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Your brain on weed

We know drugs are bad for your brain, but are they really?In the second part of this mini drug-and-the-brain series, we’re going to take a...
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Your brain on exercise

Summer: the time when everyone is worrying about muffin tops and beach bodies. But did you know that exercising is not only good for your vanity,...
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Deep-brain stimulation can strengthen memory

Researchers at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine found a way to stimulate an area of the brain that can strengthen memory and it is not in...
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Caffeine can help New York cabbies thread the maze of New York City streets

In a new study of rat brains published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers report that a single dose of caffeine strengthens brain cell...
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New memory neurons sprout during adulthood: implications to Alzheimer's

It was once believed that human keep mantain the same number of neurons in the brain that we are born with and that we lose the capacity to produce...
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New hope for Gulf War illness

  • Gulf War Illness
  • September 14, 2011
Alabama sent more National Guardsmen to Operation Desert Storm than any other state. The demolition of a variety of chemical weapons and exposure...
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Depression is nothing to be ashamed of

Perhaps you went through or are going through a major life event such as a break up, a divorce, a financial crisis, or a death. Of course these...
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4 brain drills for better golf

  • golf brain drills
  • May 24, 2011
Golf demands a relatively high level of mind-body connection. In other words, we all need coordination to play better golf. The good news is that...
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UAB Reseacrh: Nicotine exposure causes learning disabilities in rodents

  • News
  • December 5, 2010
One should note that this research involves nicotine. Nicotine is present in tobacco products (smoked and smokeless), smoking cessation products...
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UAB: Newborn nicotine exposure causes learning disabilities

  • UAB
  • November 18, 2010
Robin Lester, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented research atNeuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the Society for...
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