Human 'neural compass' pinpointed in new study
A pattern of brain activity that helps prevent us from getting lost has been identified in a new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour.
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A pattern of brain activity that helps prevent us from getting lost has been identified in a new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour.
May 6, 2024
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Aya Takeoka at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan and colleagues have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. Published in Science, the study found two ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Anxiety disorders (ADs) affect more than 280 million people worldwide, making them one of the most common mental health conditions. ADs have a genetic basis, as seen from inheritance in families, and people with one subtype ...
Dec 19, 2023
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An intense international effort to improve the resolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for studying the human brain has culminated in an ultra-high resolution 7 Tesla scanner that records up to 10 times more detail ...
Nov 27, 2023
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The journal Science has published a series of review articles regarding the outsized role that the hypothalamus plays in human behavior—regulating hunger pangs, sleep cycles and social interactions, the almond-sized brain ...
Whether a mouse is a good or bad parent can be traced back to imprinted genes in key neurons in the "parenting hub" in the brain, according to a new study by Anthony Isles of Cardiff University and colleagues, published October ...
Oct 19, 2023
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The brain circuitry that is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease appears to influence memory through a type of brain wave known as theta oscillation, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, ...
Oct 5, 2023
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The brain continuously changes during childhood and throughout adolescence. The onset of neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia often begins during young adulthood. Dysfunction of the dopamine system—necessary for ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Habits are like shortcuts for our brains. Once we form a habit—say, putting on a seat belt whenever we get into a car—the behavior becomes almost automatic in the right context. But habit formation isn't always a boon. ...
May 13, 2023
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Researchers from the University of California at San Francisco have examined how glioma-induced neuronal changes influence the brain circuitry underlying cognition and whether these interactions can influence a patient's ...