News tagged with brain derived neurotrophic factor

Researchers discover why cocaine is so addictive

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered how cocaine corrupts the brain and becomes addictive. These findings -- the first to connect activation of specific neurons to alterations in cocaine reward -- were published in Science on Oct ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Memory molecule, deja vu

A second high-profile paper in as many months has found an important role in learning and memory for calpain, a molecule whose academic fortunes have ebbed and flowed for 25 years.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Animal behavioral studies can mimic human behavior

Studying animals in behavioral experiments has been a cornerstone of psychological research, but whether the observations are relevant for human behavior has been unclear. Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have identified ...

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created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bad driving may have genetic basis, study finds

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1