Brain/Neuroscience
Anti-aging hormone boosts cognitive abilities in mice – could humans be next?
[Klotho is] a naturally occurring hormone in the body. More than two decades ago, Japanese researchers discovered that this hormone ...
Autism severity and brain size linked to genetic ‘glitch’ that disrupts sociability circuits
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) all have problems socialising, but beyond that their disorders can be vastly different. That ...
Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – August 14, 2017
Ideological hypocrisy? Environmentalists once supported land-based aquaculture—until it included genetically modified fish | Andrew Porterfield Have the BRCA mutation? Debating a precautionary ...
Sports and war: With concussions, there’s little difference between football, fighting
Evidence suggests "early aging" in the brains of troops is a result of experiencing bomb blasts. It may be similar ...
Cerebral organoids: How can we know if cells collected as ‘mini-brains’ are conscious?
[Editor's note: Mike Klymkowsky is a Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.] The ...
Genetic screening could help identify opioid addiction risks
Research presented at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo indicated accuracy of a ...
Genetic screening of children with epilepsy could lead to better treatments
A new study supports routine genetic testing for epilepsy in young children with seizures. … "Identifying the precise cause of ...
16 genetic markers that could shorten your lifespan
Why do some of us live longer than others? While the environment in which we live...plays the biggest part, about ...
Zika tragedy reanimates ethical and medical debate about vaccines for pregnant women
Ever since the shocking realization in 1961 that the morning sickness pill thalidomide caused shortened limbs in babies, doctors have ...
3D printed brain-like tissue made from stem cells offers hope to address neurological disorders
Scientists in Australia have used a 3D printer to create nerve cells found in the brain using a special bio-ink ...
Are our views on religion, astrology and new-age beliefs hardwired?
Our beliefs, including irrational ones such as an embrace of pseudoscience and 'fake news', have been shown to be somewhat ...
Fountain of youth? Stem cells show promise in slowing aging, rejuvenating brain — in mice
Stem cells in the brain could be the key to extending life and slowing ageing. These cells — which are ...
Oxygen therapy reverses brain damage in toddler who nearly drowned
In what is believed to be a world first, scientists have reversed brain damage in a toddler that drowned in ...
Universal structures? Galaxies and neural networks ‘strikingly similar’
We — an astrophysicist and a neuroscientist — joined forces to quantitatively compare the complexity of galaxy networks and neuronal ...
Brain myths: Views about neuroscience are mostly wrong—even among many scientists
A new US survey published in Frontiers in Psychology finds that belief in brain myths remains widespread, and moreover, that extensive education in neuroscience ...
Bacteria-induced inflammation may contribute to Alzheimer’s
People with Alzheimer's disease may have higher levels of bacteria in their brains compared to people without the condition, a ...
Two new genetic mutations linked to Alzheimer’s
New research moves us closer to understanding the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease, as scientists find two new genes that ...
Gut feeling: Microbiota could aid fight against depression, high blood pressure and weight gain
The trillions of microorganisms in the gut affect our physical and mental state in myriad ways. Can we influence this ...
Why human-like robots are creepy
The robot revolution is on the horizon...One report says that they’ll be commonplace by 2025. In another case, a professor claims ...
Feeling tired? Easy cure? Unfortunately, ‘sleep science’ consumed by hype
Nutrition science is notoriously unreliable. The reason is because a substantial proportion of research in the field is conducted using ...
Mirroring reality: Neuron activity reflects how and what we see
Scientists are a step closer to unraveling the mystery of sight now that they have revealed part of the process ...
Reversing traumatic brain injury: Memory-enhancing drug might help
[T]raumatic brain injury can be permanent. There are no drugs to reverse the cognitive decline and memory loss, and any ...
How connecting our brain to a computer could restore lost sight or hearing
Matt Angle’s claim might have sounded eccentric before: for years, he insisted that the key to solving one of neuroscience’s ...
Smoking and health: Genetic revolution transforming medical marijuana and tobacco
Our increased understanding of plant genetics has potential to help smokers quit and provide patients with the medicinal benefits of ...
Hunting for DNA: Piecing together autism’s genetic puzzle
It’s been 10 years since Michael Wigler had a breakthrough revelation in autism genetics...[when he] reported that ‘de novo’ mutations — those that ...
Addictions: Are overeating and drug use hardwired in the brain’s ‘reward circuit’?
Neuroscientists have found that food and recreational drugs have a common target in the “reward circuit” of the brain, and ...
Say that again? Drug treatment could help older brains distinguish sounds
Have you noticed that learning languages or musical instruments becomes harder as you get older? It may be because your ...
