Neuroscience

Gene Variant May Play Role In 12 Percent To 18 Percent Of Autism Cases

The march toward understanding the etiology of autism took a giant step foward today. In a landmark genome-wide association study, published online today in Nature, researchers found that a variant on chromosome 5 was about 20 percent more common in autist ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Mar 31 2010 - 4:43pm

Sex-Typed Personality Traits Develop Differently In Girls And Boys

A new longitudinal study of children's personality traits and interests tells us that sex-typed characteristics develop differently in girls and boys. The study, by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 12:57am

CDH10 Gene Variant Appears In Nearly 20 Percent Of Autism Cases

Autism is a complex brain disorder that strikes in early childhood. The condition disrupts a child's ability to communicate and develop social relationships and is often accompanied by acute behavioral challenges. The Centers for Disease Control and P ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2009 - 1:17am

Where Did I Leave My Keys? Neuroscientists Decode Brain Activity For Navigation And Spatial Memory

How many times have you wondered where did I leave my keys?   Activity in your hippocampus and medial temporal lobes encodes the answer. ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - May 7 2009 - 10:00pm

Vaccine Order Affects Infant Pain Response- Study

Infants who receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) following the combination vaccine for diphtheria, polio, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DPTaP-Hib vaccine) appear to experience less pain than those who are immunized in th ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2009 - 9:08pm

Enlarged Amygdala In Toddlers With Autism

Toddlers with autism appear more likely to have an enlarged amygdala, a brain area associated with numerous functions, including the processing of faces and emotion, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. In addition, thi ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2009 - 4:39pm

Babies Are Smarter Than You Think

A new study from Northwestern University shows what many mothers already know: their babies are a lot smarter than others may realize. Though only five months old, the study's cuties indicated through their curious stares that they could differentiate ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2009 - 9:12pm

'Activitystat', Not Physical Education In School, Drives Activity Levels In Kids

Research presented Thursday at the European Congress on Obesity says scheduling more physical education time in schools does not mean children will increase their activity levels; those who got lots of timetabled exercise at school compensated by doing les ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 7:19am

HBO Documentaries Present "The Alzheimer's Project": Groundbreaking Discoveries Explained

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Article - Sachin Patil - May 8 2009 - 12:11pm

Mirror Neurons Reflect More Than Understanding

This blog entry is about one of the most interesting discoveries of the 90's in Neuroscience-- Mirror Neurons-- and a recent research paper that adds to their intrigue. Mirror neurons are found in the premotor cortex, and what has made them so interes ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - May 8 2009 - 9:09am