Science news articles about 'brain scientists'

... that has the potential to change the way researchers think about the brain, scientists at Rockefeller University have found dendritic cells where they`ve never been seen before: among ...

... that has the potential to change the way researchers think about the brain, scientists at Rockefeller University have found dendritic cells where they've never been seen before: among ...

Researchers also found heavy users were more likely to have low-level symptoms of psychotic disorders

Scientists have discovered that three-month-old infants are sensitive to emotional signals that refer to objects ... and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Scientists show that three-month-old ...

Nearly a century after the discovery of strange star-shaped cells in the brain, scientists say they have finally begun to unravel their function. [More]

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a primitive area of the brain that makes us adventurous -- a finding which may help explain why people routinely fall for "new" products when shopping.

... nature and nurture during a crucial period of brain development. The results could lead to treatments for autism ...

Staying awake slows down our brains, scientists have long recognized. Mental performance is at its peak ... to stop this downward slide. When scientists genetically tweaked a part of the brain involved in learning and memory ...

... . burning calories), exercise spurs the body to protect its most precious, and energy-demanding, organ: the brain. Scientists have found this is an example of "good stress;" it starts ...

... to help the virus evade the blood brain barrier and infect the brain, researchers show. The finding ...

Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.

... first study of its kind in the living human brain, scientists have discovered greater levels of serotonin transporter in the brain in winter than in summer. These findings have important implications ...

... a finger without your brain directing muscle cells, and scientists have figured out another reason ... caretaker role in neuron-to-neuron communication in the brain. Scientists knew rapsyn's role in getting ...

... ) to track tracer doses of methamphetamine in humans' brains, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE ... might explain this difference," Fowler said. The scientists measured brain uptake, distribution, and clearance of methamphetamine ...

... memories have been selectively and safely removed from mice by scientists. "While memories are great teachers and obviously ... . Joe Z. Tsien, brain scientist and co-director of the Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute ...