A new study finds dopamine increases responses to stressful stimuli, not just pleasurable ones. The findings could have implications for the treatment of mental health disorders and addiction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Gene Therapy Pathway Could Protect Us From Cancer and Dementia
A newly identified gene therapy pathway has the potential to protect us against dementia and cancer, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Can Cocoa Consumption Help Us Age Better?
Cocoa consumption could reduce inflammation and epigenetic aging, ultimately reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and other diseases associated with aging.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Microscopy Technique Reveals Activity of One Million Neurons Across the Mouse Brain
A new technique dubbed light beads microscopy allowed researchers to generate a vivid functional movie of the near-simultaneous activity of almost a million neurons in the mouse brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Primate Mothers May Carry Infants After Death as a Way of Grieving
Studying 50 species of primates, researchers found 80% of the species studied performed corpse carrying behaviors as a way to process grief. Following the loss of an infant, some primate mothers carried the body for up to four months following death.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Pinpoints the Uncertainty of Our Working Memory
Brain areas associated with working memory also gauge the quality and uncertainty of memories. Researchers reveal details about the neural mechanisms of working memory that allow us to make decisions based on our certainty of memories.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: No, Stress Isn’t Always Bad. Here’s How to Harness It
Reinterpreting stress response as performance-enhancing makes people less anxious and improves general wellbeing, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stem Cells Model Genetic Risk for Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Stem cell study reveals astrocytes carrying the Alzheimer’s associated APOE4 gene release more cholesterol than those carrying the APOE3 gene. Findings shed light on how different versions of the APOE gene in astrocytes influence amyloid-beta productio…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Body Clock Off-Schedule? Prebiotics May Help
Prebiotics can help stabilize sleep/wake patterns following circadian rhythm disruptions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: People Synchronize Heart Rates While Listening Attentively to Stories
Heart rate synchronization occurs, even when people listen to a story alone, when paying attention to certain points of a story.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: People Synchronize Heart Rates While Listening Attentively to Stories
Heart rate synchronization occurs, even when people listen to a story alone, when paying attention to certain points of a story.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cholesterol Drives Alzheimer’s Plaque Formation
Cholesterol produced by astrocytes in the brain is required for the production of amyloid-beta. The findings shed light on how and why amyloid-beta forms, and may explain why genes associated with cholesterol have been implicated as risk factors for Al…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: LSD-Triggered Altered Behaviors Linked to Abnormal Brain Communication
Altered behaviors associated with LSD may be caused by a reduction in the normal communication between the hippocampus and visual cortex.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Protein From the Liver May Cause Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain
Amyloid-beta proteins created in the liver are carried in the blood by lipoproteins to the brain. This results in neurodegeneration, brain atrophy, and inflammation, which are common features of Alzheimer’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Do Alexa and Siri Make Kids Bossier?
A new study shows how sophisticated social awareness in children can be in the transference of behavior.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mimicking Nature to Provide Long-Lasting Local Anesthesia
A new bio-inspired slow-release system for site 1 sodium channel blockers helps release anesthesia, providing prolonged nerve blocking with minimal toxicity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Docking Peptides, Slow to Lock, Open Possible Path to Treat Alzheimer’s
Drugs that stabilize amyloid fibril “frustration” block further aggregation and could provide a new method to prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Your Brain Learns to Steer Your Attention Away From Disturbing Sounds
Researchers shed light on how the brain responds to unexpected sounds.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What Was Really the Secret Behind Van Gogh’s Success?
A new deep learning algorithm identified key features underlying success in the art world. Researchers report a link between exploration and exploitation was associated with artistic success.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Shed New Light on Molecular Mechanisms in Brain Diseases
Study reveals the molecular mechanisms implicated in the regulation of toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
