Medications including clomipramine and a veterinary version of Prozac known as fluoxetine have since been successfully prescribed to manage symptoms of PTSD and anxiety in canines (Chutter et al., ...

Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

Neurodegenerative disease where dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra deteriorate. Symptoms involve resting tremor, slowness of movement, shuffling gait, rigidity. Kate graduated from Scripps ...

Arielle Hogan Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research ...

Your brain is very complicated and fascinating! Every week for one year we posted a new and interesting fact about that 3 lb organ in your skull and other parts of the nervous system. Share these 52 ...

En 2015, un grupo de investigadores de neurociencia realizó un estudio análogo de vuelo espacialutilizando una técnica llamada reposo en cama con inclinación hacia abajo (RCIA). En lugar de enviar ...

Cells that have the ability to turn into several different cell types. They are more mature than stem cells and normally are limited to differentiating into cell types of only one type of tissue. i.e.

Cells that have the ability to turn into several different cell types. They are more mature than stem cells and normally are limited to differentiating into cell types of only one type of tissue. i.e.

This study overall shows there is an interplay between the BBB and CB1 receptors on perivascular astrocytes that influences chronic stress resilience.

A form of DNA modification in which methyl groups (A small molecule made of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms) are added to DNA. This type of marking affects gene expression and can either increase ...

Arielle Hogan Arielle Hogan received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in French from the University of Virginia. She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in the NSIDP program at UCLA. Her research ...