Archivi tag: neuroscience
DISTURBO POST-TRAUMATICO DA STRESS E INVECCHIAMENTO PRECOCE
Una ricerca condotta da Erika Wolf, della Boston University e pubblicata su Psychoneuroendocrinology nel settembre 2015, rileva una correlazione tra PTSD e invecchiamento cerebrale precoce. La Sindrome, definita di Maria Antonietta, sembra colpire anche soggetti molto giovani, già tra i … Continua a leggere
CREDERE NELLA SCIENZA O NELLA RELIGIONE? QUESTIONE DI “CONFLITTO” CEREBRALE
The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Babson College have found. Clashes between the use of faith vs. scientific evidence to explain the world … Continua a leggere
TRACTOGRAPHY AS A NEW TOOL TO STUDY BRAIN CONNECTIONS
PROFESSOR CATANI’S STUDIES AT KING’S COLLEGE HELP US IN CREATING USEFUL ATLAS OF WHITE MATTER CONNECTIONS IN HUMAN BRAIN. A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR NEUROSCIENCISTS Atlasing location, asymmetry and inter-subject variability of white matter tracts in the human brain with MR … Continua a leggere
A NEW TOOL TO INVESTIGATE BRAIN CIRCUITS IN REAL TIME
Columbia neuroscientists develop new tools to safely trace brain circuits. Scientists at Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute have developed a new viral tool that dramatically expands scientists’ ability to probe the activity and circuitry of brain … Continua a leggere
SKA2 GENE AND VULNERABILITY TO PTSD
Severity of PTSD Could Be Predicted by Specific Gene Neuroscience News September 1, 2015 A gene linked in previous research, appears to predict more severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms as well as a thinner cortex in regions of the … Continua a leggere
STRESS, RILASCIO DI CORTISOLO, PERCEZIONE DEL DOLORE E COMPETENZA EMPATICA
Un recente studio condotto dal prof. Jeffrey Mogil (Loren J. Martin et al., 2015), dell’università di Montreal in Canada, sembra dimostrare che la presenza di soggetti estranei diminuisca la capacità empatica delle persone e, al contempo, diminuisca altresì la … Continua a leggere
NUOVE METODICHE DI MAPPATURA DELL’ATTIVITA’ CEREBRALE
Riporto il sunto di un articolo comparso su Cell Reports (ref. in calce). Il dato interessante non è tanto quali aree risultino attive nel cervello del topo durante i diversi comportamenti (dato già noto a seguito dei numerosi esperimenti condotti … Continua a leggere
SWITCHING ON GOOD AND BAD MEMORIES
Memories Get the Emotional Switch Neuroscience News October 24, 2014 Featured, Neuroscience Neurons that encode whether a memory is positive or negative can be reprogrammed to switch the emotional association of the experience. Memories of experiences are encoded in the … Continua a leggere
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A NEW WAY OF TREATING BRAIN TUMORS
Scientists Engineer Toxin Secreting Stem Cells to Treat Brain Tumors Neuroscience News October 24, 2014 Brain Cancer, Featured, Genetics Proof-of-concept study highlights new therapeutic use of engineered human stem cells. Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have … Continua a leggere
A NEW REVOLUTIONARY WAY TO EXAMINE THE BRAIN TESTED BY STUDYING SLEEP CIRCUITS
A new study, published on Nature Nueroscience in August, demonstrates that at least the half of the sleep promoting activity of the brain originates in the Parafacial Zone (PZ), located in the brain stem. Specifically, Christelle Anaclet (Harvard Medical School … Continua a leggere
PSICOPATOLOGIA E NEUROSCIENZE CLINICHE E FORENSI 
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