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Category: Neuroscience

How a Tiny Gene Mutation May Have Shaped Human Language
Genetics and Heredity Neuroscience

How a Tiny Gene Mutation May Have Shaped Human Language

April 29, 2025May 19, 2025

A gene mutation in the brain 200,000 years ago may be responsible for human language, as seen in a controlled experiment on the NOVA1 gene.

New Study on Lowering Risk of Diabetes from Antipsychotic Drugs
Health Neuroscience

New Study on Lowering Risk of Diabetes from Antipsychotic Drugs

July 9, 2024April 21, 2025

Antipsychotic drugs can increase the risk of diabetes, but dopamine receptors in the brain and body may be the key to a solution.

How a Molecular Matchmaker Is Furthering Alzheimer’s Research
Health Neuroscience

How a Molecular Matchmaker Is Furthering Alzheimer’s Research

June 25, 2024February 17, 2025

A new drug helping natural enzymes target a dysregulated protein represents a step forward in Alzheimer’s research.

Multitasking Sensory Neurons in the Brain of a Marine Invertebrate
Marine and Freshwater Biology Neuroscience

Multitasking Sensory Neurons in the Brain of a Marine Invertebrate

May 28, 2024June 6, 2024

Sensory neurons help animals make sense of the world, and these small marine invertebrates can do a lot with only a few neurons.

Feeling Brain Fog? It Could Be in Your Blood
Health Neuroscience

Feeling Brain Fog? It Could Be in Your Blood

April 30, 2024June 27, 2024

Brain fog accompanying long COVID could be the result of breaches in a cellular barrier protecting the brain.

Childbirth Is Both Life-Changing and Brain-Changing
Health Neuroscience

Childbirth Is Both Life-Changing and Brain-Changing

April 2, 2024April 1, 2024

Neuroscientists studying childbirth found different effects on brain cortex volume for those recovering from a natural delivery or C-section.

Panic! In the Brain: What Causes Panic Attacks?
Neuroscience

Panic! In the Brain: What Causes Panic Attacks?

February 20, 2024June 24, 2024

Panic attacks aren’t yet fully understood, but researchers have found a new neuronal pathway that may hold some answers.

Picky Eating and Brain Evolution in Butterflies
Biology Neuroscience Zoology

Picky Eating and Brain Evolution in Butterflies

September 26, 2023October 4, 2023

Brain evolution in the Heliconius butterfly is linked to their specific feeding preferences and foraging behaviors.

Brains and Play Behavior in Rats
Neuroscience Zoology

Brains and Play Behavior in Rats

September 5, 2023August 31, 2023

Play behavior and laughter in rats is influenced by their environment and by the part of the brain that controls fight or flight responses.

Vitamin D: Is It the Newest Brain Food?
Health Neuroscience Nutrition

Vitamin D: Is It the Newest Brain Food?

April 24, 2023March 16, 2025

A new study on brain health has made a connection between individuals getting more Vitamin D and a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease.

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