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Study: Gut microbiota impacts the progression of brain lesions after stroke

Stroke-induced inflammation is both a blessing and a curse. Some of the inflammatory processes help heal the damaged brain after treatment, but others severely damage neurons and whole-body function.

15 Feb 2021

Study: Aspirin should be favored to prevent blood clots in children after complex heart surgery

Aspirin should be favored over warfarin to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo a surgery that replumbs their hearts, according to a new study.

14 Feb 2021

Researchers investigate which stress tests trigger similar brain activation patterns

Scientists use many different tests to investigate what happens in the brain in people experiencing stress. It is unclear to what extent the various methods with which subjects are placed under stress are comparable to each other.

13 Feb 2021

New zebrafish model could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified a new zebrafish model that could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research. Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of primary brain tumor - fewer than one in 20 patients survive five years after diagnosis.

13 Feb 2021

Study finds early risk factors for heightened anxiety in young adults during COVID-19

A new study has identified early risk factors that predicted heightened anxiety in young adults during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

12 Feb 2021

Star-shaped brain cells may play a key role in stuttering

Astrocytes -- star-shaped cells in the brain that are actively involved in brain function -- may play an important role in stuttering, a study led by a University of California, Riverside, expert on stuttering has found.

12 Feb 2021

Research shows link between puberty testosterone levels and the brain’s response to faces

Young men with lower testosterone levels throughout puberty become more sensitive to how the hormone influences the brain’s responses to faces in adulthood, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

12 Feb 2021

A brain enzyme plays an important role in waking up neural stem cells

Researchers studying an enzyme in fruit fly larvae have found that it plays an important role in waking up brain stem cells from their dormant 'quiescent' state, enabling them to proliferate and generate new neurons.

12 Feb 2021

Bad experience with food could impact future eating habits

A negative experience with food usually leaves us unable to stomach the thought of eating that particular dish again.

12 Feb 2021

Opioid use during pregnancy can cause long-lasting impairment in the infant's brain

As the number of pregnant women using opioid drugs continues to rise, questions have been raised about the long-term health effects on children exposed to these drugs in the womb.

12 Feb 2021

Older adults can be more focused, less mentally restless than younger adults

New research from Trinity College Dublin suggests that older adults can be more focused, less impeded by anxiety and less mentally restless than younger adults.

11 Feb 2021

Scientists analyze monkeys’ brain activity to understand how economic decisions are made

Economists have been using game theory to study decision-making since the 1950s. More recently, the interdisciplinary field of neuroeconomics has gained popularity as scientists try to understand how economic decisions are made in the brain.

11 Feb 2021

New study uncovers link between perception of time and sense of touch

The percept of time relates to the sense of touch. A new SISSA study "A sensory integration account for time perception" published in PLOS Computational Biology uncovers this connection.

11 Feb 2021

Sensitive caretaking boosts mood, neuroprotection in infants of depressed mothers

About 1 in 9 mothers suffers from maternal depression, which can affect the mother-infant bond as well as infant development.

10 Feb 2021

New molecular tool can be used to study single synapses of neurons

Neurons are the primary cells of the nervous system, and the signals that are transmitted between them are responsible for all our actions and our cognitive ability.

9 Feb 2021

Traumatic or stressful events in childhood may lead to changes in key brain structures

A new study from University of Alberta researchers has shown that traumatic or stressful events in childhood may lead to tiny changes in key brain structures that can now be identified decades later.

9 Feb 2021

Study provides key insight into the neural mechanism of attention selection in primates

This discovery was made possible by applying the research method for the comparison of the brain activity between monkeys and humans to artificial neural networks.

9 Feb 2021

Study shows how the brain quickly adjusts to group opinions

Scientists at HSE University have learned that disagreeing with the opinion of other people leaves a 'trace' in brain activity, which allows the brain to later adjust its opinion in favor of the majority-held point of view.

8 Feb 2021

New study to examine the effects of MS disease-modifying therapy on cognitive fatigue

Kessler Foundation researchers have received support from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to conduct an investigator-initiated study on the effects of ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) on cognitive fatigue in individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS).

8 Feb 2021

Study implicates disruption in prenatal neurogenesis in the development of ASDs

A new study of autism risk genes by UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley scientists implicates disruption in prenatal neurogenesis - a process in which specialized "progenitor" cells give rise to new brain cells - in the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

8 Feb 2021

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Study: Gut microbiota impacts the progression of brain lesions after stroke

Study: Aspirin should be favored to prevent blood clots in children after complex heart surgery

Researchers investigate which stress tests trigger similar brain activation patterns

New zebrafish model could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research

Study finds early risk factors for heightened anxiety in young adults during COVID-19

Star-shaped brain cells may play a key role in stuttering

Research shows link between puberty testosterone levels and the brain’s response to faces

A brain enzyme plays an important role in waking up neural stem cells

Bad experience with food could impact future eating habits

Opioid use during pregnancy can cause long-lasting impairment in the infant's brain

Older adults can be more focused, less mentally restless than younger adults

Scientists analyze monkeys’ brain activity to understand how economic decisions are made

New study uncovers link between perception of time and sense of touch

Sensitive caretaking boosts mood, neuroprotection in infants of depressed mothers

New molecular tool can be used to study single synapses of neurons

Traumatic or stressful events in childhood may lead to changes in key brain structures

Study provides key insight into the neural mechanism of attention selection in primates

Study shows how the brain quickly adjusts to group opinions

New study to examine the effects of MS disease-modifying therapy on cognitive fatigue

Study implicates disruption in prenatal neurogenesis in the development of ASDs

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