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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 Tinnitus Treatment Alleviates Annoying Ringing in the Ears, Scientific American, October 7, 2020.
New class of highly effective inhibitors protects against neurodegeneration, University of Heidelberg. ScienceDaily, October 8, 2020.
Our Brain Is Better at Remembering Where to Find Brownies Than Cherry Tomatoes, Scientific American, October 8, 2020.
COVID-19 frequently causes neurological injuries, NYU Langone Health/NYU School of Medicine, ScienceDaily, October 13, 2020.
Novel discoveries in preventing epileptic seizures, Florida State University, ScienceDaily, October 13, 2020.
Diagnosing Parkinson's disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection, Iowa State University, ScienceDaily, October 21, 2020.
Scientists use gene therapy and a novel light-sensing protein to restore vision in mice, NIH News Release, October 22, 2020.
Media Multitasking Disrupts Memory, Even in Young Adults, Scientific American, October 28, 2020.
How octopuses 'taste' things by touching, ScienceNews, October 29, 2020.
A fish's fins may be as sensitive to touch as fingertips, ScienceNews, November 3, 2020.
Saliva testing may help doctors diagnose concussions, Penn State, ScienceDaily, November 9, 2020.
Detecting Alzheimer's disease before symptoms arise, University of Missouri-Columbia, ScienceDaily, November 11, 2020.
Sleep loss hijacks brain's activity during learning, Elsevier, ScienceDaily, November 11, 2020.
Envision color: Activity patterns in the brain are specific to the color you see, NIH News Release, November 16, 2020.
Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, ScienceDaily, November 24, 2020.
Cocoa flavanols boost brain oxygenation, cognition in healthy adults, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau, ScienceDaily, November 24, 2020.
Basketball on the brain: Neuroscientists use sports to study surprise, Princeton University, ScienceDaily, November 25, 2020.
New mechanism of pain control revealed, Kyushu University, ScienceDaily, November 25, 2020.
How SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain, Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berl, ScienceDaily, November 30, 2020.
First meta-analysis shows promise for yoga, meditation, mindfulness in concussion, University of Connecticut, ScienceDaily, November 30, 2020.
Forest fires, cars, power plants join list of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, University of California - San Francisco, ScienceDaily, November 30, 2020.
New tests identify early changes in Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear, University of Gothenburg, ScienceDaily, December 1, 2020.
Air pollution spikes linked to lower test scores for Salt Lake County third graders, University of Utah, ScienceDaily, December 1, 2020.