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An intensive seven-day meditation retreat triggered striking changes across the brain and body, including shifts tied to neuroplasticity, immunity, metabolism, and natural pain relief. Participants ...
In a 2024 study, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall. The probable reason? The continuous real-time mental navigation the drivers ...
Brain aging study: Brain immune cells begin changing around midlife, a new study reveals. Microglia in the hippocampus gradually decline after age fifty, researchers found. These cells appear replaced ...
Discover how honeybees can rejuvenate aging brains, raising possibilities for human cognitive health and new approaches to combat age-related decline.
Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that links its microscopic chemistry to its brain-wide patterns of activity, providing new evidence that regional differences in receptor density help shape…
From smoking to stress, scientists identify everyday habits that could be quietly rewiring your brain toward dementia.
Seeing feels immediate; we open our eyes and the world seems to appear as a continuous stream. But some visual illusions show that events occurring later can change how we perceive what happened earlier, suggesting that…
Blocking the glycine transporter SLC6A20 restored important brain signaling and improved social, communication, and repetitive behaviors in autism-related mouse models. The treatment also worked in human brain organoids…
An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor blockers as a promising option for preventing relapses in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease…
The pace at which a person walks down a hallway looks like the most ordinary thing in the world, yet a growing body of research treats it as a window into the brain. Scientists studying aging have ...
New research from NYU Langone Health found that people who avoid three vascular risk factors in middle age had about 13 more dementia-free years.
The risk of cognitive decline increases as we get older, with about 42% of Americans over the age of 55 expected to develop dementia during their lives. The research, published Wednesday in the ...
Although dementia traditionally affects older people there are still several ways in which we can help to prevent or delay it while we're still young. Doctors have previously looked into dementia to ...
Many people worry about developing dementia as they get older and wonder if there's anything they can do to stop it. The honest answer is that there is currently no proven way to prevent dementia, ...
There are still opportunities in midlife to prevent dementia or delay its onset, a new study finds.
Many people worry about developing dementia as they get older and wonder if there's anything they can do to stop it. The honest answer is that there is currently no proven way to prevent dementia, ...
However, a new study shows a simple change in how you walk may reduce your dementia risk by 50% —and it has nothing to do with walking 10,000 steps per day or for 15 minutes after every meal. Spoiler ...
New research finds that people who steer clear of key cardiovascular hazards at midlife live much longer before developing dementia.
Many people worry about losing their memory as they grow older, but a new study suggests that some of the most powerful ways to protect the brain may begin decades before symptoms appear. Researchers ...
Here's what the latest research reveals about the psychopathic brain, reward-seeking and why biology is only part of the story The post Is there really a ‘psychopath brain’? What neuroscience reveals ...
Building on the EMI framework that conceptualises consciousness, cognition, and behaviour as emergent phenomena arising from dynamic interactions among energy, mass, and information, this article extends the model into…
BackgroundAnti-NMDAR encephalitis is a common form of autoimmune encephalitis with marked clinical heterogeneity. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)/serum albumin quotient (QAlb) is a clinically accessible marker reflecting…
IntroductionNeural development is regulated by several spatiotemporally changing factors, which are essential for enabling neurons to develop functional networks, during early developmental stages. Additionally, external…
A multitude of studies have confirmed the essential role of the hippocampus in the acquisition and updating of associative experience. In rodents, spatial memories are dependent on hippocampal information processing and…
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shows high variability in brain structure and behavior, complicating identification of biologically meaningful subtypes and their neuroanatomical and molecular bases. To address this, we…
Psychopathy is a personality construct characterized by emotional detachment, impulsivity, and antisocial tendencies. Despite a clinical prevalence of 1%, the biological underpinnings of psychopathy remain poorly…
Orexin receptor 2 (OX2R)-selective agonists have potent wake-promoting effects and could be a promising treatment for sleep/wake disorders, such as narcolepsy type 1. However, OX2R agonists may cause cardiovascular (CV)…
Excitation-Inhibition (E/I) balance is a system-level principle governing healthy neuronal information processing. Its disruption has been implicated in the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS), yet in vivo…
The insular cortex integrates interoceptive and exteroceptive information to mediate bodily homeostasis, emotion and learning. However, the cellular and circuit substrates governing insular functions are poorly…
Denervated skeletal-muscle atrophy poses a significant challenge in peripheral neurosurgery, with limited recovery of muscle function affecting patients’ quality of life. This study explores the role of the immune…
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