Neuroscience

Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Enzyme Linked To Autistic Behavior

estimated that about 1 in 5,000 males are born with the disorder. The Ethells were joined in the study by ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 25 2014 - 12:00am

Oxytocin Does Not Cause Autism

that blood levels of oxytocin are highly heritable: The levels are influenced by inheritance to about ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2014 - 4:05pm

Monthly Transfusions Reduce Silent Strokes In Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia

anemia affects about 100,000 people in the United States and occurs most commonly in African-Americans. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 8:45am

Gateway Hypothesis: Nobel Laureate Says E-Cigarettes Promote Drug Addiction

"The recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington has rekindled the debate about whether ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 5:01pm

Why You Can't Catch Any: Fish Are As Smart As Chimpanzees

in six trials per day for two days. On the first day, while they were learning about the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2014 - 9:00am

Watching Neurons Learn: Learning New Ideas Is More Difficult

conditioning, that they can move the cursor by thinking about it just as if they were moving their arms and ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - May 25 2015 - 11:12am

Nobel Prize In Medicine For Work On ‘The Brain’s GPS’

co-ordinate system and hence a navigable mental map. While our knowledge about the function of place cells and ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 6 2014 - 11:26pm

Europe Reinvestigates Fetal Cell Transplants For Parkinson’s Disease

do something different than the trials in the 1990s. It will be much more selective about which ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Oct 8 2014 - 8:00am

We Can Restore Cognition By Manipulating Where The Body Meets The Mind

target for restoring brain function. We hope that further research will allow us to learn more about the ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 28 2014 - 2:57pm

Okay With Disgusting Images? You Vote This Way 95 Percent Of The Time

a standard political ideology inventory, answering questions about how often they discuss politics and ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 4:46pm