The Adult Brain contains a Large Number of Silent Synapses
A silent synapse is an excitatory glutamatergic synapse with NMDA-type glutamate receptors but no AMPA-type glutamate receptors in its postsynaptic membrane. These synapses are called…
Neuroscience
A Study discovered that Racial Discrimination affects Brain Microstructure
Social discrimination, a type of psychological stressor, has been linked to poorer physical and mental health outcomes, but little is known about how discrimination affects…
Different Brain Networks Linked to Depression Risk and Resilience
Two separate brain networks have been found to be connected with higher and decreased depression symptoms in a recent study that ties the site of…
Early Depression Interventions May Reduce the Chance of Dementia in the Future
A new study offers proof that prompt treatment of depression may reduce the risk of dementia in particular patient groups. Depression has long been linked…
Flavonol Antioxidants have been linked to Slower Memory Decline
Dietary flavonoids’ neuroprotective actions involve a variety of effects within the brain, including the ability to protect neurons from injury caused by neurotoxins, the ability…
Diet has a Significant impact on ADHD Symptoms in Children
Protein has been shown in studies to increase brain alertness. Carbohydrates have the opposite effect. Even worse are artificial colors and flavors. This could explain…
Researchers Compile an “Atlas” of Gene Expression in Neurons to Show the Variety of Brain Cells
By classifying more than 250,000 neurons in fruit fly brains using gene sequencing and machine learning, researchers at New York University have built a “developmental…
Researchers Have Identified What Causes Brain Cells to Develop in a Particular Order
The full set of ten parameters, including the sequence in which these neurons mature, that control the different types of brain cells in the visual…
How the “Little Brain’s” Dopamine Signals Increase Sociability
Before Jeremy Schmahmann and Janet Sherman of Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital published a paradigm-shifting paper in the journal Brain in 1998, the majority of neuroscientists…
Pregnancy Drinking alters the structure of the Baby’s Brain
A meta-analysis of multiple studies examining how women’s drinking patterns during pregnancy can affect the development of their children was published in Clinical and Experimental…
Effective early Treatment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental disorders are defined by a set of symptoms that are caused by differences in a child’s brain and nervous system. While other mental health…
ADHD Gene Activity Patterns
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder that typically begins in childhood and is characterized by a short attention span (inattention), an inability to be…
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