Parents Talk More To Toddlers Who Talk Back Girls babble their way to bigger vocabularies sooner than boys, but it’s not because parents talk to them more DURHAM, N.C. -- Hummus. Chewbacca. Tofu. Belly button. These are just a few of the...
Mom’s Dietary Fat Rewires Male And Female Brains Differently Mom’s fat triggers immune cells to overeat serotonin in the brain of developing male mice, leading to depression-like behavior DURHAM, NC -- More than half of all women in the United States are overweight or obese when they...
New RNA-Based Tool Can Illuminate Brain Circuits, Edit Specific Cells Editing technology is precise and broadly applicable to all tissues and animal species DURHAM, NC – Duke University researchers have developed an RNA-based editing tool that...
Two Duke Faculty Have Won the NIH’s Prestigious Pioneer Award Each has been awarded $3.5 million for daring, potentially trailblazing new ideas DURHAM, N.C. – Two Duke professors are among just eight scholars nationwide who have been...
First-Grade Girls Stick With Science After Pretending to be Marie Curie Make-believe exercise boosted their fortitude on a challenging science game DURHAM, N.C. -- Fake it ‘til you make it is true for children too, it turns out: Young...
High Rates of Depression and PTSD Found in Flint 5 Years After Water Crisis Very high rates of depression and PTSD linked to water contamination DURHAM, N.C. -- Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community...
Young Minds Study the Brain at Duke Local high schoolers participated in a full-time neuroscience research program on campus this summer DURHAM, NC – This summer, the...
Vaccine Resistance Comes From Childhood Legacy of Mistrust Encouraging the vaccine-resistant will take more than advertising, Duke-led study reports DURHAM, N.C. – Curious about why some people have been so passionately, often angrily,...
Alzheimer's Research: Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain Duke has long been a leader in brain research and working to find treatments and cures for...
