Last Edition's Most Popular Article

• Origins: on the origin of religion
  Science 2009:326(5954):784-787
  

In the Academic Literature:

• Dopamine receptor D4 polymorphism predicts the effect of L-DOPA on gambling behavior
  Biological Psychiatry November 14 2009
  
  
• Hypomania with hypersexuality following bilateral anterior limb stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder
  Journal of Neurosurgery November 13 2009
  
  
• Nucleus accumbens deep brain stimulation decreases ratings of depression and anxiety in treatment-resistant depression
  Biological Psychiatry November 14 2009
  
  
• Long-term results of thalamic deep brain stimulation for essential tremor
  Journal of Neurosurgery November 13 2009
  
  
• Hippocampus-dependent and -independent theta-networks of active maintenance
  PNAS 2009:106(46)
  
  
• Enhanced dendritic activity in awake rats
  PNAS 2009:106(46)
  
  
• Evidence from intrinsic activity that asymmetry of the human brain is controlled by multiple factors
  PNAS 2009:106(46)
  
  
• Reversible acute cognitive dysfunction induced by bilateral STN stimulation
  Journal of Neurology 2009:256(8)
  
  
• Greater improvement in quality of life following unilateral deep brain stimulation surgery in the globus pallidus as compared to the subthalamic nucleus
  Journal of Neurology 2009:256(8
  
  
• Differential activation of the striatum for decision making and outcomes in a monetary task with gain and loss
  Cortex 2009:45(10)
  
  
• Anti-depressant and anxiolytic like behaviors in PKCI/HINT1 knockout mice associated with elevated plasma corticosterone level
  BMC Neuroscience 2009:10(132)
  
  
• Follistatin gene delivery enhances muscle growth and strength in nonhuman primates
  Science Translational Medicine 2009:1(6)
  
  
• Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans
  Current Biology November 12 2009
  
  
• Representation of shape in individuals from a culture with minimal exposure to regular, simple artifacts: sensitivity to nonaccidental versus metric properties
  Psychological Science October 30 2009
  
  
• Deep brain stimulation as a new therapeutic approach in therapy-resistant mental disorders: ethical aspects of investigational treatment
  European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2009:259(2)

In the Popular Press:

• The evolution of the god gene
  The New York Times November 14 2009
  
  
  
• Cat brain-based computer: scientists perform cat-scale cortical simulations and map the human brain
  Science Daily November 18 2009
  
  
  
• Size and strength not a mate-choice factor for everyone
  Wired Science November 16 2009
  
  
  
• Why pain sometimes lingers
  Nature News November 15 2009
  
  
• New brain cells may knock out old memories
  Wired Science November 12 2009
  
  
  
• Toddlers insensitive to fear go on to commit crimes
  New Scientist November 17 2009
  
  
  
• Secret math of fly eyes could overhaul robot vision
  Wired Science November 12 2009
  
  
  
• Top 10 cyborg videos
  Wired Science November 15 2009
  
  
  
• Signature of consciousness captured in brain scans
  New Scientist November 12 2009