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Study reveals new method to track the flow of internal thought processes

Anyone who has tried and failed to meditate knows that our minds are rarely still. But where do they roam? New research led by UC Berkeley has come up with a way to track the flow of our internal thought processes and signal whether our minds are focused, fixated or wandering.

19 Jan 2021

Study: Oligodendrocytes play key role in the distribution of energy-rich molecules

The human brain has about as many neurons as glial cells. These are divided into four major groups: the microglia, the astrocytes, the NG2 glial cells, and the oligodendrocytes.

19 Jan 2021

Researchers focus on specific neurons that make reaching-and-grasping tasks possible

Research conducted at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, has looked at the importance of specific neurons for seemingly simple, day-to-day tasks that involve reaching for and grasping objects.

19 Jan 2021

Study: Perineuronal nets are responsible for long-term stability of mental maps

A reliable sense of space is essential for daily life and memory formation. Removing sugar-coated proteins around neurons in the brains' internal gps makes the mental map of space unstable, shows in a study published in the journal Nature communications.

19 Jan 2021

Early life experiences can shape brain development in subsequent generations

Early life experiences can have an outsized effect on brain development and neurobiological health. New research is showing that those effects can be passed down to subsequent generations, reporting that the infant children of mothers who had experienced childhood emotional neglect displayed altered brain circuitry involved in fear responses and anxiety.

19 Jan 2021

Personalized neuromodulation approach provides relief from severe depression symptoms

Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease.

18 Jan 2021

Research pinpoints brain region responsible for self-bias in working memory

A brain region involved in processing information about ourselves biases our ability to remember, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

18 Jan 2021

Study shows how the brain’s circuitry arises spontaneously to process visual information

Researchers have explained how the regularly structured topographic maps in the visual cortex of the brain could arise spontaneously to efficiently process visual information.

17 Jan 2021

New therapeutic approach enables functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice

Using gene therapy, a research team has succeeded for the first time in getting mice to walk again after a complete cross-sectional injury. The nerve cells produced the curative protein themselves.

16 Jan 2021

Study shows how brain molecules work in conjunction to create architectural marvels

In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers at Kanazawa University identify pathways in the brain which enable neurons to assemble into functional units resembling tall columns.

12 Jan 2021

Mosaic mutations during embryonic development can cause autism spectrum disorder

Two studies in today's Nature Neuroscience, led by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and Harvard Medical School (HMS), implicate mosaic mutations arising during embryonic development as a cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The findings open new areas for exploring the genetics of ASD and could eventually inform diagnostic testing.

11 Jan 2021

Research opens up hope-filled possibilities for new autism therapies

Recent years have provided substantial research displaying the effect of genetic mutations on the development of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

11 Jan 2021

Mass spectrometry imaging may one day aid in diagnosing brain diseases

Medical professionals all want to be able to quickly and correctly diagnose diseases. Their future ability to do so will depend on identifying what biochemicals are present in tissue sections, where the biomolecules are, and at what concentrations.

7 Jan 2021

Mass spectrometry imaging shows promise in diagnosing brain diseases

7 Jan 2021

Epigenetic modulators have a rapid antidepressant-like effect, study shows

Treatment of depression faces two main challenges. The first is that almost 50% of patients do not respond well to existing antidepressants.

4 Jan 2021

Brain scans predict posttraumatic stress disorder following mild TBI

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological trauma. How its symptoms, including anxiety, depression and cognitive disturbances arise remains incompletely understood and unpredictable.

29 Dec 2020

Scientists decode music-evoked emotions in the brain

Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music.

28 Dec 2020

New tool may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods

Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings.

23 Dec 2020

Changes in consciousness linked to the same brain network for sleep and anesthesia

The loss and return of consciousness is linked to the same network of brain regions for both sleep and anesthesia, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

23 Dec 2020

Study shows how the brain represents causally-controlled objects

We know that the brain can direct thoughts, but how this is achieved is difficult to determine. Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have devised a brain machine interface (BMI) that allows mice to learn to guide a cursor using only their brain activity.

22 Dec 2020

Cortex News and Research

Study reveals new method to track the flow of internal thought processes

Study: Oligodendrocytes play key role in the distribution of energy-rich molecules

Researchers focus on specific neurons that make reaching-and-grasping tasks possible

Study: Perineuronal nets are responsible for long-term stability of mental maps

Early life experiences can shape brain development in subsequent generations

Personalized neuromodulation approach provides relief from severe depression symptoms

Research pinpoints brain region responsible for self-bias in working memory

Study shows how the brain’s circuitry arises spontaneously to process visual information

New therapeutic approach enables functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice

Study shows how brain molecules work in conjunction to create architectural marvels

Mosaic mutations during embryonic development can cause autism spectrum disorder

Research opens up hope-filled possibilities for new autism therapies

Mass spectrometry imaging may one day aid in diagnosing brain diseases

Mass spectrometry imaging shows promise in diagnosing brain diseases

Epigenetic modulators have a rapid antidepressant-like effect, study shows

Brain scans predict posttraumatic stress disorder following mild TBI

Scientists decode music-evoked emotions in the brain

New tool may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods

Changes in consciousness linked to the same brain network for sleep and anesthesia

Study shows how the brain represents causally-controlled objects

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