Dec. 7, 2020 — Cocaine continues to be one of the most commonly abused illicit drugs in the United States. Pre-clinical literature suggests that targeting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors (GLP-1Rs) in the brain ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — White blood cells are part of many immune system responses in the human body. New research shows that a specific type of those cells may cause brain cancer tissues to die -- but that's not good ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Chronic sleep disruption during adolescence can lead to depression in both males and females and alters stress reactivity in females, according to a new study. Their findings are particularly ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — According to a new study, making eye contact with a robot may have the same effect on people as eye contact with another person. The results predict that interaction between humans and humanoid ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — While many people are now enjoying longer, healthier lives, current retirement ages are posing challenges for both policymakers and retirees. A new study looked into whether there is potential to ...
Dec. 7, 2020 — Study participants who regularly drank at harmful levels shown to consume six drinks per session, compared to two alcoholic beverages for those less regular binge ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A high biodiversity in our vicinity is as important for life satisfaction as our income, scientists found. All across Europe, the individual enjoyment of life correlates with the number of ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A study has made a surprising connection between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two disorders of the nervous system, and the genetic mutation normally ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A new discovery reveals how something amazing happens when a baby takes a first breath. The finding could shed light on sudden infant death syndrome ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A new study finds a connection between gestational age and ADHD in children with Down syndrome. An earlier gestational age is linked to higher ADHD symptoms later in ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — Medical researchers in South Australia assessed more than 600 men aged over 40 to 88 years to measure the link between sleep apnea and muscle mass with grip ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — A new study on Alzheimer's disease has revealed a previously unknown biochemical cascade in the brain that leads to the destruction of synapses, the connections between nerve cells that are ...
Dec. 4, 2020 — New research has confirmed in laboratory testing that a population of nerve cells near the base of the brain - the RFRP neurons - become active in stressful situations and then suppress the ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — The evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol on brain health is compelling, but now experts have pinpointed three key time periods in life when the effects of alcohol are likely to be at their ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Restoration of vision in blind people through a brain implant is on the verge of becoming reality. Recent discoveries show that newly developed high-resolution implants in the visual cortex make it ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers use connectomic mapping in the developing cortex to uncover the developmental wiring rules for inhibitory ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — People with gambling problems are less likely to consider important information that could prevent them from losing, according to new ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Middle-grades science teachers that dedicate a minimum of five hours of instructional time to science each week are more likely to implement inquiry-based teaching, a best practice among science and ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — New research gives the first detailed view of ventral striatum activity during three phases of effort-based decision-making -- the anticipation of initiating an effort, the actual execution of the ...
Dec. 3, 2020 — Researchers invented a new type of microscope called reflective matrix microscope, which uses adaptive optics ...
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