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Special K: Leader of the Antidepressants Revolution
Ketamine may become a new revolutionary medicine for the treatment of depression due to its ability to restore and promote synapse connections
Read More »Natural Birth Induces Protein Linked to Brain Development
Professor Tamas Horvath and his research team have found that natural birth stimulates production of a protein that helps neurons, especially those involved in memory, form connections
Read More »On The Road to Attenuating Neuropathic Pain
Omar Samad and Dr. Stephen Waxman have developed a potential method to treat neuropathic pain by reducing the production of a specific sodium channel
Read More »Smirnoff “Mice”: Protein Expression Linked to Alcoholism Propensity in Mus musculus
Yale Professor Jane Taylor and graduate student Jacqueline Barker have identified a protein that is related to risk of alcoholism-like behavior in mice
Read More »Staying in Touch
DePauw University Professor Matthew Hertenstein conducted a study on how tactile communication, such as a pat on the back or a high-five, can communicate a wide range of emotions, sometimes more accurately than words
Read More »The Mechanisms and Perception of Itch
Dr. Robert LaMotte’s Laboratory at the Yale School of Medicine studies the perception and mechanisms of itch in an effort to derive better treatments for chronic itch.
Read More »The Neural Basis of Olfaction
Exciting new research at Yale’s Greer Lab has revealed a population of olfactory stem cells and has begun to unravel the complex mechanisms behind the development and regeneration of the olfactory system neurons
Read More »Your Brain on Food
In several regions of the brain, researchers are discovering new complexities in the ways in which our diet affects our minds and bodies
Read More »Behind the Power to be Limitless
The new movie “Limitless” brings up the age-old question: how much of our brain can we access
Read More »Can Laughter be Therapeutic?
Neuroscientific research is revealing the ways in which laughter may really be an effective medicine
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