News tagged with brain structure

How individuality develops? Experience leads to the growth of new brain cells

How do organisms evolve into individuals that are distinguished from others by their own personal brain structure and behavior? Scientists in Dresden, Berlin, Münster, and Saarbrücken have now taken a decisive step towards ...

Neuroscience May 09, 2013 | 5 / 5 (9) | 0 |

Size, wiring of brain structures in kids predict benefit from math tutoring, study says

(Medical Xpress)—Why do some children learn math more easily than others? Research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has yielded an unexpected new answer.

Neuroscience Apr 29, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0 |

Study reveals linguistic deficits behind autistic children's difficulties understanding other people

One of the defining characteristics of autism is difficulty communicating with others. However, it is unclear whether those struggles arise only from the poor social skills commonly associated with autism, ...

Autism spectrum disorders Apr 23, 2013 | 4 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Intractable seizures halted with experimental treatment for rare pediatric 'Pretzel syndrome'

With a better understanding of underlying mechanisms that cause a rare neurodevelopmental disorder in the Old Order Mennonite population, referred to as Pretzel syndrome, a new study reports that five children were successfully ...

Neuroscience Apr 24, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Study identifies new approach to improving treatment for MS and other conditions

(Medical Xpress)—Working with lab mice models of multiple sclerosis (MS), UC Davis scientists have detected a novel molecular target for the design of drugs that could be safer and more effective than current FDA-approved ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia May 17, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Cellular environment controls formation and activity of neuronal connections

Environment moulds behaviour - and not just that of people in society, but also at the microscopic level. This is because, for their function, neurons are dependent on the cell environment, the so-termed ...

Neuroscience May 06, 2013 | 4 / 5 (2) | 1

Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls

Using MRI, neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups, suggesting that the disorder ...

Neuroscience May 08, 2013 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0