Researchers have created the first body map of sensations experienced during hallucinations in people not experiencing psychosis.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dragging Your Feet? Lack of Sleep Affects Your Walk
Insufficient sleep can negatively affect walking, specifically how we control stride and gait. Those who experienced a lack of sleep demonstrated less control when they walked.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Men and Women Ride the Same Emotional Roller Coaster
Contrary to popular myths on stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, researchers report. A new study reveals men’s emotions fluctuate just as much as women’s do.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Air Pollution Reduces Sperm Counts Through Brain Inflammation
A new mouse study reveals the impact of air pollution on male fertility. Researchers report air pollution reduces sperm count in mice by inducing inflammation in specific brain areas.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Maintaining Balance in the Brain
Reducing tau can prevent abnormal brain activity associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and epilepsy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Find Links to Genetic Disorders in Walking Patterns
Researchers have linked Fragile X and SHANK3 deletion syndrome, two disorders associated with autism, to specific microscopic walking patterns.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size 3,000 Years Ago?
A new study reports human brain size decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago, and the brain shrinkage parallels the expansion of collective intelligence in human societies.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Fat Cells Found to Play a Central Role in Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration
A new study reveals how adipocytes, or fat cells, play a role in cognitive decline and increased neurodegeneration risks. Using genetically modified mouse models, researchers found oxidative stress through exposure to a Western diet increased the produ…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug Helps Sensory Neurons Regrow in the Mouse Central Nervous System
Fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug commonly used to treat high cholesterol, activated support cells around sensory neurons in mouse models of spinal cord injury, helping them regrow twice as fast as a placebo.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Brain Cells Talk
A new study expands the understanding of how brain cells communicate. Researchers discovered reversing the modification of molecular messages at the synapse may contribute to reversible psychiatric disorders and early-stage neurodegenerative diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Viral Infections Could Promote Neurodegeneration
Some viral infections could increase intercellular spreading of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disorders, increasing the risk for developing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Discovery of New Role for the Brain’s Immune Cells Could Have Alzheimer’s Implications
Study reveals microglia play an important role in the maintenance of blood delivery to the brain. The findings may prove important to the study and treatment of cognitive decline, dementia, and stroke.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Behavior Resembling Human ADHD Seen in Dogs
Hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention are more common in male dogs and young puppies, researchers say. The findings correspond to age and gender associated with ADHD in humans.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Map of Mouse Brain Metabolism in Aging
A new, freely available brain atlas reveals how brain metabolism changes throughout the life of mice.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why Do We Remember Stressful Experiences Better?
Memories of objects from stressful situations rely on similar neural activity to memories of the stressful events themselves.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genes Play Key Role in Exercise Outcomes
A new study reveals our genes play a key role in how our bodies respond to exercise. Researchers also identified specific genes that influence the outcome of different types of physical activity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain Activity Fluctuations May Hold the Keys to Psychiatric Treatment Efficacy
Moment-to-moment fluctuations in brain activity over a three-minute period can reliably predict how receptive a person with social anxiety will be to cognitive behavioral therapy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unique Brain Signature of Intimate Partner Aggression Identified
Study reveals blunted activity in the medial prefrontal cortex was associated with aggressive behaviors by abusive partners in relationships.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Singing and Imagining Improvised Music Elicits Flow-Like Brain States
Singing and imagined musical improvisation were associated with weaker connectivity to the executive function network in the brain and to the feeling of flow, which allows for unhindered musical creativity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Rare Form of Autism Exhales Secrets of Breathing
Breathing difficulties associated with Pitt Hopkins syndrome, a rare form of autism, have been linked to a specific set of neurons in the brainstem.
