An international research team reports in Nature Medicine a novel molecular pathway that causes an aggressive form of medulloblastoma, and suggests repurposing an anti-depressant medication to…
Researchers at Western University have extended their game-changing brain scanning techniques by showing that a short Alfred Hitchcock movie can be used to detect consciousness in…
World Autism Awareness Day is here. April 2, 2011 marks the fourth annual World Autism Awareness Day. To help build awareness, NeuroscienceNews.com provides some useful information to…
Sending Multiple Sclerosis Up in Smoke Source: neurosciencenews.com
Findings, published in Nature, could lead to improved treatments for stroke, other brain injuries. Learning a new skill is easier when it is related to an…
New findings from Carnegie Mellon identify altered ‘thought-markers’ of autism. Psychiatric disorders, including autism, are characterized and diagnosed based on a clinical assessment of verbal and…
The cognitive skills used to learn how to ride a bike may be the key to a more accurate understanding of developmental dyslexia. And they may…
For kids with uncontrolled seizures, a technically illegal drug offers hope. But is it scientifically sound? Desperate for relief, parents are taking unusual steps to help…
Summary: Researchers report that there may be some truth in the belief that marijuana causes laziness, in rats at least. Source: University of British Columbia. New…
Summary: Tau PET neuroimaging could help open the door to developing new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Source: Lund University. Tau PET is a new and…
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