Neuroscience News - AI, Neuroscience, Psychology Research

·May 22, 2026·10 min read

Serotonin Proven to Reduce Cognitive Belief Stickiness in OCD

Serotonin is a key driver of cognitive flexibility by actively reducing "belief stickiness", the tendency to cling to outdated assumptions despite contradicting real-world evidence.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Pain

·May 22, 2026·8 min read

Psilocybin Resets Brain Pain Networks and Boosts Painkillers

A single dose of psilocybin provides up to a month of nerve pain relief and fundamentally supercharges the efficacy of traditional painkillers.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 22, 2026·9 min read

Heart Attacks Release Toxin That Damages Brain Function

Why do heart attacks so frequently trigger severe depression, anxiety, and accelerated dementia? A new study maps the "heart-brain axis," proving that dying cardiac tissue releases a toxic metabolic byproduct called methylglyoxal (MG).

This shows a brain surrounded by sweet foods.

Neuroscience

·May 22, 2026·11 min read

Gut Signals Swap Sugar Cravings for Protein Selection

How does the gastrointestinal tract track a lack of protein and command the brain to swap food preferences? A new study reveals a dual-track gut-brain signaling axis triggered by protein deficiency.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 22, 2026·8 min read

Study Aims to Break GLP-1 Weight-Loss Plateaus

The weight-loss effects of semaglutide depend on boosting a signaling molecule called cAMP within appetite-regulating neurons in the area postrema.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 22, 2026·10 min read

Microglia Overloaded with Fat Linked to Rapid MS

Why do some multiple sclerosis patients deteriorate rapidly while others experience mild symptoms for decades? A post-mortem neuro-audit reveals that severe MS progression is linked to "foamy microglia", brain immune cells pathologically overloaded with fat droplets.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 22, 2026·9 min read

Long COVID Brain Inflammation Decreases Over Time

Does persistent brain inflammation explain the prolonged fatigue and cognitive decline of Long COVID? A neuroimaging clinical trial demonstrates that widespread brain inflammation is not the primary driver of long-term symptoms.

This shows a depressed person holding their head.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 21, 2026·10 min read

Machine Learning Doubles Depression Remission Rate

Can an algorithmic approach to lifestyle tracking radically improve depression treatment? A milestone clinical trial demonstrates that personalizing behavioral care via machine learning can nearly double standard therapy benchmarks.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 21, 2026·9 min read

Structured Programs Physically Slow Down Biological Aging

A new study reveals that structured, multi-domain lifestyle interventions directly slow critical aspects of biological aging.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 21, 2026·12 min read

Large Rewards Accelerate Learning Speed by Extending Brain Signals

Large rewards radically accelerate learning speed by altering the timeline of dopamine signaling.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·May 21, 2026·7 min read

Broken Sleep Rhythms: The Glymphatic Link to Dementia

During non-REM sleep, synchronized chemical waves trigger rhythmic vascular movements known as vasomotion, pumping cerebrospinal fluid through the glymphatic system to flush out toxic amyloid-beta and tau proteins. When these rhythms are fractured by psychiatric, cardiovascular, or age-related stressors, waste clearance stalls.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·May 21, 2026·11 min read

RNA Origami and Nanopores Accurately Size ALS Genes

A new study introduces an innovative platform capable of accurately sizing the toxic repeat expansion mutations that drive muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s disease, and ALS.

Subscribe