Neuropsychology and Neurology News

Rat Study Finds Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for Learning

May 10th, 2012
Rat Study Finds That Mental Replay of Past Experiences Critical for Learning  Mentally replaying past experiences while awake is essential for making informed choices, suggests a new study using rats. Funded by the ...

Chronic Cocaine Use Rewires the Brain

May 10th, 2012
Chronic Cocaine Use Rewires the Brain The chronic use of cocaine can lead to structural changes in the brain that make the user more susceptible to addiction. Researchers at the ...

Post-Term Babies Have More Behavioral, Emotional Problems

May 4th, 2012
Post-Term Babies Have More Behavioral, Emotional ProblemsNew research has found that babies who are post-term — defined as born after a normal-length pregnancy of 42 weeks — are ...

New Peptide Therapy Stops Parkinson’s in Mice

May 3rd, 2012
New Peptide Therapy Stops Parkinsons in MiceParkinson's disease is an insidious disorder affecting movement and cognition for over one million Americans. New research has identified a method that stops ...

Should We Treat Depression Differently for Lefties?

May 3rd, 2012
Should We Treat Depression Differently for Lefties?New research suggests the way we use our hands may determine how emotions are organized in our brains. If ...

Genetic Link Between Epilepsy and Psychosis?

May 3rd, 2012
Genetic Link Between Epilepsy and Psychosis?Emerging research suggests individuals with epilepsy have an increased risk of psychotic disorders including bipolar disease and schizophrenia. In the study, Finnish researchers determined individuals with epilepsy ...

Omega-3 Diet May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

May 3rd, 2012
Omega-3 Diet May Lower Alzheimers RiskA diet including chicken, nuts, fish, salad dressing, and other foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids may help to lower the blood level of a ...

Can Blood Pressure Meds Lessen PTSD Symptoms?

May 2nd, 2012
Can BP Meds Lessen PTSD Symptoms?Researchers have discovered that a common class of blood pressure medications appears to reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The finding that ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) ...

Genetic Research on Autism Advances

May 2nd, 2012
Genetic Research on Autism AdvancesAlthough different genes interact with environmental cues to influence autism, new research finds a common ground as the various genes involved in autism appear to influence special ...

Computer Use + Exercise = Keep Your Memory

May 2nd, 2012
Computer Use + Exercise  = Keep Your MemoryA new Mayo Clinic study suggests a combination of mentally stimulating exercises and physical exercise lowers the risk of memory ...
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