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- Brain Resting-State Connectivity Significantly Correlates with ADHD Symptoms https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2024/01/19/JNEUROSCI.1202-23.2023 11 comments
- Political views can be predicted by differences in brain activity. Study says political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us; our brains actually ‘see’ different things depending on our politics. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2023/01/03/JNEUROSCI.0895-22.2022 68 comments science
- Uncoupling Protein-1 Modulates Anxiety-Like Behavior in a Temperature-Dependent Manner (Oct 2022) https://www.jneurosci.org/content/42/40/7659 2 comments science
- A brain region detects when you are about to think of an unwanted memory and alerts other regions to suppress it, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2022/04/06/JNEUROSCI.1711-21.2022 12 comments science
- Viewing Images From Childhood Reduces Pain Perception. After observing triggers of childhood memories, participants reported experiencing weaker feelings of pain in response to the thermal stimuli, particularly at low stimulus intensities https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2022/02/15/JNEUROSCI.2123-21.2022 5 comments science
- 90-minute naps can help boost motor skills and memory. Scientists found sleep can enhance a person’s ability to learn challenging motor tasks since it helps the brain to process and focus on the new skill https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/10/11/jneurosci.0265-21.2021 27 comments science
- Linking Amygdala Persistence to Real-World Emotional Experience and Psychological Well-Being https://www.jneurosci.org/content/41/16/3721 9 comments science
- The motor basis for Misophonia: study suggests that instead of focussing on sounds, which many existing therapies do, effective therapies should target the brain representation of movement, because the mirror neuron system related to orofacial movements could underlie misophonia https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/05/20/jneurosci.0261-21.2021 4 comments science
- The brain remembers faces better after an in-person meeting than after viewing faces in photos, video or video-conference. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/05/19/jneurosci.2466-20.2021 16 comments science
- Music triggers the same reward centre in the brain as alcohol and cocaine. The pathway originates in a region of the midbrain called the ventral tegmental area and extends to the nucleus accumbens, one of the brain's key reward areas https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2021/03/19/jneurosci.0727-20.2020 39 comments science
- Discussion on the possible causes behind tinnitus in The Journal of Neuroscience: "An Auditory Phantom Percept That Does Not Impair External Sound Perception" https://www.jneurosci.org/content/41/8/1622/tab-e-letters#author-response-to-clayton-and-koops-journal-club 10 comments science
- Researchers studied how seasons influence the function of the brain and showed that the length of daylight affects the opioid receptors, which in turn regulate the mood we experience. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/41/6/1265 8 comments science
- vaporized cannabis reinforces drug-seeking behavior. Rats with regular access to cannabis seek more of the substance & tend to show increased drug-seeking behavior when cannabis is absent. This is the next step to better understand the cognitive and neural effects of cannabis use in humans. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/40/9/1897 4 comments science
- Scientists find a molecular switch (and an FDA approved drug) that could reverse myelin sheath damage that occurs in neurogenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and in spinal cord injury - blocking the PAR 1 receptor improves nerve healing in mouse models https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2020/01/06/jneurosci.2029-19.2019 509 comments science
- Even when one eye is covered, the regions of the brain that control it still help process information - the brain is able to fill in the gaps and can "guess" what it might be missing. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/47/9410 3 comments science
- Lip-reading in silence activates the brain's auditory cortices, which create a synchronized representation of what the sound would be like based on visual cues. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/12/19/jneurosci.1101-19.2019 8 comments science
- Music ranks among the greatest human pleasures. Predictability and uncertainty in the pleasure of music may be a reward for learning, suggests a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience, which may explain why people consistently prefer music of intermediate predictive complexity. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/10/11/jneurosci.0428-19.2019 2 comments science
- Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brain's painkilling response. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2019/01/25/jneurosci.2408-18.2018 3 comments science
- How obesity may harm memory and learning: In obese mice, rogue immune cells chomp nerve cell connections. Microglia play an active role in obesity-associated cognitive decline. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/09/10/jneurosci.0789-18.2018 11 comments science
- A regimen of low-dose aspirin potentially may reduce plaques in the brain, which will reduce Alzheimer's disease pathology and protect memory: Aspirin Induces Lysosomal Biogenesis and Attenuates Amyloid Plaque Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease via PPARα http://www.jneurosci.org/content/38/30/6682 3 comments science
- Aspirin reduces amyloid plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer's http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/07/02/jneurosci.0054-18.2018 4 comments science
- Neuroscientists at the University of Sussex have shown by using brain scans of drug users that heroin stimulates a more pleasurable response when taken at home but cocaine is more pleasurable outside the home, such as in a club. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/05/14/jneurosci.0019-18.2018 8 comments science
- Switching mice to a keto diet protects retinal cells and their connections to the brain. More evidence for neuroprotective effects of a low carb/high fat diet in Alzheimers and Parkinsons http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/05/14/jneurosci.3652-17.2018 56 comments science
- A recently published study shows that LSD can manipulate the barrier between you and other people. These findings could help find a treatment for people living with a mental disorder. LSD is one of the few substances that can be used in research to alter someone's sense of self. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/03/19/jneurosci.1939-17.2018 66 comments science
- Research shows punishing a wrongdoer is more rewarding to the brain than supporting a victim http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/02/19/jneurosci.1242-17.2018 14 comments science
- Researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/37/34/8284 10 comments cogsci
- Youthful Brains in Older Adults: Preserved Neuroanatomy in the Default Mode and Salience Networks Contributes to Youthful Memory in Superaging http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/37/9659 4 comments science
- Scientists have uncovered that the added influence of confident people may be down to our biology. By studying brain activity, academics discerned that human brains are geared for placing added value on opinions of confident people. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2016/12/09/jneurosci.4490-15.2016.1 9 comments science
- Study suggests heavy cannabis use during youth could prevent the formation of healthy neural circuits http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/26/7039.abstract 20 comments science
- Neural Responses to Heartbeats in the Default Network Encode the Self in Spontaneous Thoughts http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/30/7829.full 4 comments science
- Marijuana is not associated with differences in brain structure. "Effect sizes suggest that the failure to find differences was not due to a lack of statistical power, but rather was due to the lack of even a modest effect." http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/4/1505.full 16 comments science
- New study suggests that ApoE4, the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease, is a transcription factor that controls expression of up to 1700 genes. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/3/685.abstract 6 comments science
- The idea that men and women smoke cigarettes for different reasons is widely accepted in the addiction research field. Now, thanks to work by Yale researchers, we also know that men and women activate different parts of the brain while smoking. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/50/16851.short?sid=48169b95-9229-40b6-8b00-ff554d1c4968 113 comments science
- The Role of Memory Reactivation during Wakefulness and Sleep in Determining Which Memories Endure http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/15/6672.full#abstract-1 10 comments science
- Brain Activation during Human Male Ejaculation...a role for the cerebellum in emotional processing. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/23/27/9185.full.pdf 5 comments science
- A common path to curing Parkinson's, Alzheimer's diseases and multiple sclerosis: normalization of pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Candidate drugs (MW-151 and MW-189) are in Phase I trial. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/30/10201.abstract 4 comments science
- Cannabinoids reduce pain in a mouse model of chemotherapy induced pain hypersensitivity (no coverage in the popular press) http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/20/7091.full 20 comments science
- E Causes Holes In Your Brain Like Sustaining a Concussion http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/12/3234?maxtoshow=&hits=10&resultformat=&fulltext=hippocampus&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&firstindex=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=hwcit 143 comments science
- Cannabidiol, a Nonpsychotropic Component of Cannabis, Inhibits Cue-Induced Heroin Seeking http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/47/14764 3 comments science
- Brain Activation during Human Male Ejaculation http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/23/27/9185 2 comments science