by SoP | Jan 24, 2022 | Brain, News |
Our brain maps out our body to facilitate accurate motor control; disorders of this body map result in motor deficits. For a century, the body map has been thought to have applied to all types of motor actions. Yet scientists have begun to query how the body map...
by SoP | Jul 26, 2021 | Brain |
School of Medicine researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process that takes place in the brain that they hope could be harnessed and enhanced to treat seizure-related brain injuries. Common seizure-preventing drugs do not work for approximately a...
by SoP | Jul 13, 2021 | Brain |
Researchers have made significant advancements in correlating aberrations in specific brain circuits with neuropsychiatric conditions like depression. However, it remains difficult to prove that damage to these circuits causes the symptoms themselves and that...
by SoP | Jul 9, 2021 | Brain |
To quickly express genes needed for learning and memory, brain cells snap both strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than previously realized, a new study shows The urgency to remember a dangerous experience requires the brain to make a series of...
by SoP | Jul 4, 2021 | Brain |
Astrocytes are cells in the brain which have long been considered only as mere support cells for neurons. In recent years, the study of astrocytes has grown, gradually revealing their importance in brain function. Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Collège de...
by SoP | Jul 4, 2021 | Brain |
Scientists have long searched in vain for a class of brain cells that could explain the visceral flash of recognition that we feel when we see a very familiar face, like that of our grandmothers. But the proposed “grandmother neuron”—a single cell at...
by SoP | Jul 2, 2021 | Brain |
Researchers find out how some sensory information breaks through to conscious experience. During our waking hours, the brain is receiving a near-constant influx of sensory signals of various strengths. For decades, scientists have wondered why some signals rise to the...
by SoP | Jun 27, 2021 | Brain |
Inhibitory neurons target the weakest-responding neurons in the brain to facilitate transmission of signals When looking at a complex landscape, the eye needs to focus in on important details without losing the big picture—a charging lion in a jungle, for...
by SoP | Jun 23, 2021 | Brain |
An unexpected discovery: Inflammatory proteins may slow cognitive decline in aging adults Research has previously linked inflammation to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Harvard Aging Brain Study (HABS)...
by SoP | Jun 22, 2021 | Brain |
Jessica Damoiseaux, Ph.D., an associate professor with the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University, recently published the results of a three-year study of cognitive changes in older adults. The team followed 69 primarily African American females, ages 50...
by SoP | Jun 18, 2021 | Brain |
In the visual thalamus, neurons are in contact with both eyes but respond to only one The visual thalamus is classically known to relay visual stimuli coming from the retina to the cerebral cortex. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology now show...
by SoP | May 16, 2021 | Brain |
Memory Core Resource for The Science of Psychotherapy Standard Members Recall of memory is a creative process. What the brain stores is thought to be only a core memory. Upon recall, this core memory is then elaborated upon and reconstructed, with subtractions,...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Research published in Nature could transform structural biology, lead to new treatments for epilepsy By Erik Robinson May 12, 2021 Portland, Oregon Scientists have for the first time revealed the structure surrounding important receptors in the brain’s...
by SoP | May 15, 2021 | Brain |
Curiosity is the motivational drive for exploring and investigating the unknown and making new discoveries. It is as essential and intrinsic for survival as hunger. Until recently, the brain mechanisms underlying curiosity and novelty seeking behavior were unclear....
by SoP | May 11, 2021 | Brain |
A complicated interaction between different proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now managed to study this process in the synaptic vesicles, which play an...
by SoP | May 6, 2021 | Brain |
Research uncovers patterns in the resting brains of highly sensitive people You know that raw overwhelm people have been reporting after months of a pandemic, compounded by economic issues and social unrest? Does fatigue and compulsive social media scrolling strike a...
by SoP | May 6, 2021 | Brain |
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic...
by SoP | Apr 19, 2021 | Brain |
A new study sheds light on a complex process in the brain that enables us to learn and form memories. Making memories involves more than seeing friends or taking photos. The brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building neuron connections,...
by SoP | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog, Brain |
New Reading Course: Psychotherapy in Pain Management with Dr Robert Moss A book summary of “Psychotherapy in Pain Management” and video interview with clinical neuropsychologist Dr Robert Moss This course presents a brain-based model with the...
by SoP | Apr 7, 2021 | Brain |
The neurons in our nervous system “talk” to each other by sending and receiving chemical messages called neurotransmitters. This communication is facilitated by cell membrane proteins called receptors, which pick up neurotransmitters and relay them across...
by SoP | Apr 7, 2021 | Brain |
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists discovered microRNA-29 is an important cellular switch controlling late-stage brain development, a foundational discovery that will help researchers explore new therapeutic approaches for neurodevelopmental conditions. A team led by...
by SoP | Mar 21, 2021 | Brain |
Have you forgotten where you laid your keys? Ever wondered where you had parked your car? Or having trouble remembering the name of the new neighbor? Unfortunately, these things seem to get worse as one gets older. A big question for researchers is where does...
by SoP | Mar 8, 2021 | Brain, News |
Micro-scale depictions solve century-old puzzle of brain energy use and blood vessel clusters Our brains are non-stop consumers. A labyrinth of blood vessels, stacked end-to-end comparable in length to the distance from San Diego to Berkeley, ensures a continuous flow...
