Scientists aim to learn how serotonin modulates behavior
Credit: Steven Flavell Lab/ MIT Picower Institute In popular experience the story of how serotonin modulates the brain might seem ...
Tag: neurobiology
Researchers say extended antidepressant use creates physical dependence
Drug class 'notoriously difficult to quit,' yet not intended for permanent use, according to authors in the journal of the ...
Altered potassium levels in neurons may cause mood swings in bipolar disorder
Salk researchers also find additional differences between the neurons of people with bipolar disorder who respond to lithium and those ...
Spanish modified Story Memory Technique efficacious for Mexicans with multiple sclerosis
A team of researchers piloted a Spanish version of an evidence-based English-language cognitive intervention developed at Kessler Foundation, signaling an ...
A new model of the worm C. elegans to progress in the study of a rare disease
The IDIBELL Neurometabolic Diseases group, with international collaboration, has identified a model of chromosome X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (x-ALD) in the earthworm ...
Tumor blood vessel detection by a gripping force feedback system
Credit: Kanazawa University Background During neuroendoscopic surgery of, for example, brain tumors, the characteristics of the operating space, usually narrower ...
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys
UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb ...
Why Zika virus caused most harmful brain damage to Brazilian newborns
Findings help explain why microcephaly cases less common in other Zika outbreaksCredit: Kevin Noguchi Due to Zika virus, more than ...
Time of day affects global brain fluctuations
Credit: Csaba Orban As the day progresses, the strength of the brain's global signal fluctuation shows an unexpected decrease, according ...
Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness
Credit: Randi Starrfelt Face blindness (prosopagnosia) is the inability to recognise faces. Much as people with dyslexia find it difficult ...
Rice University bioscientist Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award
Five-year grant will support study of neural crest cell developmentCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 18, 2020) -- Rice ...
What induces sleep? For fruit flies it’s stress at the cellular level
Researchers reveal that fruit fly sleep is induced by cellular oxidative stress, which may explain why chronic lack of sleep ...
Researchers discover how cells clear misfolded proteins from tissues
Credit: Itakura et al., 2020 Researchers in Japan have identified a new quality control system that allows cells to remove ...
Despite a marked reduction in the prevalence of dementia, the number of people with dementia is set to double by 2050 according to new Alzheimer Europe report
Credit: Alzheimer Europe Brussels, 18 February 2020 - Today, at a European Parliament lunch debate hosted by Christophe Hansen MEP ...
Beta-arrestin-2 increases neurotoxic tau driving frontotemporal dementia
University of South Florida study suggests a new approach to inhibit the buildup of brain damaging tau tangles associated with ...
Key modifier identified in large genetic deletion related to neurodevelopmental disorders
Credit: Girirajan Laboratory, Penn State Neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia and autism, likely result from complex interactions that modify the effects ...
Subtle decline in cognition predicts progression to Alzheimer’s pathology
Abnormal levels of beta-amyloid plaques in brain predict cognitive decline and higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but study also ...
Brief bursts, big insights
Credit: Image: AG Diester Neural oscillations - also known as brainwaves - are important carriers of information in the brain. ...
A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development
Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children's spontaneous movement in ...
Unraveling mechanisms of ventricular enlargement linked to schizophrenia
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have implicated two microRNAs in the biological processes that underlie the ventricle enlargement ...