Social media use contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research finds
Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo ...
Tag: neurobiology
Antioxidant puts up fight, but loses battle against protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease
AMES, Iowa - New research may explain why an antioxidant that protects the brain is also associated with deterioration in ...
Canada’s largest national dementia research initiative funded for second phase by the CIHR
Baycrest will become the scientific headquarters to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, the premier research hub that brings ...
Schizophrenia: Adolescence is the game-changer
Researchers at UNIGE have discovered that the development of the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and ...
Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Scientific Society’s journal moves to high-tech ARPHA platform
The established Pharmacia demonstrates a complete makeover in its new issue after signing with scientific publisher and technology provider Pensoft ...
Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs
With precise control, researchers could make a mouse sing or not on commandCredit: Mooney Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...
Researchers’ discovery could lead to improved therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Parvatiyar A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles ...
Pew funds 22 scientists to pursue innovative biomedical research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced 22 early-career researchers who have been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in ...
Phantom sensations: When the sense of touch deceives
Study by researchers at Bielefeld University, University of Hamburg, and New York UniversityCredit: Bielefeld University Without being aware of it, ...
Polycomb protein EED plays a starring role in hippocampal development
Credit: Liu Changmei The dentate gyrus (DG) is the input region of the hippocampus and plays an important role in ...
Enhanced human Blood-Brain Barrier Chip performs in vivo-like drug and antibody transport
Microfluidic Organ Chip model of human blood-brain barrier that recapitulates in vivo barrier functions offers new preclinical tool for development ...
Formation of habitual use drives cannabis addiction
Individual differences in brain systems for habitual behavior distinguish heavy cannabis users who develop an addiction Philadelphia, June 13, 2019 ...
First blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells developed by Ben-Gurion University researchers
Credit: Dr. Gad Vatine/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 12 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ...
Researchers discover potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease
An antagonist that blocks specific interaction between the protein apoE and amyloid precursor protein appears promising in a University of ...
New web-based tool accelerates research on conditions such as dementia, sports concussion
A new paper describes a web-computing platform led by Indiana University scientists to support and publish reproducible neuroscience researchCredit: Image ...
Scientists identify a novel neural circuit mediating visually evoked innate defensive responses
Credit: LIU Xuemei Fear overgeneralization (i.e., deficits in the discrimination of safety and threat) is an important pathological characteristic of ...
How the cell protects itself
Researchers from Göttingen discover the mechanism that prevents damage caused by shortened proteinsCredit: Heike Krebber The cell contains transcripts of ...
IDIBELL-researchers negatively correlate a neuropeptide with executive functions
The researchers emphasize the potential role of this orexin in the global understanding of eating disorders and associated cognitive processesCredit: ...
Reaching and grasping — Learning fine motor coordination changes the brain
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum When we train the reaching for and grasping of objects, we also train our brain. ...
A matter of fine balance
Electrical balance in the brainCredit: Hrishikesh Nambisan Balance is the key. It's not exactly neuroscience; except that it is. Since ...
