SELF HARM LINKED TO VIOLENCE TOWARDS OTHERS
Researchers report on a link between people who self harm and violent crime.… READ MORE…
BRAIN REWIRES ITSELF TO ENHANCE OTHER SENSES IN BLIND PEOPLE
Researchers report on the combined structural, functional and anatomical changes that occur in those born blind that are not present in the brains of people born with sight.… READ MORE…
HOW THE BRAIN SHAPES PERCEPTION TO CONTROL BEHAVIOR
A new study provides insight into how the brain processes visual information to help control behavior.… READ MORE…
BRAIN CONTROLLED ROBOTIC ARM HELPS PARALYZED MAN FEEL AGAIN
Using a brain computer interface, researchers help a paralyzed man regain a sensation of touch via a robotic arm.… READ MORE…
HOW THE BRAIN CONTROLS OUR APPETITE
A new study reports researchers have discovered the mechanism behind the enzyme that controls our appetite in response to low glucose availability.… READ MORE…
NEURAL STEM CELLS CONTROL THEIR OWN FATE
A new study reports hippocampal neural stem cells regulate their own cell fate via the protein Drosha.… READ MORE…
DEFECT IN PROCESS THAT CONTROLS GENE EXPRESSION MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
Researchers reveal the role PRC2 plays in Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.… READ MORE…
IMMUNE SYSTEM AFFECTS AND CONTROLS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Researchers report the immune system directly affects, and maybe even controls, a creature’s social behaviors and desire to interact with others.… READ MORE…
NEW BRAINSTEM MODEL REVEALS HOW THE BRAIN CONTROLS BREATHING
Researchers have discovered how the brain controls our breathing in response to changing oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the blood.… READ MORE…
A NEW PRINCIPLE FOR BRAIN CONTROLLED HORMONE SECRETION
A new study reports on how dopamine can regulate itself. … READ MORE…
HOW LSD CAN MAKE US LOSE OUR SENSE OF SELF
Increases in global connectivity in brain networks of people under the influence of LSD correlate with the degree to which a person reported a sense of ego dissolution.… READ MORE…
MOTOR LEARNING TIED TO INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF SENSORY NEURONS IN THE MUSCLES
A new study reports the ability to learn movements relies upon the brain’s control of sensory neurons in muscles.… READ MORE…
