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Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The discovery adds to growing evidence that these tiny insects are far smarter and more adaptable…
BackgroundNeuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline. However, the patterns of functional network reorganization, as well as the…
Hoxa5 encodes a transcription factor essential for embryonic patterning and organogenesis, with sustained expression in hindbrain precerebellar nuclei during postnatal development. Given prior evidence implicating HOXA5…
Depression is a common psychiatric disorder during pregnancy and the postnatal period. Consequently, antidepressant treatment is primordial for the safety of the mother and the neonate. Clomipramine (CMI) is a tricyclic…
Summary: Moving past polarized public debates that scream about smartphones “destroying” attention spans or causing “digital addiction,” the authors introduce a rigorous value-based choice framework. They argue that…
What if Sigmund Freud was onto something that modern neuroscience is only now beginning to explain? A new paper argues that today's leading theory of the brain—as a prediction machine constantly anticipating the…
Could something as simple as vitamin C help support a healthier aging brain? In a study of more than 2,000 older adults in Japan, researchers found that people with lower vitamin C levels in their blood also tended to…
Fear-related disorders—including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder—are among the most prevalent and treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. Despite decades of…
The endocannabinoid system is a neuromodulatory network regulating synaptic plasticity, neuronal activity, and neuroinflammatory responses in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The endocannabinoid system…
AimThe aim of this study was to investigate the prospective relationship between cognitive abilities assessed at the beginning of the academic year and reading skills acquired by the end of the academic year, including…
NewYork-Presbyterian's GLICO seeks to overcome glioblastoma's resistance by mimicking brain environments to test treatments more effectively.
A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages before they reach new…
Rett syndrome (RTT) stands at the forefront of the genetic therapy revolution. This severe X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder, primarily caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene, was historically considered a static…
Dutch scientists Hermen Overkleeft and Karin Roelofs have been awarded this year’s Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands’ top scientific honor. Iris Sommer and Claes Holger de Vreese received Stevin Prizes ...
Fish oil supplements successfully delivered omega-3s to the brain, but a two-year study found no meaningful benefits for memory, cognition, or Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. The results challenge the idea that fish…
Scientists have uncovered a surprising clue that may help explain why multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses rapidly in some people but not others. In brain tissue from patients with severe MS, researchers found large…
Scientists at UCLA have linked long-term exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos with a sharply increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. People exposed to the chemical near their homes were more than twice as likely to…
Ketamine is an antagonist of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor with the effect of inducing aberrant excitatory-inhibitory neurotransmission and oxidative neurotoxicity, which mimic the cognitive impairments found…
Summary: In an era dominated by generative AI, smartphones, and short-form digital media, the way humanity consumes text has transformed more over the past decade than in the entire century preceding it. While modern…
A new study found that fructose and glucose may look the same on a nutrition label, but the brain treats them very differently. In mice, glucose strongly reduced activity in hunger-promoting brain cells, while fructose…
Psychology says people who always wear headphones may be seeking focus, emotional regulation, or a sense of control. Here's what psychological theories reveal.
Vitamin B12 is needed in microscopic amounts, but a shortage can have major effects on health and energy. The vitamin was first linked to a lifesaving liver treatment for pernicious anemia nearly 100 years ago. Today…
How does a single cell build a brain with billions of precisely organized neurons? Researchers suggest that brain cells use their lineage—their cellular family tree—as a kind of positional map. Cells that come from the…
Healthy older adults experienced measurable improvements in memory, physical performance, and stress after taking placebo pills for just three weeks. The most surprising finding was that the placebo often worked even…
CNRU is a new research group established in 2019. It unites clinicians and academics with an interest in understanding the ...
The inbred Roman rat strains, which have been selected and bred for their very high (RHA) or extremely poor (RLA) ability to acquire the two-way active avoidance task, constitute a bidirectional genetic model in which…
Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, induces behavioral and molecular alterations associated with psychosis-like phenotypes. However, the epigenetic mechanisms bridging its cellular effects with behavioral outcomes are…
From the age of legal adulthood to the concept of "profound autism", policy-makers are turning to neuroscience to help shape laws and policies, but the science simply isn't ready ...
The Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI) announced Sunday that a research team led by Drs. Chu Nam-sun and Ku Ja-wook has developed a smart graphene biosensor ...
Animals rely on associative spatial memory to navigate toward previously learned, reward-associated goals. This reward-guided navigation is supported by the hippocampus and its interactions with cortical and subcortical…
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