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Cocaine users have ‘global impairment’ in brain area linked to impulse and self-control, study finds

Cocaine-addicted individuals say they find the drug much less enjoyable after years of use, but they have great difficulty quitting.

11 Sep 2017

Research: 34% of psychiatrists delay treatment option conversations with their schizophrenia patients

Janssen announces results of pan-European research which shows that a third of psychiatrists (34%) delay conversations about the full range of treatment options with their patients living with schizophrenia.

11 Sep 2017

Molecular life scientists to gather in Jerusalem for 2017 FEBS Congress

Over 1,600 molecular life scientists from over 34 countries, will gather in Jerusalem from September 10-14 for the 2017 Federation of European Biochemical Societies Congress.

11 Sep 2017

New recommendations advise against use of brain imaging as test for chronic pain

A task force consisting of researchers from around the world and led by a scientist at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto has released a set of recommendations that advise against the use of brain imaging as a test for chronic pain.

8 Sep 2017

Neuroscientists discover new signaling pathway that could be good drug target to fight chronic pain

Researchers have discovered a new pain-signaling pathway in nerve cells that eventually could make a good target for new drugs to fight chronic pain.

8 Sep 2017

Study finds that brain network organization mediates relationship between nutrition and intelligence

Nutrition has been linked to cognitive performance, but researchers have not pinpointed what underlies the connection.

7 Sep 2017

Conducting plastics in smartphone screens can be used to trick pathogenic bacteria

Conducting plastics found in smartphone screens can be used to trick the metabolism of pathogenic bacteria, report scientists at the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center at Karolinska Institutet in the scientific journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes.

7 Sep 2017

Study finds mechanism behind super-sharp night vision for brief time during total eclipse

If you were fortunate enough to witness the recent total solar eclipse in all its glory, you might have noticed something surprising.

7 Sep 2017

Salk professor awarded $950,000 NSF grant to explore how the brain processes complex sounds

Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee has been awarded a grant of approximately $950,000 over 4 years by the National Science Foundation to study how the brain processes complex sounds. This grant is part of a multi-national project together with groups in France and Israel.

7 Sep 2017

Duke neuroscientists pinpoint one powerful cell that serves as ‘master controller’ of habits

Some habits are helpful, such as automatically washing your hands before a meal or driving the same route to work every day. They accomplish an important task while freeing up valuable brain space.

7 Sep 2017

Cannabidiol appears to protect against long-term negative psychiatric effects of THC

A study reported Sept. 5 by neuroscientists at Indiana University finds that a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis called cannabidiol, or CBD, appears to protect against the long-term negative psychiatric effects of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

6 Sep 2017

Researchers probe photoreceptors in the eye to study basis of color vision

Dr. Wolf M. Harmening from University Eye Hospital Bonn, together with American colleagues, studied color vision by probing individual sensory cells - photoreceptors - in the human eye.

6 Sep 2017

Split-brain study using fruit fly provides better understanding of autism

A better understanding of the cause of autism may come from an unlikely source, neurological studies of the fruit fly.

6 Sep 2017

Physical activity could change diet preferences in males, but not in females

Recent studies have shown that approximately 90 percent of adult Americans fail to reach the U.S. Department of Health guidelines for physical activity, which could be contributing to surging obesity rates.

6 Sep 2017

Antidepressants used for chronic pain relief come with significant side effects

Chronic pain negatively impacts a person's quality of life. Often, over the counter pain medication, such as ibuprofen or aspirin, are ineffective in alleviating chronic pain. In these instances, a surprising choice is often a drug used to treat an entirely different condition - depression.

5 Sep 2017

Disruption of 'slow waves' can lead to cognitive decline similar to Alzheimer’s in mice

While unconscious during deep sleep, millions of neurons' activity travels across the cerebral cortex. This phenomenon, known as slow waves, is related to the consolidation of memory.

5 Sep 2017

Aberrant neural activity in lab mice presents potential challenges to study healthy brain

Multiple laboratories have observed unusual neural activity resembling epilepsy in some lines of genetically modified mice widely used in neuroscience research.

4 Sep 2017

Scientists identify key molecule for neurotransmitter release in synapses

The contact areas between nerve cells are called synapses. What happens there lies at the heart of communication between nerve cells. Communication starts with the release of chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters at these synapses.

4 Sep 2017

Kessler scientists link cognitive fatigue in individuals with TBI to caudate activation

Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that further elucidates the mechanisms for cognitive fatigue, a disabling symptom that affects many individuals after traumatic brain injury (TBI).

4 Sep 2017

Study suggests neural mechanism behind contagious yawning

A study named “A neural basis for contagious yawning” conducted at the University of Nottingham suggests that primitive reflexes that originate in the primary motor cortex, a section of the brain accountable for motor function, are responsible for automatically initiating the human tendency for contagious yawning.

1 Sep 2017

Neuroscience News and Research

Cocaine users have ‘global impairment’ in brain area linked to impulse and self-control, study finds

Research: 34% of psychiatrists delay treatment option conversations with their schizophrenia patients

Molecular life scientists to gather in Jerusalem for 2017 FEBS Congress

New recommendations advise against use of brain imaging as test for chronic pain

Neuroscientists discover new signaling pathway that could be good drug target to fight chronic pain

Study finds that brain network organization mediates relationship between nutrition and intelligence

Conducting plastics in smartphone screens can be used to trick pathogenic bacteria

Study finds mechanism behind super-sharp night vision for brief time during total eclipse

Salk professor awarded $950,000 NSF grant to explore how the brain processes complex sounds

Duke neuroscientists pinpoint one powerful cell that serves as ‘master controller’ of habits

Cannabidiol appears to protect against long-term negative psychiatric effects of THC

Researchers probe photoreceptors in the eye to study basis of color vision

Split-brain study using fruit fly provides better understanding of autism

Physical activity could change diet preferences in males, but not in females

Antidepressants used for chronic pain relief come with significant side effects

Disruption of 'slow waves' can lead to cognitive decline similar to Alzheimer’s in mice

Aberrant neural activity in lab mice presents potential challenges to study healthy brain

Scientists identify key molecule for neurotransmitter release in synapses

Kessler scientists link cognitive fatigue in individuals with TBI to caudate activation

Study suggests neural mechanism behind contagious yawning

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