Grapheme-colour synesthesia provides a clear advantage in statistical learning – an ability to discern patterns – which is a critical aspect of learning language, an experiment led by University of […]
A genomic incompatibility could explain why many kidney transplants fail, even when donors and recipients are thought to be well-matched, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College […]
The growth of inhibitory synapses is specifically stimulated in the vicinity of excitatory synapses, researchers at Utrecht University have discovered. The vast majority of synapses are excitatory, which increase the […]
The ebb and flow of gene expression that may wake neural stem cells from their slumber has been revealed by researchers at Kyoto University studying brain chemistry in mice. The […]
A set of chemical imbalances in the brains of people with schizophrenia related to the chemical glutamate has been elucidated by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers in recently published studies using […]
A role for the mitochondrial effects of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the facilitation of stress adaptation has been identified in new research. Mitochondria in neurons are the powerhouses that generate […]
Several years ago, MIT neuroscientists showed that they could dramatically reduce the amyloid plaques seen in mice with Alzheimer’s disease simply by exposing the animals to light flickering at a […]
Growing up in an impoverished urban neighborhood more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder by middle adulthood, a new study indicates. Researchers, who […]
