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Scientists identify a neural pathway that controls attention, with implications for psychiatric disorders The next time you are in a crowded room, or a meeting, or even at the park with your kids, take a look around.

Seeing – recognizing – acting. These three words describe how a sensory input can lead to a targeted movement. However, very little is known about how and where the brain converts external inputs into behavioural responses.

Promising profile of disease modification and pain reduction leads to proof of concept trials Results of a new study published in the journal Molecular Medicine, a peer-reviewed biomedical journal published by the Feinstein Institute Press, report clinically significant pain reduction in type 2 diabetic patients.

The same species of monkeys located in separate geographic regions use their alarm calls differently to warn of approaching predators, a linguistic analysis by a team of scientists reveals. The study, which appears in the journal Linguistics and Philosophy, reveals that monkey calls have a more sophisticated structure than was commonly thought.

University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center neurology researchers have identified an important cell signaling mechanism that plays an important role in brain cancer and may provide a new therapeutic target.

Tool using parrots and crows play with objects like human toddlers The way in which toys are handled and combined with one another during object play can tell use a lot about the cognitive underpinnings of the actors.

Research collaboration uncovers a novel mechanism of altered information processing between neurons / Major relevance for learning and processing of sensory input Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have discovered a new signal pathway in the brain that plays an important role in learning and the processing of sensory input.

Both positive and negative experiences influence how genetic variants affect the brain and thereby behavior, according to a new study. “Evidence is accumulating to show that the effects of variants of many genes that are common in the population depend on environmental factors.

First reported incidence and possible implications published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience A patient who had suffered a traumatic brain injury unexpectedly recovered full consciousness after the administration of midazolam, a mild depressant drug of the GABA A agonists family.

Targeted therapies are a growing and groundbreaking field in cancer care in which drugs or other substances are designed to interfere with genes or molecules that control the growth and survival of cancer cells.