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  • Brain Changes Associated With Low Level Cannabis Use in Teenagers
    Jan 15, 2019
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    Brain Changes Associated With Low Level Cannabis Use in Teenagers
    Reporting their results in JNeurosci, researchers observed grey matter volume differences in teenagers who reported using recreational marijuana just once or twice.
  • Diving Deeper Into Developmental Dyslexia
    Jan 15, 2019
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    Diving Deeper Into Developmental Dyslexia
    New research published in JNeurosci broadens our understanding of a common learning disability to include alterations in lower as well as higher brain structures.
  • Memory of Last Meal Influences When, How Much Rats Eat Next
    Jan 15, 2019
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    Memory of Last Meal Influences When, How Much Rats Eat Next
    Research published in eNeuro identifies cells in the brains of male rats that appear to control future food intake by preserving memories of past meals, lending support to the idea of boosting meal memories as a strategy for managing overeating.
  • Prefrontal Cortex Development and Mental Illness
    Jan 08, 2019
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    Prefrontal Cortex Development and Mental Illness
    A mouse study published in JNeurosci shows how abnormal brain development and maternal stress may interact to produce schizophrenia, bipolar, and depressive disorders.
  • Stroke Produces Dysfunctional Brain Cells
    Jan 08, 2019
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    Stroke Produces Dysfunctional Brain Cells
    Interfering with the production of newborn neurons in the hippocampus may help to mitigate stroke-induced memory impairments, suggests new research published in JNeurosci.
  • Brain Imaging Predicts Response to Public Health Campaign
    Jan 08, 2019
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    Brain Imaging Predicts Response to Public Health Campaign
    Neuroimaging data obtained from a small group of smokers predicts the influence of a large anti-smoking media campaign targeting likely smokers, shows a new study published in JNeurosci.
  • Socioeconomic Status and the Developing Brain
    Dec 25, 2018
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    Socioeconomic Status and the Developing Brain
    The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and brain anatomy is mostly stable from childhood to early adulthood, according to a longitudinal neuroimaging study of more than 600 healthy young people published in JNeurosci.
  • Brain Activity Predicts Fear of Pain
    Dec 25, 2018
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    Brain Activity Predicts Fear of Pain
    Researchers applied a machine learning technique, described in eNeuro, that could potentially translate patterns of activity in fear-processing brain regions into scores on questionnaires used to assess a patient's fear of pain.
  • Breast Cancer Drug Impairs Brain Function
    Dec 25, 2018
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    Breast Cancer Drug Impairs Brain Function
    Published in JNeurosci, a comprehensive study of monkeys given the breast cancer drug Letrozole reveals side effects that impact the brain.
  • Microglia Transmit Pain to the Brain During Stress
    Dec 18, 2018
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    Microglia Transmit Pain to the Brain During Stress
    Research in male mice published in JNeurosci demonstrates activation of microglia in the spinal cord is responsible for increased pain sensitivity in response to stress.
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