February 18, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
A stroke in a baby — even a big one — does not have the same lasting impact as a stroke in an adult. A study found that a decade or two after a ‘perinatal’ stroke damaged the left ‘language’ side of the brain, affected teenagers and young adults used…
February 18, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
People and other animals sicken and die if they are deprived of sleep, but why is sleep so essential? Psychiatrists proposed the ‘synaptic homeostasis hypothesis’ (SHY) in 2003. This hypothesis holds that sleep is the price we pay for brains that are p…
February 17, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers found that playing a video game for just 1 hour led to an increase in brain activity and improved visual selective attention.
February 16, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have found that people with schizophrenia who experience auditory hallucinations tend to hear what they expect, an exaggerated version of a perceptual distortion that is common among other people without hallucinations. The researchers foun…
February 16, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research in mice has found that a father’s stress affects the brain development of his offspring. This stress changes the father’s sperm, which can then alter the brain development of the child. This new research provides a much better understandin…
February 16, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
Aging or impaired brains can once again form lasting memories if an enzyme that applies the brakes too hard on a key gene is lifted, according to neurobiologists.
February 16, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
From writing to dancing, creative activities can make our life more fun. Studies show that they can actually do wonders for our mental and physical health.
February 15, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
Experimental activation of a small set of nerve cells in the brain prevents convulsive seizures in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form of epilepsy among human adults.
February 15, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
In a new study scientists show that some neurons in bird brains form the same kind of circuitry and have the same molecular signature as cells that enable connectivity between different areas of the mammalian neocortex. The researchers found that allig…
February 15, 2018 by NewsBot - No Comment
A drug used to slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease could offer clues on how drugs might one day be able to reverse brain changes that affect learning and memory in teens and young adults who binge drink.
