Among people who have the most common type of lung cancer, up to 40% develop metastatic brain tumors, with an average survival time of less than six months. But why non-small-cell lung cancer so often spreads to the brain has been poorly understood.
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Chronic stress? Limiting inflammatory signaling to specific brain circuits
June 4, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Chronic stress is associated with the pathogenesis of psychological disorders such as depression. A study is the first to identify the role of a neuronal receptor that straddles the intersection between social stress, inflammation, and anxiety in roden…
Why some older adults remember better than others
June 3, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research marks the beginning of an effort to better understand memory and memory loss in older adults using advanced imaging and data analysis techniques.
Studies of brain activity aren’t as useful as scientists thought
June 3, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Hundreds of published studies over the last decade have claimed it’s possible to predict an individual’s patterns of thoughts and feelings by scanning their brain in an MRI machine as they perform some mental tasks. But a new meta-analysis by researche…
An inexpensive technique shows how decisions light up the brain
June 3, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
A technique called COSMOS will help researchers understand how our brains work and aid in the development of new drugs. The inventors have created an instructional website to help other researchers build their own relatively-inexpensive COSMOS systems.
Expression of certain genes may affect vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder
June 2, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study suggest that whether certain genes are expressed may play a role in susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
June 1, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. Patients, including the late actor/playwright Sam Shepard, become progressively weaker and eventually paralyzed as their motor neurons degenerate…
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
June 1, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. Patients, including the late actor/playwright Sam Shepard, become progressively weaker and eventually paralyzed as their motor neurons degenerate…
Like a treasure map, brain region emphasizes reward location
June 1, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Neuroscientists found that a brain region called the lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on the location of the reward.
Like a treasure map, brain region emphasizes reward location
June 1, 2020 by NewsBot - No Comment
Neuroscientists found that a brain region called the lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on the location of the reward.
