Neuroscience

Judge Rotenberg Trial Ends In Settlement: Nothing Changes For The JRC, Though

Although the jury had the case, the  Judge Rotenberg Center settled with Andre McCollins' mother yesterday. Fox 25 News in Boston has covered this case diligently, and its article about the settlement writes, " But the attorney representing the J ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 25 2012 - 10:32am

New Stem Cell Found In The Brain- And It Can Form New Brain Cells

A new stem cell has been found that can proliferate and form several different cell types, including new brain cells.  This discovery may be used to develop methods that can repair diseases and injury to the brain. Analyzing brain tissue from biopsies, the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2012 - 9:21pm

Embryo Brains Can Wake Earlier Than Previously Thought

A new imaging study shows the brains of embryonic chicks can 'wake' long before chicks are ready to hatch out of their eggs- but it took loud, meaningful sounds. Playing meaningless sounds wasn't enough to rouse their brains. As modern medic ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2012 - 7:27pm

Caffeine May Prevent Memory Loss In Diabetes

Badly controlled diabetes are known to affect the brain, causing memory and learning problems and even increased incidence of dementia. How this occurs is not clear but a study in mice with type 2 diabetes has discovered how diabetes affects the hippocamp ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - May 6 2012 - 4:44pm

Psychic Healers May Simply Have Synesthesia

People who claim to see the 'aura' of others- and subsequently claim they can modify them- may actually have synesthesia, according to new research. Synesthesia is believed to occur due to cross-wiring in the brain; synesthetes have more synaptic ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2012 - 9:34am

What Robots Can Tell Us About Brain Cells

Understanding neurons- their shape, patterns of electrical activity even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment- remains as much art as science due to the complexity of research. But that could soon change: Researchers at MIT and the Geor ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2012 - 10:25am

Laugh While You Can, Monkey Brains

The anterior insular cortex is a small region of the brain, but it plays a big role in human self-awareness and in neuropsychiatric disorders. A unique cell type, the von Economo neuron (VEN), is located there.   For a long time, the VEN was assumed to be ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2012 - 9:38pm

Don't Hate- Voters Were Born That Way, Say Psychiatrists

We tend to associate with people we like and that like us because they are like us- so it's no surprise I hang out with wickedly smart, outrageously attractive people. Long-term relationships, even non-sexual ones with women as ridiculously awesome as ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 24 2012 - 11:09am

This Is What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lose Control

Self-control is a finite commodity.  Neuroscientists recently took a look at what happens  when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control. This self-control, they say, is limited and once the supply has dwindled, we're less likely to keep o ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2012 - 5:00pm

Social Intervention And Prx6 Protein Helps Bees Reverse Brain Aging

Older honey bees halt and even reverse the effects of brain aging when they are given roles typically handled by younger bees. This has led researchers to suggest that that social interventions may be as valuable as drugs for dealing with age-related demen ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2012 - 12:36pm