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Green filters increase reading speed for children with dyslexia

Reading, one of the most difficult activities for children with dyslexia, can be improved by the use of green filters.

19 Oct 2018

Study to explore bioethics of brain organoids

Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular, and developmental intricacies of the human brain using bioengineered stem cell-based models called organoids.

16 Oct 2018

Neuropsychiatric symptoms related to earliest stages of Alzheimer's brain pathology

UC San Francisco researchers, in collaboration with the unique Brazilian Biobank for Aging Studies at the University of São Paulo, have shown that the earliest stages of the brain degeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease are linked to neuropsychiatric symptoms including anxiety, depression, loss of appetite, and sleep disturbances.

15 Oct 2018

Brain oscillations provide insights into the human navigation system

The brain creates a map of our environment, which enables reliable spatial navigation. The Nobel Prize was awarded in 2014 for research into how this navigation system works at the cellular level.

12 Oct 2018

Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

It has long been known that so-called place cells in the human hippocampus are responsible for coding one's position in space.

12 Oct 2018

Findings offer new insight into early changes that occur during AD pathology

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, involving memory loss and a reduction in cognitive abilities.

12 Oct 2018

Study identifies brain cortex activity differences in children with arthrogryposis

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics and the Turner Scientific and Research Institute for Children's Orthopedics have discovered that in children with arthrogryposis, the power of electrical activity in the brain cortex decreases, while its dynamics remains the same as in healthy children.

12 Oct 2018

Thalamus controls development of normal sleep and waking states, study finds

Consciousness requires continuous, internally generated activity in the brain. The modulation of this activity is the basis of the electroencephalogram (EEG) and of generation of sleep, dreams, and perception.

12 Oct 2018

Binge drinking history makes male and female mice react differently to stress, study shows

Researchers with the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health & Sciences University found that a history of binge drinking made male and female mice react differently to traumatic stress.

10 Oct 2018

Regular use of party drug GHB associated with brain changes

Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with brain changes including negative effects on long-term memory, working memory, IQ, and higher levels of stress and anxiety.

8 Oct 2018

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

A new PET imaging radiotracer could help researchers understand neurodegenerative disease and the aging brain. The study is featured in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Oct 2018

CBT for insomnia may slow or reverse cortical atrophy in patients with co-morbid fibromyalgia

Preliminary findings from a pilot study suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia may slow or even reverse the atrophy of cortical gray matter in patients who have co-morbid fibromyalgia.

3 Oct 2018

Neuroscientists use brain lesion network mapping to identify anatomical origins of free will

Long the domain of philosophy and religion, free will has also been defined by scientists as a combination of two cognitive processes - the desire to act (or volition) and the sense of responsibility for our actions (or agency.)

3 Oct 2018

Alnylam reports further progress on broadening the therapeutic potential of RNAi

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today further progress on the Company's platform efforts in extrahepatic delivery of novel siRNA conjugates, including central nervous system (CNS) and ocular delivery in rat and non-human primates (NHPs).

3 Oct 2018

Altruistic behavior in toddlerhood predicted by infants' attention to fearful faces

Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a study published Sept. 25 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Tobias Grossmann from the Max Planck Institue for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) and the University of Virginia, and his team.

28 Sep 2018

Neuroscientists study how neural function improves during adolescence

One of the outstanding questions in neurodevelopment research has been identifying how connections in the brain change to improve neural function during childhood and adolescence.

27 Sep 2018

Activation of glial cells causes inflammation in the brain of fibromyalgia patients

The causes of the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia are largely unknown. Using PET brain imaging, researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Harvard University have now shown that glial cells - the central nervous system's immune cells - are activated in the brains of patients with fibromyalgia. The finding opens the way for new therapies

25 Sep 2018

Cortex News and Research

Green filters increase reading speed for children with dyslexia

Study to explore bioethics of brain organoids

Neuropsychiatric symptoms related to earliest stages of Alzheimer's brain pathology

Brain oscillations provide insights into the human navigation system

Scientists demonstrate the existence of grid-like activity in the human brain

Findings offer new insight into early changes that occur during AD pathology

Study identifies brain cortex activity differences in children with arthrogryposis

Thalamus controls development of normal sleep and waking states, study finds

Binge drinking history makes male and female mice react differently to stress, study shows

Regular use of party drug GHB associated with brain changes

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

CBT for insomnia may slow or reverse cortical atrophy in patients with co-morbid fibromyalgia

Neuroscientists use brain lesion network mapping to identify anatomical origins of free will

Alnylam reports further progress on broadening the therapeutic potential of RNAi

Altruistic behavior in toddlerhood predicted by infants' attention to fearful faces

Neuroscientists study how neural function improves during adolescence

Activation of glial cells causes inflammation in the brain of fibromyalgia patients

New research provides insight into the way human brain connects episodic memories to solve problems

Brown researchers understand neural mechanisms behind contextual phenomena

Study: Neural signal that urges to eat overpowers the one that says to stop

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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