10-11-12 For Immediate Release Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified for the first time a novel mechanism that regulates circadian rhythm（生理节律） , the master clock that controls the body's natural 24-hour p...

10-11-12 Yoga has a greater positive effect on a person's mood and anxiety level than walking and other forms of exercise, which may be due to higher levels of the brain chemical GABA according to an article in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary（...

10-11-06 Scientists think it will be possible to record people's dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. 根据一项新报告，科学家们认为未来将有可能记录下人类的梦境并加以解释。 They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record...

10-11-05 Was it the evolution of the hand, or of the brain, that enabled prehistoric toolmakers to make the leap from striking off simple flakes（鳞片，白点） of rock to fashioning a sophisticated hand axe? A new study finds that the ability to plan complex...

10-11-05 By applying electrical current to the brain, researchers reporting online on November 4 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have shown that they could enhance a person's mathematical（数学的 ） performance for up to 6 months without influe...

10-11-03 Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI核磁共振成像 ) of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the December issue of the journal Radiology. S...

10-11-03 Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid（乳酸） levels. Their findings suggest that the l...

10-10-20 Researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have found that the same genes have different activity patterns in the brain in individuals with different genetic backgrounds. These findings may help to explain individual differences in the eff...

10-10-14 Before Alzheimer's patients experience memory loss, the brain's neurons（神经原，神经细胞） have already suffered harm for years. A new study in mouse models by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center has found that the brain's mitochondri...

10-10-13 People's brains are more responsive to friends than to strangers, even if the stranger has more in common, according to a study in the Oct. 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Researchers examined a brain region known to be involved in processi...