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• Genetic factors are responsible for creating anatomical patterns in the brain cortex

  26-07-2016 21:51
  The highly consistent anatomical patterning found in the brain's cortex is controlled by genetic factors.
  
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• Imaging the brain at multiple size scales

  26-07-2016 19:15
  Researchers have developed a new technique for imaging brain tissue at multiple scales, allowing them to image molecules within cells or take a wider view of the long-range connections between neurons. The technique, magnified analysis of proteome, should help scientists chart the connectivity and functions of neurons in the human brain.
  
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• Welcome to the new age of uncertainty

  26-07-2016 18:51
  
  Will Brexit ever happen? Could Trump win? Is my job safe? The future right now looks headspinningly unpredictable. Is there any way to avoid this fear, anxiety and paralysis, and learn to thrive in a world in flux?One day recently, I sat in a school hall listening to a headteacher explain why us parents should entrust our kids to her institution. “We will,” she announced terrifyingly, “prepare your children for jobs that don’t yet exist. We will make them ready for career
  
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• Can a brain scan early in a period of stress predict eventual memory loss?

  26-07-2016 18:32
  New research shows that even a brief period of stress -- as few as three days -- can cause the hippocampus to start shrinking. This shrinking of the hippocampus -- a change in the brain's structure -- actually precedes the onset of a change in behavior, namely, the loss of memory.
  
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• Study compares cognitive outcomes for treatments of brain lesions

  26-07-2016 18:28
  Among patients with one to three brain metastases, the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone, compared with SRS combined with whole brain radiotherapy, resulted in less cognitive deterioration at three months, according to a study.
  
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• Study finds average 6-year delay between onset and diagnosis of bipolar disorder

  26-07-2016 16:00
  
  Long delays mean missed opportunities for early intervention to reduce the severity of episodes of bipolar disorder.
  
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• Smell test may predict early stages of Alzheimer’s disease

  26-07-2016 15:50
  An odor identification test may prove useful in predicting cognitive decline and detecting early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research.
  
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• From vision to hand action: Neuroscientists decipher how our brain controls grasping movements

  26-07-2016 15:42
  Our hands are highly developed grasping organs that are in continuous use. Long before we stir our first cup of coffee in the morning, our hands have executed a multitude of grasps. Directing a pen between our thumb and index finger over a piece of paper with absolute precision appears as easy as catching a ball or operating a doorknob. Now neuroscientists have studied how the brain controls the different grasping movements. In their research with rhesus macaques, it was found that the three bra
  
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• The 5 most surreal claims about the brain | Dean Burnett

  26-07-2016 09:30
  
  While much of the brain remains a mystery, we know a lot more about it than people realise. However, some of the claims made about it are just plain weirdOn July 31st 2016, this blog will have been in existence for four years exactly. A huge thanks to everyone who’s made the effort to read it in that time (an alarming number of you). Normally there’d be a post on the day to mark the occasion, but this year the 31st is a) a Sunday, and b) my birthday, so even if I could be bothered to
  
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• Babies are full of cannabis? The five most surreal claims about the brain | Dean Burnett

  26-07-2016 09:30
  
  While much of the brain remains a mystery, we know a lot more about it than people realise. However, some of the claims made about it are just plain weirdOn July 31st 2016, this blog will have been in existence for four years exactly. A huge thanks to everyone who’s made the effort to read it in that time (an alarming number of you). Normally there’d be a post on the day to mark the occasion, but this year the 31st is a) a Sunday, and b) my birthday, so even if I could be bothered to
  
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• Bedtime should be the same time year-round

  26-07-2016 06:02 via chicagotribune.com
  
  Kids who get enough sleep are better off than kids who do not get enough sleep.
  
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• When tasting a favorite beer, are you in your ‘right’ mind?

  26-07-2016 04:21
  According to researchers you might be. Drug-seeking behavior can be prompted or cued by certain kinds of drug-associated stimuli.
  
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• Network physicist sheds light on Alzheimer's, schizophrenia

  26-07-2016 04:18
  A new study comparing mouse and macaque brains has found evidence of an evolutionary universal brain structure in mammals that could provide insights into brain disorders such as Alzheimer's and schizophrenia.
  
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• New theory explains how beta waves arise in the brain

  26-07-2016 01:23
  A team of neuroscientists proposes a new theory -- backed by data from people, animal models and computational simulation -- to explain how beta waves emerge in the brain.
  
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• Changes in teenage brain structure provide clues to onset of mental health problems

  26-07-2016 01:23
  Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers' brains as they develop, showing how these changes may help explain why the first signs of mental health problems often arise during late adolescence.
  
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