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·July 14, 2022·6 min read

Stress Transmitter Wakes Your Brain More Than 100 Times a Night, and It Is Perfectly Normal

Noradrenaline, a stress-related neurotransmitter, may cause you to wake at night but researchers say it's a normal part of a good night's sleep.

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·July 14, 2022·3 min read

How People Control Unwanted Thoughts

Proactively avoiding an association that triggers an unwanted thought or memory is more effective than reactive control is more effective when trying to prevent repetitive looping of unwanted thoughts.

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·July 14, 2022·5 min read

Moderate Drinking Linked to Brain Changes and Cognitive Decline

Consuming seven or more units of alcohol per week is associated with increased iron levels in the brain. Higher levels of iron in the brain is linked to increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders and alcohol-related cognitive decline.

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·July 14, 2022·4 min read

Sentences Have Their Own Timing in the Brain

The brain encodes the structure of sentences and phrases into different neural firing patterns.

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·July 14, 2022·4 min read

Whether You’re 18 or 80, Lifestyle May Be More Important Than Age in Determining Dementia Risk

Lifestyle may be more important than age in determining a person's cognitive function and future dementia risks, a new study reports.

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Love Isn’t the Drug – Oxytocin Supplements Unlikely to Mend Marriages

Despite oxytocin nasal sprays being touted as a potential panacea to save broken relationships, researchers say it's highly unlikely to work. Nasal oxytocin does have benefits for the treatment of ASD and depression.

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Where Memory Fragments Are Stored

While the overall memories of an experience are stored in the hippocampus, individual details are parsed and stored in the prefrontal cortex.

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Even in Sleep, Your Brain’s Neurons Are Humming Along to Mozart

A study of the cerebral cortex discovered there is a robust response to sound during sleep that largely mirrored the brain's response during wakefulness. However, differences in brain waves that help the brain understand sound and anticipate what comes next is missing during sleep.

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Abortion Ban May Mean Denial of Effective Drugs for Women With MS, Migraine and Epilepsy

New abortion bans and restrictions could result in life-threatening consequences for women of childbearing age with epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraine due to restrictions placed on their ability to access life-saving medications. Patients in states with strict abortion restrictions are reporting they are unable to access teratogenic drugs to treat their conditions, including methotrexate, as the medications can induce abortion.

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·July 13, 2022·3 min read

Is Stroke Linked to Depression Before It Occurs?

Symptoms of depression preceded the onset of stroke in a number of patients, and depression symptoms worsened following the stroke.

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·July 13, 2022·5 min read

Why Women May Not Respond to Depression Treatments the Same as Men

Study reveals how reduced function of the rgs2 protein in the nucleus accumbens contributes to symptoms associated with depression. The findings may assist with the development of new therapeutics to help treat depression in individuals.

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·July 12, 2022·6 min read

Spirituality Linked With Better Health Outcomes

Spirituality can have a positive impact when it comes to both general and serious illness, researchers say. Incorporating spirituality into health care for those who are spiritual could be beneficial when it comes to health outcomes.