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The protein CaM Kinase II plays a significant role in controlling when and where neuropeptides are released from neurons, researchers have found using mutant C. elegans. Using a method called “forward genetics,” the researchers randomly screened thousa…

Habitually playing violent video games appears to increase aggression in children, regardless of parental involvement and other factors. More than 90 percent of American youths play video games, and many of these games depict violence, which is often p…

There are many types of neurons, defined largely by the patterns of genes they use, and they ‘live’ in distinct brain regions. But researchers do not yet have a comprehensive understanding of these neuronal types and how they are distributed in the bra…

Scientists showed that participants suffering from face blindness performed as well as the average person in training measuring their ability to learn a set of computer-generated objects called greebles. The findings undermine the leading alternative t…

RNA acts as the intermediary between genes and proteins, but the function of pieces of RNA that do not code for protein has, historically, been less clear. Researchers have ignored these noncoding RNAs until recently for not complying with the central …

Medical professionals can play an important role in the war against cyberbullying, writes Dr. Matthew Stanbrook in an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Academics have written about distinctions between a task-oriented leader and a social-emotional leader for 50 years. But new research strongly suggests the distinction has a foundation in our brains — which allows us to be either analytical or empathe…

The diabetic drug, pramlintide, reduces amyloid-beta peptides, a major component of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain and improves learning and memory in two experimental Alzheimer’s disease models, researchers have discovered. These results also found …

A nasal spray that delivers a peptide to treat depression holds promise as a potential alternative therapeutic approach, research shows. This peptide treatment interferes with the binding of two dopamine receptors — the D1 and D2 receptor complex. The…

Hungry dogs would be expected to choose alternatives leading to more food rather than less food. But just as with humans and monkeys, they sometimes show a “less is more” effect. Thus conclude Kristina Pattison and Thomas Zentall of the University of K…