Late-life depression risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s...
New research indicates that late-life depression can create a build-up of beta-amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/278052.php...
read moreVisual cortex uses information from ears too
Researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Glasgow have discovered that the visual cortex uses information from what you hear, as well as what you see....
read moreBrains of adults with ADHD different than those who outgrew it...
Brain scans of adults with ADHD are different from adults who outgrew it.MIT neuroscientists used fMRIs to study the brains of both groups while they remained unfocused on anything. The adults with ADHD who outgrew it had a “normal...
read moreAir pollution linked to autism
Early life exposure to air pollution is linked to autism and schizophrenia. A new study found that exposure to air pollution early in life appears to create harmful changes in the brain similar to those in people with autism...
read moreStress during pregnancy linked to autism and asthma
Moms who are stress during pregnancy may increase the development of symptoms of asthma and autism in their child. Researchers in Canada have been studying the effects of stress on pregnant women who endured the January 1998 Quebec ice...
read moreEEGs tell us how the brain forms new electrical circuits while we learn...
A research team at MIT found that brain waves from two regions involved in learning synchronize to form new communication circuits....
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