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·January 16, 2020·4 min read

Are bigger brains better?

Greater hippocampal volume is not always a reliable predictor of learning and memory ability in older adults. Faster learning was only found in older adults who had both greater hippocampal volume and more uniform white matter connections to other parts of the brain.

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·January 16, 2020·3 min read

Being bilingual may protect from cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis

Bilingual multiple sclerosis patients score better than those who are monolingual in cognitive tests.

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·January 16, 2020·2 min read

Lifetime suicide risk factors identified

Analyzing previous studies, researchers have identified the effects of individual and environmental risk factors for suicide over a person's lifespan. The risk factors, researchers report, change throughout a person's lifetime.

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·January 16, 2020·4 min read

How decisions unfold

A new zebrafish study reveals the important role the cerebellum plays in cognition, decision making, and motor planning.

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·January 16, 2020·4 min read

Making sense of the self

Study reveals how the insular cortex helps assess and predict physiological states of the body. The findings shed light on the neural basis for interoception.

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·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Scientists breach brain barriers to attack tumors

Introducing VEGF-C into the cerebrospinal fluid of mouse models of glioblastoma, researchers noted increased levels of T cell response to the cancerous tumors. When combined with immune system checkpoint inhibitors, the VEGF-C treatment significantly extended the life span of the mice with glioblastoma brain cancer.

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·January 15, 2020·5 min read

With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward

Fear extinction memories and feelings of reward are both stored in neurons that express the Ppp1r1b gene in the posterior of the basolateral amygdala.

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·January 15, 2020·5 min read

Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury

Daily, early morning exposure to blue light therapy can help the healing process in people suffering from mild traumatic brain injury.

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·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Inflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discovered

TNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases.

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·January 15, 2020·3 min read

Beauty sleep could be real, say body clock biologists

Study shows how circadian clock mechanisms boost our ability to maintain our bodies when we are most active.

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·January 15, 2020·4 min read

Having less sex linked to earlier menopause

Women who are sexually active on at least a monthly basis have a lower risk of early menopause than women who have sex less frequently, a new study reports.

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·January 15, 2020·5 min read

Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction

In men with a history of childhood trauma, oxytocin reduced the activity within the amygdala and cravings for cocaine. Women who were addicted to cocaine and had experienced childhood trauma showed an increase in amygdala activity following exposure to oxytocin.