Neuroscience

Darkness: It Does A Body Good

Today most people do not get enough sleep. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called insufficient sleep an epidemic. While we are finally paying attention to the importance of sleep, the need for dark is still mostly ignored. That’s ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 6 2015 - 9:00pm

Magnetic Fields Don't Cause Alzheimer's Disease

Magnetic fields such as those generated by overhead power lines are considered a potential health risk because epidemiological papers correlate them to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Li ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 10:17am

Can Humans Communicate Via Pheromones?

Some animals communicate via pheromones and so it has often been wondered if humans might have a similar innate ability. An answer may come via cell biology rather than neuroscience.  ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 10:00am

Mapping Mitochondria To Better Understand Neuronal Disorders Like Parkinson's Disease

Researchers have discovered how nerve cells adjust to low energy environments during the brain's growth process, which may one day help find treatments for nerve cell damage and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2015 - 9:30am

Genes May Tell Us How To Vote

As a society we believe that our political allegiance depends on which party best marries up with our needs and values – and that these are shaped by our life experiences. But research with twins suggests picking who to vote for in an election might have ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 13 2015 - 3:00am

Oxytocin As Amplifier And Suppressor Of Neural Signals In The Brain

Neuroscientists say the brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to prompt specific social behaviors.  Until now, oxytocin- the "love" hormone- has been linked to sexual attraction and things like regulating breast feeding and promo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2015 - 5:14pm

Chemobrain: Even A Cancer Diagnosis Affects Cognitive Function

Breast cancer patients often display mild cognitive defects even before chemotherapy and doctors are attributing that to a kind of preemptive post-traumatic stress disorder induced by diagnosis of the disease. Studies have shown that cancer patients often ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2015 - 9:53am

Major Vascular Anomalies In Brains Of People With Huntington's Disease

An international study has identified significant vascular changes in the brains of people with Huntington's disease. This breakthrough, the details of which are published in the most recent issue of Annals of Neurology, will have significant implica ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2015 - 8:47am

Paternal Sperm May Hold Clues To Autism

In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autism shows distinct patterns of regulatory tags that could contribute to the condition.   Autism spectrum disorder (autism) affects one in ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 8:30am

Half Of Cardiac Arrest Patients Then Suffer Cognitive Problems

Half of all patients who survive a cardiac arrest experience problems with cognitive functions such as memory and attention, according to new research from Lund University. A control group comprising heart attack patients had largely the same level of prob ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2015 - 9:32am