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The most common PD treatment today is based on enhancing the activity of the nigro-striatal pathway in the brain with dopamine-modulating therapies, thereby increasing striatal dopamine levels and improving motor impairment associated with the disease. Continue reading “The promise of stem cell technologies for treating Parkinson’s disease”
Princeton researchers have demonstrated a new way of making controllable “quantum wires” in the presence of a magnetic field, according to a study published in Nature. Continue reading “Controllable electron flow in quantum wires”
Human language follows certain regularities. For instance, a plural noun must be accompanied by a plural verb, as in the following sentence: “The kids from the neighborhood are playing.” Continue reading “Typically human: Babies recognize nested structures similar to our grammar”
Michigan State University’s Sleep and Learning Lab has conducted one of the largest sleep studies to date, revealing that sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested. Continue reading “Science underestimated dangerous effects of sleep deprivation”
Children who experience maltreatment, such as neglect or physical or sexual abuse, are more likely to engage in delinquent and offending behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Continue reading “Associations between childhood maltreatment and offending behaviors later in life”
A study has shown a potential link between pregnancy-related anxiety and how a baby’s brains respond to sad speech. Continue reading “Mothers’ pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infants’ brains respond to sad speech”
