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Study: Distinct brain structure and behavior related to ADHD and Conduct Disorder reveal similar brain patterns

On: September 2, 2018

The study was conducted as part of Europe’s IMAGEN Project, a comprehensive effort to understand the brain. The abstract indicates a strong phenotype link between ADHD and Conduct Disorder. It’s unclear from the abstract, whether or not the subjects were on medication, but it’s likely they were. I’d like toContinue Reading

Scientists Have Found Secret Tunnels Between The Skull And The Brain

By: Sharon

On: August 28, 2018

In: Neuroscience

Cool! Tunnels enable a swift immune response. Another of those ‘design’ elements. Did you know you have tiny tunnels in your head? That’s OK, no one else did either until recently! But that’s exactly what a team of medical researchers have just found in mice and humans – tiny channelsContinue Reading

Scientists Have Found a New Type of Brain Cell And It Looks Like It’s Unique to Humans

By: Sharon

On: August 28, 2018

In: Neuroscience

The human brain continues to surprise researchers. It’s compact, bushy, and responsible for telling other neurons to shush. Beyond that, nobody is entirely sure what a newly discovered variety of brain cell called a rosehip neuron does. Source: Scientists Have Found a New Type of Brain Cell And It LooksContinue Reading