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Learning and Memory
Learning: is the process of acquiring new knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences. Memory: is the part of the brain where information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.
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AUG 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A hydrogel developed by researchers at Hokkaido University is the first material to mimic the human brain’s capabi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 22, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating condition whereby neurons in a specific region of the brain that controls mov ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 21, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from the University of Montreal, Canada, have found that cannabis affects the working memory of girls at hig ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 20, 2020Cannabis Sciences
How exactly cannabis affects our memory- and for how long, and how significantly- is still a subject for debate. With an ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 13, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Therapy is the primary recommended treatment for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but a new study ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2020Neuroscience
In a paper recently published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, researchers from the National Institutes of Health a ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUL 03, 2020Cardiology
Researchers are learning how dietary choices may be causing damage to the arteries as people age.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have shown that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has therapeutic effects that last over a year in treating post-t ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 15, 2020Immunology
When the immune system goes awry and fails to regulate itself, immune cells may attack the body’s own tissues. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2020Microbiology
It's easier than thought to activate immune cells that reside in the lungs and are involved in long-term immunity. Image ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2020Technology
Sea slugs have long been used to study brain models especially in research concerned with memory and learning. Now, rese ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 01, 2020Neuroscience
People who use psychedelics like magic mushrooms, LSD and DMT often describe a feeling of going 'beyond their human ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 31, 2020Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, poses significant risks to the developing fetus, and new work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have mapped how the brain changes after one year of aerobic exercise. In p ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A collaboration across 29 research and healthcare agencies is putting together the world’s largest brain tu ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A drug was recently approved for treating three types of RET-mutant cancers: 1) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) 2) ad ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 13, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis is usually associated with cognitive deficits such as short term memory loss, and problems maintaining attentio ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research published in the Journal of Lipid Research highlights a new blood test that is able to monitor an individual&rs ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 06, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 06, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers have found that while we sleep, our brains are busy processing our waking experiences. A process called &lsq ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 04, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the US Department of Energy national laboratories have found that certain gut bacteria are able to impr ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 28, 2020Microbiology
Microbes can grow in tight clusters called biofilms. These communities are tough, and have some of the same properties a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A hydrogel developed by researchers at Hokkaido University is the first material to mimic the human brain’s capabi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 22, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a devastating condition whereby neurons in a specific region of the brain that controls mov
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 21, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from the University of Montreal, Canada, have found that cannabis affects the working memory of girls at hig
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 20, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
How exactly cannabis affects our memory- and for how long, and how significantly- is still a subject for debate. With an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 13, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Therapy is the primary recommended treatment for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but a new study
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2020
Neuroscience
In a paper recently published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, researchers from the National Institutes of Health a
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUL 03, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers are learning how dietary choices may be causing damage to the arteries as people age.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have shown that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has therapeutic effects that last over a year in treating post-t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 15, 2020
Immunology
When the immune system goes awry and fails to regulate itself, immune cells may attack the body’s own tissues. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2020
Microbiology
It's easier than thought to activate immune cells that reside in the lungs and are involved in long-term immunity. Image
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2020
Technology
Sea slugs have long been used to study brain models especially in research concerned with memory and learning. Now, rese
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 01, 2020
Neuroscience
People who use psychedelics like magic mushrooms, LSD and DMT often describe a feeling of going 'beyond their human
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 31, 2020
Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, poses significant risks to the developing fetus, and new work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have mapped how the brain changes after one year of aerobic exercise. In p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A collaboration across 29 research and healthcare agencies is putting together the world’s largest brain tu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug was recently approved for treating three types of RET-mutant cancers: 1) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) 2) ad
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 13, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis is usually associated with cognitive deficits such as short term memory loss, and problems maintaining attentio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research published in the Journal of Lipid Research highlights a new blood test that is able to monitor an individual&rs
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 06, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 06, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that while we sleep, our brains are busy processing our waking experiences. A process called &lsq
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 04, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the US Department of Energy national laboratories have found that certain gut bacteria are able to impr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 28, 2020
Microbiology
Microbes can grow in tight clusters called biofilms. These communities are tough, and have some of the same properties a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch