Jealousy can be a useful tool in maintaining friendships, a new study report. Feelings of jealousy were linked to the value of the friendship and motivated behaviors to retain the relationship. Read More
PIMS-TS, a Kawasaki-like disease that affects children with COVID-19, causes changes in monocytes, a new study reports. Read More
Researchers have devised techniques that allowed them to successfully replace dysfunctional microglia. Read More
Aging may alter neural processes for remembering continuous real-world experiences and segmenting memories. Read More
Analyzing nasal discharge could be a new tool in diagnosing and monitoring the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found certain Alzheimer's related proteins can be detected in nasal discharge. Read More
Cannabidiol (CBD) increases cerebral blood flow to areas of the brain associated with memory processing, specifically the hippocampus. The findings identify a potential mechanism for the use of CBD to treat disorders associated with altered memory processing, including Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, and schizophrenia. Read More
Signatures of brain activity in infants can predict autism symptoms at 18 months of age. In infants who later received a diagnosis of ASD, researchers noted decreased connectivity between frontal brain regions. The infants also showed increased connectivity across temporoparietal areas in the right hemisphere, which were associated with social information processing. Read More
Maternal obesity may hinder their child's brain development as soon as the second trimester of pregnancy. High maternal BMI is associated with changes to the child's prefrontal cortex and anterior insula, two brain areas associated with decision making, and behavior. Read More
Precision-medicine enhanced with the help of artificial intelligence assisted in the identification of a new autism subtype that was characterized by abnormal lipid levels. AI-enhanced precision medicine could become a biomedical screening tool for ASD. Read More
A significant number of people feel their thoughts take on the form of an inner voice, a new study reports. Read More
Researchers have identified a genetic switch in neurons that can toggle between sex-specific states when necessary. Read More
Distinct personality traits emerge and manifest via both behavior and neural activity. Read More
