Neuroscience

ADHD And Substance Abuse Develop From Same Neurocognitive Deficits

Researchers at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre have traced the origins of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse and conduct disorder, and found that they develop from the same neurocognitive def ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2014 - 9:52am

Trigger-Threshold-Target: Understanding Why Autism Potentially Occurs Needs An Overhaul

An analysis of autism research covering genetics, brain imaging, and cognition seeks to modernize our understanding of why autism potentially occurs, develops and results in a diversity of symptoms. The team calls it the “Trigger-Threshold-Target’’ model. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 6:00am

Bats Bolster Temporal Binding Hypothesis In Brain Science

How people and animals focus on distinct objects within cluttered scenes is a long-standing neuroscience debate and a great deal of research has looked to the way bats "see" with their ears for answers. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2014 - 10:30am

All Our Brains Generate Emotions The Same Way

By Joel N. Shurkin, Inside Science- In an analogy many scientists hate, the human brain is often compared to a small, wet computer, functioning in almost the same way as the electronic kind. Two scientists at Cornell University report the analogy might be ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - May 25 2015 - 10:59am

Cough Syrups With Codeine Linked To Brain Deficits

A brain imaging study that looked at chronic users of codeine-containing cough syrups found deficits in specific regions of brain white matter and associates these changes with increased impulsivity in codeine-containing cough syrup users.  ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 4:32pm

Monthly Transfusions Reduce Silent Strokes In Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia

Silent strokes are a loss of blood flow to parts of the brain. Such strokes do not cause immediate symptoms and typically go undiagnosed, but they cause damage. In kids, they can even lower IQ. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 8:45am

From Happiness To Pain: Understanding Serotonin's Function Using Genetics And Optics

Using a combination of genetic and optical techniques, researchers at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme have established the effect of serotonin on sensitivity to pain. "Serotonin is a small molecule known to be implicated in a wide range of br ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2014 - 11:45am

Changes In The Eye Predict Dementia Before Symptoms Show

Researchers have found that a loss of cells in the retina is one of the earliest signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in people with a genetic risk for the disorder—even before any changes appear in their behavior. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 11:30am

Have A Cocktail: How Zombie Ant Fungi Manipulates Brains Of Hosts

A parasitic fungus that reproduces by manipulating the behavior of ants emits a cocktail of behavior-controlling chemicals when encountering the brain of its natural target host, but not when infecting other ant species, a new study shows. The findings, w ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 2:30pm

How Woodpecker Bodies Cushion Collision Impact On Bird Brains

By Katharine Gammon, Inside Science     (Inside Science)-- Woodpeckers are some of the most industrious birds in nature. Their intense tapping-- all an elaborate effort to procure food-- can happen as rapidly as 20 pecks per second, with each strike trans ...

Article - Katharine Gammon - Jun 20 2015 - 3:24pm