Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...
Alzheimer's disease and many other forms of neurodegeneration share a common culprit. In these diseases, tau proteins that ...
Research involving a Rutgers professor sheds new light on the biological basis of schizophrenia by directly measuring ...
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The gut-brain connection: What science now knows
Most people think of the gut as a digestive organ. Something that processes food, absorbs nutrients, and occasionally causes trouble on a stressful morning. But over the past decade, researchers have ...
The screen worked, flagging expected cancer genes. But it also kept returning something that seemed impossible: genes for synapses, glutamate receptors, and neural signaling pathways. “We absolutely ...
A breakthrough from the University of Cambridge is offering new hope for one of medicine’s most stubborn challenges: repairing damage to the brain and spinal cord. By growing miniature connected ...
The brain begins life with high connection density, which drops sharply through childhood, then rises again slightly before declining in old age. Although the number of connections decreases with age, ...
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