Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2020
Post-TBI syndrome impairs hormone production – disrupting sleep cognition – memory
More than 2.5 million people in the United States alone experience a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, each year.
Some of these people are...
Girls with autism receive a diagnosis, on average, nearly 1.5 years later than boys
A new study analyzing the first 1,000 participants in the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) identifies key trends in the...
To better treat people with depression we must restore proper functioning of the blood-brain...
To better treat people with depression, not only must we treat the neurons affected by the disease, but we must also restore the integrity...
Oxytocin improves attachment issues in people with autism
A team led by Professor Kaat Alaerts (KU Leuven) recruited 40 adult men with autism spectrum disorder to take part in their study.
“In a...
Protein encoded by gene FAM222A is linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at the Case Western University School of Medicine say they have identified a previously unknown gene and associated protein which could potentially be...
How coffee affects the brain – body and overall health
You’re reading this with a cup of coffee in your hand, aren’t you? Coffee is the most popular drink in the world. Americans drink...
Researchers found a close association between high aluminum content in brain tissue and Alzheimer’s...
A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD) supports a growing body of research that links human exposure to aluminum with Alzheimer’s disease...
Problem solving : 18-month-olds are savvy when it comes to deciding when and how...
According to a study from Arizona State University, the University of Washington and University of Toronto that has implications for how people learn, infants...
Psychedelics provide lasting improvements in mood and feelings of social connectedness
People who had recently used psychedelics such as psilocybin report a sustained improvement in mood and feeling closer to others after the high has...
Study reveals racial disparities in access to the correct medications for Alzheimer’s patients
Disparities in drug prescribing suggest that black and Asian people with dementia are not receiving the same quality of care as their white peers,...
Researchers have created an edible “security tag” embedded into medicine to protect drugs from...
Manufacturing prescription drugs with distinct markings, colors, shapes or packaging isn't enough to protect them from counterfeiting, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports have shown.
Purdue...
Eye-tracking and pupil dilation may be a new way to measure a person’s hearing...
In 1998, University of Oregon researcher Avinash Singh Bala was working with barn owls in an Institute of Neuroscience lab when the birds’ eyes...
Netflix series – 13 Reasons Why : No clear evidence of increase in adolescent...
Contrary to the findings of a 2019 study that associated the release of the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” with an increase in monthly...
How sea star behavior can help us design more efficient robotics systems ?
Have you ever seen a sea star move?
To many of us, sea star seem motionless, like a rock on the ocean’s floor, but...
Students : surfing the web lower the motivation to study and the academic performance
Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage...
