Neuroscience

In Rats, Fatty Diet During Pregnancy Hard Wires Brains Of Obese Offspring

A study in rats shows that exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller University scientists. This surpris ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2008 - 11:13pm

APOE Gene Can Modify Your Risk For Alzheimer's Disease, Says Study

One of the hallmarks of the brain of an individual with Alzheimer disease is the accumulation of amyloid-beta peptide (A-beta), something that is believed to be toxic to many brain cells (specifically neurons) and to therefore contribute to the underlying ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2008 - 9:00pm

Violent Video Games Have A Physical Effect In Boys, Says Study

An article published electronically in the scientific journal Acta Paediatrica describes how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games. Researchers from Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden hav ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2008 - 11:09am

Large Deformation Diffeomorphic Mapping Reveals Brain Abnormalities In ADHD

A study published today in the online advance edition of The American Journal of Psychiatry for the first time reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD, which could help pinpoint the specific neural circuits involved in the disorder. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2008 - 11:29am

Why Right Brained People Have Better Memories- Long-term Potentiation

150 years ago it was discovered that the speech center is in the left cortex  and since then functional differences between left and right hemisphere have become well known; language is mainly handled by the left hemisphere while spatial recognition is mor ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2008 - 5:53pm

Hallucinations & Brion Gysin's Dreamachine

For those of you who are interested in Brion Gysin's Dreamachine, the following was borrowed from our friends at Wikipedia: In its original form, a dreamachine is made from a cylinder with slits cut in the sides. The cylinder is placed on a record tur ...

Blog Post - Jen Palmares Meadows - Nov 18 2008 - 3:14pm

Brain Compound Kynurenic Acid Like 'Gasoline Onto The Fire' Of Schizophrenia

New research has traced elevated levels of a specific compound in the brain called kynurenic acid to problem-solving deficits in patients with schizophrenia. The finding suggests that drugs used to suppress the compound  might be an important supplement to ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 18 2008 - 7:26pm

Your Personality May Be Wired In Your Brain

Were you first in line to buy a new iPhone?   Or are you still using your handy Motorola StarTAC from 1998?    Do you like changing jobs now and again because you get bored? These personality traits may be hard-wired in your brain, according to scientists ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2008 - 10:30am

Learning Emotions Again After A Brain Injury

People who have lost the ability to interpret emotion after a severe brain injury can regain this vital social skill by being re-educated to read body language, facial expressions and voice tone in others, according to a new study. The research, published ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2008 - 10:32am

Sorry, honey, I can't hear you- you're not Sean Connery

Running out of excuses for not hearing the request to take out the trash or do the dishes? Rejoice, you who avoid sharing common household chores- a new excuse has emerged. Avoid drinking any liquid while reading this- I almost spit out my coffee, laughing ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 21 2008 - 11:04am