Neurogenetics

In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.

Discovery provides potential clues for Lewy body and frontotemporal dementias.

Researchers found that people who attract mosquitoes the most produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin. These chemicals are connected to the scent that attracts mosquitoes.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new study finds that some people really are "mosquito magnets"...

After over three decades of work, "the book of life" is ready to read.

A mouse study running for decades has found promising compounds for extending life—and ruled out many others

A new study suggests prenatal cannabis exposure may influence long-term brain development and mental health.

Alcohol and other drugs can overpower the reward pathways of the brain and change how your genes work.

Machine-learning approach detects Alzheimer's disease with an accuracy of more than 90% — a potential boon for clinicians and scientists developing treatments.

Researchers discovered new genetic risk factors for non-Alzheimer's dementia, specifically LBD and FTD.

The researchers found that people who are most attractive to mosquitoes produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin that are tied to smell. And bad news for mosquito magnets: The bloodsuckers …

The myth of left- or right-brained dominance has become a convenient way to explain away our personality quirks, but these neuroscientists are setting the record straight.

Oxytocin, often lauded as the "hug hormone," might not be necessary to induce affection.

Although the brain is divided into two halves, it is not exactly a mirror image. Some functions are processed more on the left side, others more on the right. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Forschungszentrum Juelich, together with an international team of neuroscientists, have now discovered heritable underpinnings of brain asymmetry—and—how much we share with…

Researchers have found that dysfunction in an important cell subtype in the brain's neuronal network contribute to chronic symptoms in the neurodevelopmental disorder Dravet syndrome.

The reasons why sleep is so vital often hide in unexpected parts of the body, as host Steven Strogatz discovers in conversations with researchers Dragana Rogulja and Alex Keene.

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you

Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments.

A trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics

Contrary to critics, embryo selection for IQ (& other complex traits) works, will help families with a history of illness, & poses few disadvantages. People should not be harassed for using it.