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Transradial surgery appears effective for many neuroendovascular procedures

For years cardiologists have threaded hair-like surgical instruments through arteries in the wrist, as an access point to perform procedures on the heart.

19 Jul 2019

Using mathematical model to trace brain transitions

Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness to unconscious behavior, a study at The City College of New York's Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics may have just advanced neuroscience appreciably.

18 Jul 2019

Adolescent girls who self-injure overestimate negative feedback in social media

Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to "thumbs down" responses, compared to other adolescent girls.

17 Jul 2019

Researchers measure EEG-based brain responses for non-speech and speech sounds in children

Some of the findings in cognitive neuroscience and psychology do not seem to replicate from one study to the next. Could this also be true for commonly used brain response studies? It turns out to depend on what is being studied, found a recent study.

17 Jul 2019

Researchers discover new therapeutic target for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Experiments performed in mice, in which the main pathogenic markers of the disease have been evaluated, show that the progression of the disease is prevented when the function of this protein is inactivated.

15 Jul 2019

Genetic contribution to distractibility helps explain procrastination

Wouldn’t it be nice to blame your genes for your procrastination? Now, using a combination of questionnaires and genetic testing, German researchers have found that with increasing dopamine in the brain, women tended to show greater tendencies to procrastinate.

14 Jul 2019

Unpleasant experiences could be countered with a good night’s REM sleep

A team of Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience researchers have found that a restful night with good REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep could counteract the effects of unpleasant experiences and memories. They have found the reason behind such an adaptation. Their study titled, “Restless REM sleep impedes overnight amygdale adaptation,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology.

14 Jul 2019

Study provides new insight into longitudinal decline in brain network integrity associated with aging

Functional regions within the brain become less distinct and inter-connected in the elderly over time, especially in those networks related to attention span and cognition.

14 Jul 2019

Neural pathways explain the relationship between imagination and willingness to help

In those split seconds when people witness others in distress, neural pathways in the brain support the drive to help through facets of imagination that allow people to see the episode as it unfolds and envision how to aid those in need, according to a team of Boston College researchers.

12 Jul 2019

Posterior parietal cortex plays crucial role in making decisions, research shows

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago shows that the posterior parietal cortex, an area of the brain often associated with planning movements and spatial awareness, also plays a crucial role in making decisions about images in the field of view.

12 Jul 2019

Botulinum toxin may offer relief from chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis

Pelvic pain associated with endometriosis often becomes chronic and can persist (or recur) following surgical and hormonal interventions.

11 Jul 2019

University of Kentucky wins grants to study decision-making processes behind drug use disorders

Faculty from the University of Kentucky Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Behavioral Science in the College of Medicine have received two, five-year Research Project Grants (R01) from the National Institutes of Health to study neurobehavioral processes involved in drug use disorders.

11 Jul 2019

Researchers identify potential drug target for multiple cancer types

A research team headed by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at UC San Diego has identified an enzyme involved in remodeling the plasma membrane of multiple cancer cell types that is critical to both survival of tumors and their uncontrolled growth.

11 Jul 2019

New drug for acute migraine shows promising results in a large-scale trial

A drug belonging to a new generation of acute migraine headache treatments was found to eliminate pain and reduce bothersome symptoms for people with migraine in a large-scale trial reported in the July 11 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

11 Jul 2019

Mentally stimulating activities linked to lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss

A new study has found that mentally stimulating activities like using a computer, playing games, crafting and participating in social activities are linked to a lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss called mild cognitive impairment, and that the timing and number of these activities may also play a role.

11 Jul 2019

Adults with family history of Alzheimer’s have learning impairments, study finds

Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer's disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a family history, and this impairment appears to be exacerbated by having diabetes or a genetic variation in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene linked to the disease.

10 Jul 2019

Neuroscience News and Research

Transradial surgery appears effective for many neuroendovascular procedures

Using mathematical model to trace brain transitions

Adolescent girls who self-injure overestimate negative feedback in social media

Researchers measure EEG-based brain responses for non-speech and speech sounds in children

Researchers discover new therapeutic target for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Genetic contribution to distractibility helps explain procrastination

Unpleasant experiences could be countered with a good night’s REM sleep

Study provides new insight into longitudinal decline in brain network integrity associated with aging

Neural pathways explain the relationship between imagination and willingness to help

Posterior parietal cortex plays crucial role in making decisions, research shows

Botulinum toxin may offer relief from chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis

University of Kentucky wins grants to study decision-making processes behind drug use disorders

Researchers identify potential drug target for multiple cancer types

New drug for acute migraine shows promising results in a large-scale trial

Mentally stimulating activities linked to lower risk or delay of age-related memory loss

Adults with family history of Alzheimer’s have learning impairments, study finds

Researchers report how a popular antidepressant drug could rewire the brain

New gene-editing protocol allows perfect mutation-effect matching

Exposure to blue light at night increases sugar consumption in male rats

Researchers capture high-resolution, 3D images of gene-editing enzymes

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