Summary: Skin-to-skin contact, or Kangaroo Care, between mother and child increases oxytocin and decreases stress reactivity. Source: Florida Atlantic University As the world prioritizes social distancing to stop or slow down the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), a new study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University demonstrates that mother-infant touch and contact are essential for optimal neurodevelopmental regulation...Read More

Summary: The hand knob area of the premotor cortex operates across a wide range of motor functions and body areas. Source: Cell Press Mapping different parts of the brain and determining how they correspond to thoughts, actions, and other neural functions is a central area of inquiry in neuroscience, but while previous studies using fMRI scans and...Read More

In addition to studying HIV, members of the team plan to use the same model to shed light on the neurological mechanisms that underlie other conditions, such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, and even normal aging. The image is in the public domain. Many features of infection seen in the three-cell culture mirror what is known from...Read More