Neuroscience News
April 18, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Thought emerges and is controlled in the brain via the rhythmically and spatially coordinated activity of millions of neurons, scientists argue in a new article. Understanding cognition and its ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The harder your brain works at your job, the less likely you may be to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study. This study does not prove that stimulating work prevents mild cognitive impairment. It only shows an ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson's disease treatments. The researchers designed and used an AI-based strategy to identify compounds that block the clumping, or aggregation, of ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory -- the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it -- coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists created four cannabis-derived CBN analogs (chemical look-a-likes) with enhanced neuroprotective properties and potential for therapeutic application in neurological disorders like ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Autism spectrum disorder has yet to be linked to a single cause, due to the wide range of its symptoms and severity. However, a recent study suggests a promising new approach to finding answers, one ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers have advanced the understanding of how the cerebral cortex develops by tracing the lineage of certain brain ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have identified promising real-world links between common HIV drugs and a reduced incidence of Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Over a ten-year period, biobank participants who met recommended levels of physical activity had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and the ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in prolonged elevation of the hormone cortisol after they give ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A new study offers a first look into the complex molecular changes that occur in brain cells with Lewy bodies, which are key pathological hallmarks ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of NF1-linked optic gliomas in mice, laying the groundwork for a clinical ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 — A new study revealed how aberrant epigenetic regulation contributes to the development of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid (AT/RT) tumors, which are aggressive brain tumors that mainly affect young ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Sports, beyond entertainment, foster community and belonging, benefiting both individuals and society. Despite its recognized positive effects, limited evidence exists on the link between watching ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — When the brain has trouble filtering incoming information and predicting what's likely to happen, psychosis can result, research ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual's risk of poor physical health and traumatic experiences many years later, a new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — New hypothesis paper builds on a growing scientific consensus that Parkinson's disease route to the brain starts in either the nose or the gut and proposes that environmental toxicants are the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Neuroscientists have identified a genetic mutation that fends off Alzheimer's disease in people at high risk and could lead to a new way to protect people from the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to originate from ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A new study reveals the detailed protein structure of the TAS2R14, a bitter taste receptor that allows us to perceive bitter taste. In addition to solving the structure of this taste receptor, the ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers applied artificial intelligence (AI) to a technique that produces high-resolution images of cells in the eye. They report that with AI, imaging is 100 times faster and improves image ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A new review of research evidence has explored the key differences in how women and men sleep, variations in their body clocks, and how this affects their ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A noninvasive brain stimulation treatment improved depression and anxiety symptoms among older adults in a new ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers have developed a technique to connect lab-grown neural 'organoids' (three-dimensional developmental brain-like structures grown from human stem cells) using axonal bundles, ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — More synchrony between parents and children may not always be better, new research has revealed. For the first time a new study looked at behavioral and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — The findings may also have implications for learning and memory disorders, including Fragile X ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Investigators have assembled the most comprehensive atlas to date of messenger RNA (mRNA) variants in the mouse and human brain. The atlas is an important new resource in understanding brain ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Researchers use network analysis to study whether it can reveal the subtle changes associated with subjective cognitive decline that cannot otherwise be detected through standard test analyses. By ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers offer insights into the ethical dilemmas and legal complexities surrounding brain organoids, especially those derived from human fetal tissue. Their findings advocate for thorough ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Scientists discovered that the biological instructions within these vesicles differed significantly in postmortem brain samples donated from patients suffering from Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Through a large-scale analysis, researchers have uncovered the ways in which consensual touch can benefit a person's physical and mental ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level ...
Monday, April 15, 2024
- New Study Sheds Light on the Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors
- The Joy of Sports: How Watching Sports Can Boost Well-Being
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Two Key Brain Systems Are Central to Psychosis
- Study Helps Explain Why Childhood Maltreatment Continues to Impact on Mental and Physical Health Into Adulthood
- Parkinson's Disease: New Theory on the Disease's Origins and Spread
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Newly Found Genetic Variant Defends Against Alzheimer's Disease
- New Origin of Deep Brain Waves Discovered
- Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
- AI Makes Retinal Imaging 100 Times Faster, Compared to Manual Method
- Research Uncovers Differences Between Men and Women in Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism
- Brain Stimulation Treatment May Improve Depression, Anxiety in Older Adults
- Connecting Lab-Grown Brain Cells Provides Insight Into How Our Own Brains Work
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- More Synchrony Between Parents and Children Not Always Better
- New Technique Sheds Light on Memory and Learning
- New Atlas of mRNA Variants Captures Inner Workings of the Brain
- Cognitive Decline May Be Detected Using Network Analysis, According to Concordia Researchers
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Are Lab-Grown Brain Tissues Ethical? There Is No No-Brainer Answer
- Tiny Brain Bubbles Carry Complete Codes
- New Study Highlights the Benefit of Touch on Mental and Physical Health
- Everyday Social Interactions Predict Language Development in Infants
- Scientists Release State-of-the-Art Spike-Sorting Software Kilosort4
Friday, April 5, 2024
- The Sense of Smell Is Influenced by Cues from Other Senses
- RNA That Doesn't Age
- Fuelling Nerve Cell Function and Plasticity
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Nerve Cells Not Entirely 'young at Heart'
- Active Workstations May Improve Cognitive Performance
- Mitochondrial Roles in Antiviral Immunity Modify Manifestations of Neurological Diseases
- Feeding the Lonely Brain
- Organoids Reveal How to Protect the Brain Against Dementia and ALS Following Traumatic Injury, According to Study
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Researchers Uncover a Potential Method for Interrupting the Misfolding of Tau Protein That Underlies Neurodegenerative Disease
- Large Language Models Respond Differently Based on User's Motivation
- Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease Shows Promise in Mouse Study
- Researchers Map How the Brain Regulates Emotions
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Chicks Show Vision and Touch Linked at Birth
- Blended Antioxidant Supplement Improves Cognition and Memory in Aged Mice
- Early Detection of Language Disorders Helps Children Obtain Right Interventions
- How the Brain Senses Body Position and Movement
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Pilot Study Shows Ketogenic Diet Improves Severe Mental Illness
- Universal Brain-Computer Interface Lets People Play Games With Just Their Thoughts
- App May Pave Way to Treatments for No. 1 Dementia in Under-60s
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Mechanism Found to Determine Which Memories Last
- New Imaging Method Illuminates Oxygen's Journey in the Brain
- Familial Alzheimer's Disease Transferred Via Bone Marrow Transplant in Mice
- Synaptic Protein Change During Development Offers Clues on Evolution and Disease
- Reverse Effects of Trauma? Older Brain Cells Linger Unexpectedly Before Their Death
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Researchers Introduce Enhanced Brain Signal Analysis Technique
- Could AI Play a Role in Locating Damage to the Brain After Stroke?
- Making Long-Term Memories Requires Nerve-Cell Damage
- Want to Feel Young? Protect Your Sleep
- Risk Factors for Faster Aging in the Brain Revealed in New Study
- Not Unique to Humans but Uniquely Human: Researchers Identify Factor Involved in Brain Expansion in Humans
- A Decade of Aphantasia Research: What We've Learned About People Who Can't Visualize
- Study of Different Autism Types Finds Shared Mechanism That May Respond to Drugs
- Memory Self-Test Via Smartphone Can Identify Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Study Finds High Prevalence of Hidden Brain Changes in People With Heart Disease
- Developmental Crossroads in the Brain
- New Treatment Target Identified for Alzheimer's Disease
- Common Degenerative Brain Disease May Begin to Develop in Middle Age
- xCT Protein Is Key Link in Inhibiting Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Limiting Mood Disturbances
- Large-Scale Animal Study Links Brain pH Changes to Wide-Ranging Cognitive Issues
- Common Household Chemicals Pose New Threat to Brain Health, Study Finds
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Human Brains Are Getting Larger: That May Be Good News for Dementia Risk
- New Archive of Ancient Human Brains Challenges Misconceptions of Soft Tissue Preservation
- Artificial Nanofluidic Synapses Can Store Computational Memory
Friday, March 22, 2024
- The Aging Brain: Protein Mapping Furnishes New Insights
- Researchers Describe Tools to Better Understand CaMKII, a Protein Involved in Brain and Heart Disease
- Movement Disorder ALS and Cognitive Disorder FTLD Show Strong Molecular Overlaps, New Study Shows
- Researchers Propose a New Way to Identify When Babies Become Conscious
- Early Intervention After the First Seizure May Prevent Long-Term Epilepsy and Associated Cognitive Deficits
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- High-Resolution Brain Created With 3D Printer
- The Power of Neighbors: Neighboring Synapses Shape Learning and Memory
- Immune Cells Identified as Key Players in Brain Health
- Research Offers Hope for Preventing Post-COVID 'brain Fog' By Targeting Brain's Blood Vessels
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Metformin During Pregnancy Affects the Brain Development in Offspring Mice, Study Finds
- Cellular Architecture of Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Now Mapped out
- In Flies, a Single Brain Cell Can Drive Multiple Movements of the Body
- Social Bonding Gets People on the Same Wavelength
- Craving Snacks After a Meal? It Might Be Food-Seeking Neurons, Not an Overactive Appetite
- Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Brain Recordings in People Before Surgery Reveal How All Minds Plan What to Say Prior to Speaking
- Is the Secret to Anxiety in Young Women Hidden in Our Brain Chemistry?
- Brain-Inspired Wireless System to Gather Data from Salt-Sized Sensors
- Biomarkers of the Middle-Aged Brain Predict Cognitive Health in Old Age
- How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Five Factors to Ensure an Infant Thrives
- Deciphering the Role of Bitter and Astringent Polyphenols in Promoting Well-Being
- Researchers Find Unanticipated Complexity in Aging Brain's Memory Decline
- Landmark Study Shows That 'transcendent' Thinking May Grow Teens' Brains Over Time
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Fatty Food Before Surgery May Impair Memory in Old, Young Adults
- Abnormal Brain Structure Identified in Children With Developmental Language Problems
- New Study Reveals Breakthrough in Understanding Brain Stimulation Therapies
- How the Brain Translates Motivation Into Goal-Oriented Behavior, According to New Study
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- How Fear Unfolds Inside Our Brains
- A Healthier Diet Is Linked With a Slower Pace of Aging, Reduced Dementia Risk, Study Shows
- Even Cells Know the Importance of Recycling
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Blast-Related Concussions Linked to Higher Alzheimer's Risk
- Interactions With Dogs Can Increase Brainwaves Associated With Stress Relief and Heightened Concentration
- Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth
- Integrity of Blood-Brain Barrier Depends on Protein That Is Altered in Some Neurodegenerative Diseases
- 'Dual-Target' Cell Therapy Appears to Shrink Brain Tumors, Research Finds