Oxytocin-vasopressin circuit has distinct dynamics throughout embryonic development
The work, carried out by Pilar Madrigal and Sandra Jurado, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, a joint center …
Clinical trial looks at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines
Allison Knigge was in elementary school when she started to experience migraines. They continued to get progressively worse as time …
Scientists reveal how brain cells in Alzheimer’s go awry, lose their identity
Despite the prevalence of Alzheimer’s, there are still no treatments, in part because it has been challenging to study how …
Researchers identify cognitive computations underlying the complex predictive behavior
Fast reactions to future events are crucial. A boxer, for example, needs to respond to her opponent in fractions of …
Researchers evaluate the ability of visio-vestibular examination to enhance concussion diagnosis
Early and accurate diagnosis leads to optimal recovery from concussion. Over the past year across a series of studies, the …
Your neighborhood may affect your brain health
Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods—areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities—had more …
In pig brain development, nature beats nurture
Before humans can benefit from new drug therapies and nutritional additives, scientists test their safety and efficacy in animals, typically …
Important potential role for routine brain imaging in advanced kidney cancer
The April 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network publishes new research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer …
Researchers uncover the mysteries of sleep disorders in multiple system atrophy
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease with multiple debilitating symptoms. One of them is sleep disorders; however, owing …
Clear Link Between AZ Vaccine and Rare Blood Clots in Brain, EMA Official Tells Paper
ROME (Reuters) – There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but …
Incidental findings on brain MRI common in children
(HealthDay)—More than 20 percent of children have incidental findings (IFs) on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) conducted at age 9 …
New guidelines recommend limited sugar intake to prevent impaired memory function in children
Sugar practically screams from the shelves of your grocery store, especially those products marketed to kids. Children are the highest …
Mimicking stress signals can protect the brain and retina from aging
How do different parts of the body communicate? Scientists at St. Jude are studying how signals sent from skeletal muscle …
Researchers are working to speed up drug development to treat brain diseases
Though 40 million concussions are recorded annually, no effective treatment exists for them or for many other brain-related illnesses. In …
Think the brain is always efficient? Think again.
A Purdue University neuroscientist’s findings suggest that the brain is not as efficient as we think. To be efficient, it’s …
Researchers develop first wearable device to precisely monitor jaundice in newborns
Researchers in Japan have developed the first wearable devices to precisely monitor jaundice, a yellowing of the skin caused by …
Individualized brain cell grafts reverse Parkinson’s symptoms in monkeys
Grafting neurons grown from monkeys’ own cells into their brains relieved the debilitating movement and depression symptoms associated with Parkinson’s …
A new theory for how memories are stored in the brain
Research from the University of Kent has led to the development of the MeshCODE theory, a revolutionary new theory for …