Scientists have identified behavioural and linguistic changes in tweets in Spanish published by users suffering from depression and who are taking medication to treat this disease.
Study: Neuron structures are dissimilar between the brain areas in every individual
It was reported that the volume of the brain areas such as the superior temporal gyrus and anterior cingulate cortex reduces in schizophrenia but a precise change of three-dimensional structure of neuron has remained unclear.
Dr. Itokawa and their colleague performed Nanotomography experiments using Fresnel zone plate optics at the BL37XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and at the 32-ID beamline of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) of Argonne National Laboratory.
A total of 34 three-dimensional image datasets of layer V of the BA22 cortex were blinded by coding dataset names and subjected to a computerized procedure to build Cartesian coordinate models of tissue structures.
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IMAGE: Researchers Sean R. Cuddy and Anna R. Cliffe of the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on what causes cold sores to flare up. The discovery could. view more
Credit: Courtesy Cliffe lab at UVA
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on what causes herpes simplex virus to flare up, explaining how stress, illness and even sunburn can trigger unwanted outbreaks.
The discovery could lead to new ways to prevent cold sores and herpes-related eye disease from reoccurring, the researchers report. Herpes simplex recurrence has long been associated with stress, fever and sunburn, said researcher Anna R. Cliffe, PhD, of UVA s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. This study sheds light on how all these triggers can lead to herpes simplex-associated disease.
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New initiative engages communities in neuroscience
The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research is launching a new project – the Community Neuroscience Initiative, or CNI – that will build connections between neuroscience, the social sciences and communities.
Marlen Z. Gonzalez
The project is headed up by Marlen Z. Gonzalez, assistant professor of human development, whose research focuses on how developmental context shapes the brain. “This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” she said. “I believe it’s important for communities to feel a sense of ownership for the science that gets created and for neuroscience to be part of serving the community.”
A team of researchers from Russia and Israel applied a new algorithm to classify the severity of autistic personality traits by studying subjects brain activity. The article Brief Report: Classification of Autistic Traits According to Brain Activity Recoded by fNIRS Using ε-Complexity Coefficients is published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.