Grammy Nominees Are a Brainy Bunch: Music Directly Benefits Brain Health
Practicing — or even listening to — music directly benefits brain health and function. The Grammy Awards on Sunday celebrated some of the most accomplished…
Practicing — or even listening to — music directly benefits brain health and function. The Grammy Awards on Sunday celebrated some of the most accomplished…
A study conducted by UC Riverside researchers on mice may pave the way for new innovative treatments for individuals with PTSD. A mouse study from…
First study to show that delivering information at the natural tempo of our neural pulses accelerates our ability to learn. Participants who received a simple…
A multiregional hindbrain circuit enables animals to regain their pathing after deviating from it. A zebrafish heads toward its target, but strong currents push it…
Removing the Oxytocin Receptor Does Not Interfere with Monogamy or Giving Birth Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at University…
UCI researchers have discovered the crucial role of cilia in the striatum of the brain in time perception. A recent study from researchers at the…
Controlling excess weight could lead to improved health outcomes and slow cognitive decline. A correlation between neurodegeneration in obese people and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients…
According to a new study by researchers at Penn Medicine, ketamine, which is well-known as an anesthetic and is becoming increasingly popular as an antidepressant,…
A Cedars-Sinai study suggests physicians treating dementia should look for cerebrospinal fluid leak—a treatable cause of an otherwise incurable condition. Wouter Schievink, MD, director of…
Researchers have been working for many years to comprehend the relationship between brain structure, functional connectivity, and intelligence. A recent study provides the most comprehensive…
Measles Virus “Cooperates” With Itself To Cause Fatal Encephalitis Scientists discover a new mechanism for how the measles virus can cause a rare but fatal…
Study finds that prairie voles without oxytocin receptors can bond with mates and young. The vital role of oxytocin—the “love hormone”—for social attachments is being…
The ability of the adult brain to form new memories and absorb new information may be explained by these immature connections. MIT neuroscientists have found…
Early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline among the elderly, according to research conducted by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Plamen Nikolov,…
Researchers analyzing the data from MRI exams on nearly 8,000 children have identified biomarkers of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a possible role for neuroimaging machine…
From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. Advances in neuro-imaging and molecular…
Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around half of users to feel emotionally ‘blunted’. In a study published today, they show that the…
Study at the University of Bonn elucidates previously unknown mechanism for spatial learning. There are two fundamentally different cell types in the brain, neurons, and…