October 26, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Upsetting the brain’s timekeeping can cause cognitive impairments, like when jetlag makes you feel foggy and forgetful. These impairments may stem from disrupting a protein that aligns the brain’s time-keeping mechanism to the correct time of day, acco…
October 26, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Genetics and the environment (including psychiatric stress) may contribute to the pace of cellular aging, causing some individuals to have a biological age that exceeds their chronological age.
October 26, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Mathematics — it’s the subject some kids love to hate. Yet despite its lack of popularity, mathematics is critical for a STEM-capable workforce and vital for current and future productivity. New research finds that boosting student confidence in mathe…
October 26, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, but an antidepressant only successfully treats some of the symptoms. A new study suggests that s…
October 23, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Serotonin can act as a growth factor for the stem cells in the fetal human brain that determine brain size.
October 23, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study has found that anxiety and stress directly linked to COVID-19 could be causing a number of body image issues. The research, which involved 506 UK adults, found that worries linked to COVID-19 were associated with body dissatisfaction and a …
October 23, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
October 22, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
DNA variation in a gene called ROBO1 is associated with early anatomical differences in a brain region that plays a key role in quantity representation, potentially explaining how genetic variability might shape mathematical performance in children, ac…
October 22, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Three cell-based models shed light on how herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection, which can spread to the fetal brain during pregnancy, may contribute to various neurodevelopmental disabilities and long-term neurological problems into adulthood.
October 22, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have validated a new radiolabeled molecule that can be used with imaging tests to accurately detect and characterize brain injury.
