Neurobiology

Credit: Monell Chemical Senses Center PHILADELPHIA (July 1, 2020) - Amber Alhadeff, PhD, the newest faculty member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has been awarded a 2020 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neurosciences,…

Researchers find genetic variation shapes individual perception of fatty foodsCredit: Monell Chemical Senses Center Most people would agree that the pleasure of some foods stems in part from its fat content. New research, led…

NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2020)--Memories linked with strong emotions often become seared in the brain. Most people can remember where they were on 9/11, or what the weather was like on the day their first child was born. Memories about…

Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to shed light on how the combined function of neural circuits…

Hershey, Pa. -- Penn State researchers have developed a new method for studying key moments in brain development. Yongsoo Kim, assistant professor of neural and behavioral sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, is using the method to…

Individual differences in brain response to alcohol could indicate propensity for alcohol abuseCredit: Hernandez and Moorman, eNeuro 2020 The brain's response to alcohol varies based on individual preferences, according to new…

NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2020) -- After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York City, Aakriti Gupta, MD, realized that this was much more than a respiratory disease. "I was on…

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina find link between mental imagery and vision using artificial intelligence and human brain studiesCredit: Dr. Guenther Noack, 2015, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). …

New research suggests failure to retrieve relevant details from memory may underlie face blindness The ability to recognize faces is a complex neurocognitive skill with important social implications. The disorder, which, according to some…

Credit: Matthew Potthoff, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine New research has identified the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food. Most people enjoy a sweet…

The study published in Chem is fundamental to develop pharmacological drugs for the treatment of core symptoms in Down syndrome, autism and other brain disorders. Researchers aim to create a start-up company with the support of interested…

BU neuroscientists examine the way brain regions function independently and collectively After a traumatic brain injury, why do some people quickly regain their skills while others face long-lasting setbacks? Boston University…

AURORA, Colo. (July 9, 2020) - Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified how specific brain cells interacting during development could be related to neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including…

UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world of ion channels - passageways through membranes that carry signals in a cell's…

This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have application to the role of similar gene programs that mediate other types of behavior, memory formation or…

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Teva Pharmaceutical Europe B.V. has presented results from a pooled analysis of three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 studies assessing AJOVY® ▼ (fremanezumab), indicated for the preventative…

A rigorous quality initiative involving the entire care team significantly improved on-time administration of levodopa and other medications, critical for patient wellbeing, report investigators in the Journal of Parkinson's DiseaseCredit:…

Study sheds new insight into the brain mechanisms at work A deadly coronavirus pandemic, economic instability and civil unrest menace the mental well-being of millions. Understanding how, in vulnerable people, fear from such frightening…

Scientists find that the brain's sensitivity to sensory stimuli depends on the cardiac cycle and the brain's perception of it A person's sensitivity to external stimuli depends not only on the state of their nervous system, but also on…

Survey results suggest people in UK perceived time passing differently compared to pre-lockdown A survey conducted in the U.K. suggests that social and physical distancing measures put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic significantly…