Cerebrum : the Dana forum on brain science最新文献

Our author-Professor of Neuroscience & Society at the University of Oxford and co-director of the Wellcome Trust Center for Ethics and Humanities-reflects on efforts to grow recognition of neuroscience in low- and middle-income countries.

As a practicing otologic surgeon with a Ph.D. in epidemiology and a leader in research that examines hearing loss as a potent risk factor for dementia, our author tells us what we've learned and what we still need to know about the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults.

Research by geneticist Gerard Karsenty of Columbia University has revealed that our bones do much more than provide protection and support. A protein called osteocalcin-released as a hormone by the skeleton-has been linked to sugar levels, exercise, and male fertility. More recently, he has shown that osteocalcin triggers a "fight or flight" response to threat.

Marc Brackett and Christina Cipriano at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence trace the formation of a young field and its growing impact on education and personal development.

Our author, the Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics at Emory University and co-founder of Dog Star Technologies-a company using neuroscience to enhance the dog-human partnership-has put more than 100 dogs through a brain scanner. His article addresses a dog's perception of the world, social cognition findings, canine mental health, and more.

Since How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) appeared in 2017, molecular genetics research connected to the silver fox domestication experiment has been published in Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Lee Alan Dugatkin writes about his connection to the project, the role of neural crest cells in domesticating foxes, and how dogs, bonobos, and humans fit into the picture.

Our author- the director of the Social Neuroscience and Health Laboratory at the University of North Carolina-examines new research that ties income and other factors to stress and other emotional responses. Does how we perceive our social standing impact our life expectancy and heart health? Are there interventions available to develop emotion regulation strategies?

Our author's Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab at Penn State uses brain imaging and behavioral experiments to examine how creative thinking works in different contexts and domains, from the arts to the sciences to everyday life. His article examines the part of the brain that directs creative thought and asks the million-dollar question: Can creativity be enhanced?

Solving the mystery of Alzheimer's disease is one of the most important-and elusive-challenges in medicine. New cutting-edge research by our author's lab at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, California points to unique genomic changes within single cells of the brain, called somatic gene recombination, as a potential new factor in finding answers.

Devices in and out of the brain that can stimulate the nervous system through electric current are now being used to treat depression, movement disorders, and chronic pain. Our author, a Stanford School of Medicine clinical associate professor who is senior scientific research director for Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, provides insight on the many neuromodulation strategies now available to treat brain injury and the potential of further research to accomplish much more.