An experimental small molecule helped restore the removal of mitochondria from dopamine-producing neurons in the brain. The findings may help in the development of new therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Creation of Abstract Thoughts in the Brain
Combining artificial intelligence, mathematical modeling, and brain imaging data, researchers shed light on the neural processes that occur when people use mental abstraction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Risk of Schizophrenia Using a Blood Test
Blood tests revealed specific epigenetic biomarkers for schizophrenia. Researchers applied machine learning to analyze the CoRSIVs region of the human genome to identify the schizophrenia biomarkers. Testing the model with an independent data set revea…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID Non-Compliers Are Less Open to New Ideas, More Extroverted and Driven by Self Interest
Those who flout COVID recommendations are less agreeable, have lower intellect and tend to be more extroverted than those who adhere to recommendations. COVID non-conformists also prioritize self-interest and personal freedom and show greater tolerance…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Olfactory Sensitivity Show Postpartum Depression is Different to Major Depression
Women with postpartum depression report normal olfactory sensitivity, while those who are genetically predisposed to major depressive disorder have decreased olfactory sensitivity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Amygdala Found to Have Role in Important Pre-Attentive Mechanism in the Brain
Study reveals how the amygdala plays a role in prepulse inhibition by activating inhibitory neurons in the brain stem of mice. The findings could have positive implications in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, OCD, and other disorders ma…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Motivation Depends on How the Brain Processes Fatigue
People show a decrease in motivation to exert effort or work when feeling fatigued. Motivation can be restored if people are allowed a short rest, however for those with long-term fatigue, motivation does not improve following a short-term period of rest.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: X-Rays Can Control Neuron Function and Behavior
A novel X-ray scintillator-based optogenetics technique allows researchers to control neural function deep within the brain and alter behavioral responses.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How to Make Up Your Mind When the Glass Seems Half Empty?
A new study reveals how anxiety affects the decision-making process in the brain, resulting in selecting more pessimistic choices.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Detecting Brain Tumors Using a Simple Urine or Blood Plasma Test
Two newly developed tests, one which analyzes urine samples and a simple blood test, can detect the presence of glioma brain cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain
Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Machine Learning Used to Successfully Measure Attachment in Children
Artificial intelligence technology was able to accurately predict attachment in young children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain’s ‘Memory Center’ Needed to Recognize Image Sequences but Not Single Sights
While the visual cortex stores individual images in the brain, the hippocampus plays a significant role in the ability to recognize a sequence of images.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism Can Be Detected During Toddlerhood Using a Brief Questionnaire
A newly developed questionnaire can detect autism in children between the ages of 18 to 30 months.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Teens With a History of Self-Harm Have a Significantly Higher Threshold for Pain
Teens who have self-harmed five or more times in their lives have a significantly higher pain threshold than those who have never self-harmed.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Climate Changed the Size of Our Bodies and, To Some Extent, Our Brains
A new study reveals the impact climate played in the evolution of the human brain and body. Studying 300 fossils from the genus Homo found across the globe, researchers found those who lived in colder climates had larger body frames. Larger bodies prov…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Micro-Circuits in the Brain Regulate Fear
The central amygdala isn’t only the hub for fear response in the brain, it also contains microcircuits that regulate the suppression of fear response.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Direct Genetic Link to ASD Identified
Researchers identified a novel, direct link between autism and the SUV39H2 gene.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Reveals Extent of Brain Complications in Children Hospitalized With COVID-19
1 in 20 children hospitalized for COVID-19 in the UK develop neurological complications associated with the viral infection. A new study reveals a wide spectrum of neurological complications in children and suggests they may be more common than in adul…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Blood Immune and Clotting Components Could Contribute to Psychosis
A new theory proposes an imbalance of blood proteins involved in the immune system and in blood clotting networks leads to inflammation that contributes to the development of psychosis.
