarking on destructive behaviors indicates a potential for therapy and other types of intervention.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 30, 2022·4 min read

A New Treatment Reduces Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis Mice Models

Administering a lipid that mediates inflammation reduced chronic inflammation associated with multiple sclerosis in mouse models. Researchers found these mediator lipids are reduced in humans with multiple sclerosis.

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·April 30, 2022·6 min read

Autism, ADHD and School Absence Are Risk Factors for Self-Harm

The risk of self-harm presenting to emergency rooms is three times higher for boys with ASD compared to those not on the autism spectrum. Additionally, researchers found a four-fold increase in self-harm behaviors for both males and females with ADHD. Children with less than 80% school attendance also had a three times higher risk of self-harming behaviors.