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SEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 27, 2015Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital has been investigating the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia. Tho ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 16, 2015Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Neuroscience
While the IQ of adults born very prematurely or of very low birth weight can be predicted when they are just toddlers, t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Neuroscience
A potential marker for schizophrenia manifests itself in key brain areas well before the debilitating disease that affli ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2015Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 11, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2015Neuroscience
Making a sentence grammatically acceptable is only part of the challenge. Communicating effectively also requires that t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 31, 2015Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 28, 2015Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 27, 2015Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 25, 2015Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 23, 2015Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 21, 2015Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 20, 2015Neuroscience
The news is full of stories of innocent people getting killed by the very people who are supposed to protect them. A new ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 11, 2015Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In discovering that the three-dimensional shape of the cerebral cortex strongly correlates with ancestral background, re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2015Neuroscience
"Accelerated and persistent declines in memory and thinking ability" lasting as long as 6 years after a stroke "at a rat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2015Neuroscience
Why do some of your friends -- who are the same age as you are -- look so much younger than you do? Why do some look so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 24, 2015Neuroscience
Everyone knows that overdosing on fat and sugar can add extra pounds and cause a variety of physical health problems. Re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 22, 2015Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
People who have type 2 diabetes could be at greater risk for the buildup of tangles of protein in their spinal fluid, ir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Massachusetts General Hospital has been investigating the neurobiology underlying the effects of general anesthesia. Tho
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 16, 2015
Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Neuroscience
While the IQ of adults born very prematurely or of very low birth weight can be predicted when they are just toddlers, t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Neuroscience
A potential marker for schizophrenia manifests itself in key brain areas well before the debilitating disease that affli
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs that are used to treat common conditions such as bladder problems, depression and insomnia could delay recovery ti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Making a sentence grammatically acceptable is only part of the challenge. Communicating effectively also requires that t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 27, 2015
Neuroscience
"Sleeping on it" may have new meaning if researchers from the University of Exeter (in the United Kingdom) and the Basqu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 5,000 scientists specializing in dementia met at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) J
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 23, 2015
Neuroscience
It's simple, it's noninvasive and it's accurate, but it's early too. Nonetheless, a saliva test that detects Alzheimer's
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Psychologists know that adults learn from experience in order to gain a reward, get to the finish line faster or avoid a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 20, 2015
Neuroscience
The news is full of stories of innocent people getting killed by the very people who are supposed to protect them. A new
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that type 2 diabetes might reduce the ability to regulate blood flow, which,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In discovering that the three-dimensional shape of the cerebral cortex strongly correlates with ancestral background, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 09, 2015
Neuroscience
"Accelerated and persistent declines in memory and thinking ability" lasting as long as 6 years after a stroke "at a rat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some of your friends -- who are the same age as you are -- look so much younger than you do? Why do some look so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The phrase, "dreams are made for children," might have taken on new meaning, based on a study at Washington State Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 24, 2015
Neuroscience
Everyone knows that overdosing on fat and sugar can add extra pounds and cause a variety of physical health problems. Re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider