Genetics
Autism changes molecular structure of the brain, study finds
For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain.
May 25, 2011
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News tagged with brain areas
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health conditions a dentist might find that have nothing to do with your teeth
A visit to the dentist's office could provide a glimpse into your heart and brain health.
Aug 11, 2022
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists find a key to reducing forgetting—it's about the network
A team of neuroscientists has found a key to the reduction of forgetting. Their findings, which appear in the journal Neuron, show that the better the coordination between two regions of the brain, the less likely we are ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Neuroscience
Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking—awareness of dreaming
To control one's dreams and to live out there what is impossible in real life - a truly tempting idea. Some persons - so-called lucid dreamers -can do this. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development ...
Jan 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers
Oxford University researchers have identified an area of the human brain that appears unlike anything in the brains of some of our closest relatives.
Jan 28, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Finding the right memory strategy to slow cognitive decline
What's the best way to improve your memory as you age? Turns out, it depends, a new study suggests. But your fourth-grade math teacher may have been onto something with that phrase to help you remember how to work out a complicated ...
Jul 22, 2022
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Neuroscience
Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development, study finds
Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of cell death across the brain, exhibiting greater nerve cell death than vaginally delivered mice in at least one brain area, a finding by Georgia State University researchers that ...
Oct 15, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers
Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown.
Dec 5, 2011
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify mathematical rule behind the distribution of neurons in our brains
Human Brain Project (HBP) researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Cologne (Germany) have uncovered how neuron densities are distributed across and within cortical areas in the mammalian brain. They ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Medical research
Study traces brain-to-gut connections
Neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute have traced neural pathways that connect the brain to the stomach, providing a biological mechanism to explain how stress can foster ulcer development.
May 18, 2020
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