Attention deficit disorders
ADHD is highly treatable—a primary care nurse practitioner with ADHD explains the science
"My brain has way too many tabs open."
Jul 25, 2024
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News tagged with prefrontal cortex
Neuroscience
Study across multiple brain regions discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability and resilience factors
An MIT study published in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and circuits become vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease, and hones in on other factors that may help some people show resilience to cognitive decline, ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Neuroscience
How different areas of the prefrontal cortex influence time variability in individual monkeys
Neuroscientists from RIKEN have discovered the effects that different areas in the prefrontal cortex of macaque monkeys have on the variability in the time it takes them to perform tasks involving quick decisions. This information ...
Jul 18, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain changes seen in kids with conduct disorder
Defiance, tantrums, aggression: All signs of a condition called conduct disorder, which Mental Health America says affects up to 16% of boys and 9% of girls.
Jul 17, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Tastes from our past can spark memories, trigger pain or boost well-being. How to embrace food nostalgia
Have you ever tried to bring back fond memories by eating or drinking something unique to that time and place?
Jul 9, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain-imaging study reveals curiosity as it emerges
You look up into the clear blue sky and see something you can't quite identify. Is it a balloon? A plane? A UFO? You're curious, right? A research team based at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute has for the first time witnessed ...
Jul 8, 2024
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Neuroscience
Scientists map the distribution of lipids in the human brain
Scientists have found that 93% of the lipids in brain tissue are distributed differently in the white and gray matter, the subcortex, the visual and motor cortices, and the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making, ...
Jul 5, 2024
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Neuroscience
Midbrain dopamine neurons can retain short-term memories, study shows
Dopamine neurons in the midbrain are involved in storing short-term memories—a function previously thought to be conducted solely in the prefrontal cortex—two RIKEN neuroscientists have shown1. The work is published in ...
Jul 4, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Specific bacteria in your gut are involved in compulsive eating and obesity
An international team of researchers has identified specific bacteria in the gut that are associated with both mice and humans developing an addiction to food that can lead to obesity. They have also identified bacteria that ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Personalized magnetic stimulation may help in treating depression
Not all patients with depression respond to medication. Two recently published studies provide additional information on how an alternative treatment, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), could be further enhanced. TMS ...
Jun 24, 2024
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