How MND affects multiple brain networks
Researchers in the Academic Unit of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin have identified characteristic changes in the patterns of electrical
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Childhood adversity linked to early puberty, premature brain development and mental illness: Penn study details effects of poverty and trauma on youth brain and behavior
Growing up in poverty and experiencing traumatic events like a bad accident or sexual assault can impact brain development and
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Are you with me? New model explains origins of empathy
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and the Santa Fe Institute have developed a new model to explain the evolutionary
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Anxiety-associated brain regions regulate threat responses in monkeys: Study proposes critical role for orbitofrontal cortex in anxiety disorders
Damage to parts of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a region within the prefrontal cortex, heightens monkeys’ defensive responses to threat,
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Sensory stimuli improves brain damage in mouse models of preterm birth
A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia have differentiated
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Brainwave activity reveals potential biomarker for autism in children
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can impair communication ability, socialization, and verbal and motor skills. It
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Scientists pinpoint pathway that impacts features of autism
A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically
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Motor learning for precise motor execution: Motor learning for explicit and implicit controls
It is generally accepted that precise motor control in our daily life depends on acquisition of an internal model. One
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Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin — a chemical messenger
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Blood vessels instruct brain development: Neurovascular communication in the brain
Function and homeostasis of the brain relies on communication between the complex network of cells, which compose this organ. Consequently,
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