Neuroscientists are finding novel ways to open the blood brain barrier–to potentially deliver much-needed drugs to individuals with Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative disorders. Excerpt: Potential drugs for neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s disease have been stymied…
Barry Komisaruk's orgasm research was a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience conference. The Guardian asked me to blog about how one has an orgasm in an fMRI. Excerpt: The first question, invariably, is, "Excuse me? You had…
sdfd What happens when you donate an orgasm to science and it goes viral on the web? Well, let me tell you. Excerpt: After donating one of my orgasms to neuroscience, I watched a scan of my brain at the…
Theo Pauline Nestor interviewed me for this Q&A about love and the brain. Excerpt: When writer Kayt Sukel was perched to reenter the dating world, she was suddenly confronted with the fact that she could not answer what she thought…
Nicotine has long been thought to be a "gateway drug." For the first time, the biological underpinnings of that gateway mechanism have been explained. Excerpt: A few years ago, I attended an open Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to support a friend…
Jerome Kagan's lab at Harvard University is finding that early temperament is linked to later activation differences in the amygdala. Excerpt: My great-grandmother once told me that babies keep only one trait throughout the course of their lifetime—their temperament. It…
Neural receptors play an important role in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Here is a basic primer on how they work. Excerpt: Synaptic transmission begins when one brain cell releases a neurochemical into the synapse. The transmission, however, is not complete until…
A new study may offer help in identifying those who are most at-risk for alcoholism. Excerpt: The National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 18 million adults in the United States have an alcohol abuse disorder. Alcoholism is a disease…
New evidence suggests that physical and emotional trauma can make lasting changes to the brain. Excerpt: "Common wisdom" has long linked childhood traumas such as physical and sexual abuse to psychopathology later in life. Now, an ongoing longitudinal study called…
What did I learn as I researched DIRTY MINDS that may help in the dating world? I spilled some of the details to Happen, Match.com's magazine. Excerpt: Kayt Sukel is the author of Dirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love,…
A passionate traveler and science writer, she has no problem tackling interesting (and often taboo) subjects spanning love, sex, neuroscience, travel and politics. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Scientist, USA Today, Pacific Standard, the Washington Post, ISLANDS, Parenting, the Bark, American Baby, National Geographic Traveler, and the AARP Bulletin. She is a partner at the award-winning family travel website Travel Savvy Mom, and is also a frequent contributor to the Dana Foundation's many science publications. Read More...