Severe childhood trauma, stresses in parents' lives linked to behavioral...
A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents' lives are linked to higher rates of behavioral health problems in their own children.
View ArticleVariability in the way neurons respond to visual stimuli is not just noise,...
Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may not think so. Neurons are firing in response to the visual stimuli they see but they don't fire in...
View ArticleGrowth of early brain circuits may help predict child's intelligence and...
Growth rates of brain circuits in infancy may help experts predict what a child's intelligence and emotional health could be when the child turns 4, a new study has found.
View ArticleWomen find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than men
Females find same-sex social interactions to be more rewarding than males, and females are more sensitive to the rewarding actions of oxytocin (OT) than males, according to a research study led by...
View ArticleScientists develop tool to screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Scientists at the University of Southern California, Queen's University and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder quickly and...
View ArticleResearchers find potential link between autism and antidepressant use during...
An international team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has found a potential link between autistic-like behavior in adult mice and exposure to a common antidepressant in the womb.
View ArticleTreatment can effectively improve quality of life for people with hyperhidrosis
At least 15 million people in the U.S. experience diminished quality of life due to excessive sweating, or hyperhidrosis.
View ArticleZylka lab receives NIH grant to advance treatments for neurodevelopmental...
The National Institutes of Health have awarded two separate grants totaling $6.1 million to Mark Zylka, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center. One of the grants was co-awarded to Ben Philpot,...
View ArticleIdentification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save...
Depression is the most common psychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy. Clinical studies have found that 20% to 30% of people with epilepsy have depression; the incidence may be as high as 50%...
View ArticleAutism spectrum disorder could be triggered by low placental steroid levels
A recent experimental study has shown that one reason for the occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could be the deficit of a placental steroid hormone called allopregnanolone. The reason is...
View ArticleHigh prenatal choline levels may mitigate negative effects of COVID-19 on...
Pregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can have on their babies, according to a new study from...
View ArticleExamining dopamine receptors in their natural environment
Dopamine, a chemical that sends messages between different parts of the brain and body, plays a key role in a variety of diseases and behaviors by interacting with receptors on cells.
View ArticleStudy: Distraction by technology during mealtimes may reduce food intake
Being distracted by technology during mealtimes may decrease the amount of food a person eats, nutrition scientists suggest in a new study.
View ArticleNew insights into how the brain's internal states influence decision-making
Biomedical Engineering's Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science '18), have studied the neural basis through which internal states in the...
View ArticleCollege students with physical and cognitive disabilities have greater risk...
College students with physical and cognitive disabilities use illicit drugs more, and have a higher prevalence of drug use disorder, than their non-disabled peers, according to a Rutgers study.
View ArticleLower choline in pregnant Black American women linked to higher levels of...
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that many pregnant Black Americans have low levels of choline, an essential nutrient that aids in prenatal brain...
View ArticlePeople with ADHD tendencies are more sensitive to insomnia, severe functional...
Individuals with high ADHD-traits that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis are less able to perform tasks involving attentional regulation or emotional control after a sleepless night than...
View ArticleNew compound could alleviate neurological symptoms of CHARGE syndrome
CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder affecting about 1 in 10,000 newborns. It can lead to neurological and behavioural disorders for which no treatment is currently available.
View ArticleSalk professor selected as HHMI investigator
Salk Professor Kay Tye has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, joining a prestigious group of more than 250 HHMI investigators across the United States who are...
View ArticleNew method for interpreting brain activity data more accurate than...
Skoltech researchers have proposed a method for interpreting brain activity data that proved to be up to five times more accurate than the conventionally used technique in cases when MRI data contained...
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