Neuroscience For Kids

neuroscience in the news

What's going on in the world of neuroscience? What's new? What's happening? With fascinating stories that focus on brain research, this page will keep you informed about the breaking discoveries and events in neuroscience.

New approach could jumpstart breathing after spinal cord injury, University Health Network, ScienceDaily, October 10, 2018.
People who have a good sense of smell are also good navigators, ScienceNews, October 16, 2018.
Stimulating the spinal cord helps 3 more paralyzed people walk, ScienceNews, October 31, 2018.
The appendix is implicated in Parkinson's disease, ScienceNews, October 31, 2018/.
Less screentime linked to better memory, learning in kids, ScienceNewsforStudents, November 2, 2018.
Drinking coffee may reduce your chances of developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, University Health Network, ScienceDaily, November 5, 2018.
Playing high school football changes the teenage brain, University of California, Berkeley, ScienceDaily, November 16, 2018.
Brain-computer interface enables people with paralysis to control tablet devices, Brown University, ScienceDaily, November 21, 2018.
Electrical stimulation in the nose induces sense of smell in human subjects, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary,ScienceDaily, November 27, 2018.
Zaps to spinal cord help paralyzed people walk, ScienceNewsforStudents, November 30, 2018.
Spinal injury throws body clocks off schedule, University of Colorado at Boulder, ScienceDaily, December 4, 2018.
Promising diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine, ScienceDaily, December 10, 2018.
Two compounds in coffee may team up to fight Parkinson's, Rutgers University, ScienceDaily, December 10, 2018.
More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzz, NBC News, December 12, 2018.