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How the Brain Helps Us Navigate Social Differences

Oct. 5, 2020 — Researchers found that, among pairs of people who had very different socioeconomic backgrounds - calculated according to education level and family income - there was a higher level of activity in an ...

New Clues About the Link Between Stress and Depression

Oct. 2, 2020 — Researchers have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating substance serotonin and for the release of stress hormones, at least in mice. The ...

A Revised Map of Where Working Memory Resides in the Brain

Sep. 29, 2020 — Findings from genetically diverse mice challenge long-held assumptions about how the brain is able to briefly hold onto important ...

Evolutionary and Heritable Axes Shape Our Brain

Sep. 28, 2020 — Every region has its place in the brain. However, it has been unclear why brain regions are located where they are. Now, scientists have defined two main axes along which brain regions are ...

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Brain Circuitry Shaped by Competition for Space as Well as Genetics

Sep. 29, 2020 — Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling ...

Identical Signs of Brain Damage in Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer's

Sep. 28, 2020 — New research shows damage in the brain starts in the same place and spreads in the same way in sleep apnea, as in Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first to find Alzheimer's-like amyloid plaques ...

How the Brain Balances Emotion and Reason

Sep. 28, 2020 — Navigating through life requires balancing emotion and reason, a feat accomplished by the brain region 'area 32' of the anterior cingulate cortex. The area maintains emotional equilibrium by relaying ...

Amyloid Deposits Not Associated With Depression in the Elderly

Sep. 23, 2020 — Researchers have suspected that amyloid beta deposits might also underlie the cognitive decline seen in older people with depression, however a new study has found that abnormal amyloid beta deposits ...

Diabetes: Metformin Treatment Linked to Slowed Cognitive Decline

Sep. 23, 2020 — A six-year study of older Australians with type 2 diabetes has uncovered a link between metformin use, slower cognitive decline and lower dementia ...

Primate Brain Size Does Not Predict Their Intelligence

Sep. 25, 2020 — A research team has systematically investigated the cognitive abilities of lemurs, which have relatively small brains compared to other primates. Conducting systematic tests with identical methods ...

World First Study Links Obesity With Reduced Brain Plasticity

Sep. 24, 2020 — A world-first study has found that severely overweight people are less likely to be able to re-wire their brains and find new neural pathways, a discovery that has significant implications for people ...

Sport and Memory Go Hand in Hand

Sep. 23, 2020 — If sport is good for the body, it also seems to be good for the brain. By evaluating memory performance following a sport session, neuroscientists demonstrate that an intensive physical exercise ...

Complications from Diabetes Linked to Worse Memory, IQ in Children

Sep. 22, 2020 — A new study uncovered that even one severe episode of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is linked to cognitive problems; and among children with a previous ...