Treatments targeting a specific brain area could facilitate smoking cessation and reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Brain region found that could make quitting smoking easier
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Imagination favors decisions towards long-term goals
Neuroscientists found that the ability to imagine in greater detail controls our impulse to succumb or resist to short-term rewards.
Looking at climate change after Haiyan
World leaders aim to stem atmospheric destruction even as the Philippines reels from natural disaster.
Scientists unmask HIV’s ability to evade immune system
By targeting newfound molecules, scientists might be able to uncloak HIV infection and stop its replication.
A gene that may compromise the efficacy of antidepressant drugs
New study identifies a gene alteration which affects the treatment with the antidepressant drug, reboxetine.
Sleep takes out trash from the brain
Sleep researchers show what happens during sleep, which is the removal of toxic products produced in our brains.
Global coastlines remember Hurricane Sandy
One year after Hurricane Sandy, coastal safety is still a risk in the face of global climate change.
Molecules conveying the benefits of exercise on brain health revealed
A molecule injected in untrained mice could recapitulate the beneficial effects of endurance exercise in brain function
Implanted brain device relieves OCD patient’s symptoms
An implanted device in the brain of a US-veteran with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) diminished his symptoms and improved his everyday life significantly.
Orangutans plan their journeys ahead of time
The capacity for long-term planning was once thought to be a uniquely human trait.
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