Stress in women either before or during pregnancy can increase the risk of preterm birth and accelerate aging in their offspring.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Surprising Grammar of Touch
Study reveals grammar is evident and widespread in communication based on tactile interaction. The findings reveal that if one or more linguistic channel is unavailable, such as hearing or vision, structures will find another way to create formal categ…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A New View of How the Brain Decides to Make an Effort
The ventral striatum plays a key role in decision making, weighing the cost versus the benefit of making a physical effort.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Baby’s First Breath Triggers Life-Saving Changes in the Brain
A baby’s first breath triggers a signaling system in the brainstem that helps support early breathing. The findings shed light on how problems with this neuropeptide system can increase the risk of SIDS.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism Study Suggests Connection Between Repetitive Behaviors and Gut Problems
A new study reports on a link between repetitive behaviors associated with autism and gastrointestinal problems. Researchers also found a connection between the severity of ASD symptoms and an increased risk of children experiencing more severe constip…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Molecular Mechanism of Long-Term Memory Discovered
Study implicates the mps-2 gene in the formation of long-term memory.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What Social Distancing Does to a Brain
Researchers report alterations in specific genes are associated with time in social isolation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How We Learn Words and Sentences at the Same Time
Adults use similar neural mechanisms to learn novel languages as children do when learning how to process language.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Tree of Cortical Cell Types Describes the Diversity of Neurons in the Brain
Study provides the most detailed and complete characterization of diversity in neural types in the brain to date.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Modified Game of ‘Chicken’ Reveals What Happens in the Brain During Decision-Making
During decision-making tasks, activation of two brain areas in rhesus macaques mirrors the same regions as in humans. The findings shed light on the neurobiological basis of cooperation and social interactions during decision-making tasks.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Number of Times a Person Gives Birth May Affect How Quickly They Age
The number of times a woman gives birth has an effect on physical aging. Women who give birth less than, or more than, three or four times age faster after menopause.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Common Neural Circuit and Potential Target for Anxiety and OCD
Glutamatergic neural connections between the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens appear to be responsible for co-morbid anxiety and OCD behaviors.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drinking Blocks a Chemical That Promotes Attention
Study sheds light on the brain chemistry involved in attention loss when a person drinks alcohol.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Childhood Dementia Insight
A retinal image technique sheds new light on Sanfilippo syndrome, a neurodegenerative disorder responsible for dementia in children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Children With Dyslexia Show Stronger Emotional Responses
Children with dyslexia show stronger emotional responses than their peers without the disorder. The higher emotional reactivity was correlated with stronger activation in the salience network of the brain, a system that supports self-awareness and emot…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline Within Days
Short-term exposure to an experimental drug reverses age-related memory decline and cognitive deficits in mice. The drug, ISRIB, has previously shown beneficial effects in treating memory loss associated with TBI and other neurological disorders.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: App Predicts Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s
A new app combines basic data with information about specific biomarkers found in an individual’s blood to assess the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease within two to four years.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How COVID-19 Reaches the Brain
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 enters the brain via neurons in the olfactory mucosa.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cortex Over Reflex: Study Traces Circuits Where Executive Control Overcomes Instinct
Anterior cingulate cortex neurons project connections to the superior colliculus. The superior colliculus carries out reflexive movements. The study finds the purpose of the ACC neurons connections to the SC is to over-rider the SC when executive contr…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Infant Language Exposure Shapes Brain Circuitry
Taking turns in “conversations” with adult caregivers synchronizes activity in language areas of the infant brain.
