Tag: neurobiology

Study of rare dementia shows selective attack on areas of brainCredit: Northwestern University Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study ...

Genetic test for cognitive performance developed by Air Force

Cognitive assessment supplements physical tests used by scouts and recruiters to find candidates with the right stuffCredit: Joshua Green/Air Force ...

Brain Institute receives over $7 million to study the neurophilosophy of free will

Award comes from the John Templeton Foundation and the Fetzer Institute The newly-minted Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Science ...

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Oxford University researchers have discovered a brain process common to sleep and ageing in research that could pave the way ...

How team sports change a child’s brain

Team sports associated with less depression in boys as young as 9Credit: WUSTL Photo Adult depression has long been associated ...

How virtual reality may provide a new non-invasive therapy for autism

Pitt researchers receive $550,000 NSF CAREER award to develop new brain-computer therapy method for people with autismCredit: Murat Akcakaya PITTSBURGH ...

Researchers discover hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University ...

Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem

Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain, with their role ...

New brain research challenges our understanding of sleep

An international study headed by researchers from Aarhus University has for the first time uncovered the large-scale brain patterns and ...

Prenatal allergies prompt sexual changes in offspring

Female rats born to exposed moms act like males, study findsCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - A single ...

Delusions may stem from sticky beliefs, study finds

New York, NY (March 21, 2019)--Delusions are one of the most common symptoms of psychosis, but little is known about ...

Sports involvement linked to fewer depressive symptoms in children

A study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging investigates the relationship between involvement in sports, brain development, and depression ...

Antiepileptics increase the risk of pneumonia among persons with Alzheimer’s disease

People with Alzheimer's disease using antiepileptic drugs have twice the risk of pneumonia compared to non-users, a new study from ...

Small vessel disease MRI marker linked to worse cognitive health in older adults

Seemingly harmless fluid-filled spaces around the cerebral small vessels, commonly seen on brain MRIs in older adults, are now thought ...

The Lancet Psychiatry: Childhood trauma may affect brain structure, predisposing adults to recurring major depressive disorder

Brain imaging identifies links between childhood maltreatment, brain structure and vulnerability to depression Early life trauma may affect the structure ...

$1.5 Million will fund Jim and Julie Cardwell Endowed Chair in Neurology

Long-term goal is to ease shortage of neurologistsCredit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso EL PASO, Texas - Thanks to ...

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year, ...

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

Research from Huth lab at UT Austin predicts how neurons respond to language in contextCredit: Huth lab, UT Austin Can ...

Brain health: Seniors chat online to stay sharp

OHSU research tests video chat to prevent cognitive declineCredit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Right now, Gene Gilmer is as sharp as ever ...

Does pregnancy history affect cognitive function?