/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Brain%20function/rss en /channels/channels/news/study-links-genes-function-across-human-brain-330004 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Comparing two neural maps reveals the roles of genes in cognition, perception and feeling</strong></p> <p>Many psychiatric disorders have genetic causes, but the exact mechanism of how genes influence higher brain function remains a mystery. A new study provides a map linking the genetic signature of functions across the human brain, a tool that may provide new targets for future treatments.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/press_release.png?itok=6q6_6t7g" width="160" height="47" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:07:01 +0000 webfull 169432 at /channels /channels/news/middle-age-memory-decline-matter-changing-focus-261683 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/newsroom"><em><strong>McGill Newsroom</strong></em></a></p> <p><em>Research sheds new light on what constitutes healthy aging of the brain</em></p> <p>The inability to remember details, such as the location of objects, begins in early midlife (the 40s) and may be the result of a change in what information the brain focuses on during memory formation and retrieval, rather than a decline in brain function, according to a study by Ï㽶ÊÓƵ researchers.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/brain.jpg?itok=Ne-vD0GH" width="160" height="114" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:24:11 +0000 webfull 119837 at /channels