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UrduThe team, led by Imperial College London researchers, uncovered the wiring in mouse brains that leads them to begin nesting in preparation for sleep. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, the study reveals that preparing properly for sleep is likely a hard-wired survival feature – one often neglected or overridden by humans.
Tag: Prefrontal Cortex
How hormonal birth control may affect the adolescent brain
Reproductive health experts consider hormonal contraceptives good choices for adolescents because they’re safe and highly effective at preventing pregnancy, but one aspect of their effect on the teenage body remains a mystery – whether and how they modify the developing brain.
Study shows differences between brains of primates — humans, apes and monkeys — are small but significant
While the physical differences between humans and non-human primates are quite distinct, a new study reveals their brains may be remarkably similar. And yet, the smallest changes may make big differences in developmental and psychiatric disorders.
Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals
Study results suggest the pre-frontal cortex-habenula circuit is potentially amenable for targeted interventions and prevention.
Petting dogs engages the social brain, according to neuroimaging
Greater interaction with real dogs leads to greater activity in the prefrontal cortex.
A Technique for Regulating Emotion May be Effective in Disrupting Compulsive Cocaine Addiction, a Mount Sinai Study Has Found
An emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal helped reduce the typically heightened and habitual attention to drug-related cues and contexts in cocaine-addicted individuals, a study by Mount Sinai researchers has found.
UTEP Professor’s Study May Lead to Solutions for Overeating
The 10-member team made discoveries about a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food. It could lead to a way to inhibit the desire to overeat.
Researchers Discover a Specific Brain Circuit Damaged by Social Isolation During Childhood
Study shows long-lasting effects and points the way to potential treatments
Excess Weight Among Pregnant Women May Interfere With Child’s Developing Brain
Obesity in expectant mothers may hinder the development of the babies’ brains as early as the second trimester, a new study finds.
A Novel Class of Long Non-coding RNAs May Help Explain Increased Susceptibility of Females to Depression
Researchers at Mount Sinai have found that a novel class of genes known as long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) expressed in the brain may play a pivotal role in regulating mood and driving sex-specific susceptibility versus resilience to depression.