A gentle method for unlocking the mysteries of the deep brain
Researchers at UNIGE have successfully demonstrated that electroencephalography can be used to accurately study activity in the deep areas of ...
Tag: neurobiology
Scientists identify alterations of neuronal connectivity in the cortex in OCD patients
'This fact could explain the presence of intrusive thoughts in this patient population as a result of inefficient sensory filtering', ...
New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Tool leverages computer vision and machine learning to screenings in low-resource environments Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC), ...
An existing drug may have therapeutic potential in mitochondrial disease
CHOP researchers: Animal studies may offer clues to possible precision medicine approachCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia New preclinical findings from ...
You recognize your face even when you don’t ‘see’ it
Given the limited capacity of our attention, we only process a small amount of the sights, sounds, and sensations that ...
Inside the brains of hungry worms, researchers find clues about how they hunt
Credit: Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University Perpetually hungry, worms are strategic ...
Scientists provide new insight on how the nose adapts to smells
First-of-its-kind study could aid research into how our sense of smell is affected by the decreasing number of neurons in ...
Improved outlook for people of African descent with treatment-resistant schizophrenia
More people of African descent with treatment-resistant schizophrenia could be safely given drug best proven to manage symptoms A study ...
Neuroscientists at TU Dresden discover neural mechanisms of developmental dyslexia
Developmental dyslexia is one of the most widespread learning disabilities. Different therapeutic approaches and learning strategies are used to tackle ...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD among offspring up to 3-fold
The higher the cotinine levels were in the mother's blood during pregnancy, the greater was the child's risk of developing ...
‘Silent-type’ cells play greater role in brain behavior than previously thought
Brain cells recorded as among the least electrically active during a specific task may be the most important to doing ...
National MS Society funds Kessler Foundation pilot study of social interaction in MS
MS researchers conduct first study of outcome processing during social interactions in individuals with multiple sclerosisCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, ...
Public lecture on sleep and the brain, press room, and more: CNS 2019 only 4 weeks away
"If you think about the three pillars of health, you've got diet, exercise, and sleep. If you don't exercise for ...
A very human machine
New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brainCredit: Xiao Yang (Lieber ...
Brain scans shine light on how we solve clues
Partnered with machine learning, brain scans reveal how people understand objects in our worldCredit: Sasa L. Kivisaari What's an s-shaped ...
A gene involved in ADHD could be related to addictive substance use
Prevention of addictive behaviorsCredit: University of Barcelona (UB) Some variations in the gene LPHN3 -associated with the attention deficit / ...
Epilepsy: Triangular relationship in the brain
A team of researchers from the University of Bonn deciphers the complex interaction in the brain's networkCredit: (c) Photo: Katharina ...
Keeping active in middle age may be tied to lower risk of dementia
Credit: Ragnhild Larsson Keeping physically and mentally active in middle age may be tied to a lower risk of developing ...
Estrogen made by neurons important to making memories
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 25, 2019) - Estrogen in the brain is important to ...
Disability progression in multiple sclerosis linked to income, education
Credit: Courtesy Marilyn Lenzen Neighbourhood income and education level is associated with risk of disability progression in patients with multiple ...