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·July 6, 2021·6 min read

Digital Pens Provide New Insight Into Cognitive Testing Results

Performing written cognitive tests with a digital pen allowed researchers to identify differences between "thinking" and "writing" times that may be early biomarkers for cognitive and motor decline.

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·July 6, 2021·6 min read

Study Reveals Source of Remarkable Memory of “Superagers”

The structure of SuperAgers' brains and the connectivity of their neural networks more closely resembles the brains of younger adults, a neuroimaging study reveals.

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·July 6, 2021·4 min read

Rejuvenating Mouse Brains With Ketamine or Flickering Light

Ketamine and exposure to 60-hertz flickering light show promise as a potentially new, non-invasive therapy to help rejuvenate the aging brain.

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·July 5, 2021·3 min read

Structures Discovered in Brain Cancer Patients Can Help Fight Tumors

Researchers found lymph-node-like structures close to glioma brain tumors in cancer patients. The study reveals immune cells within these structures can be activated to attack the brain tumor.

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·July 5, 2021·4 min read

Being Clean and Hygienic Need Not Impair Childhood Immunity

Researchers report a cleaner living environment may not detrimentally impact a child's developing immune system, as current theories suggest.

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·July 5, 2021·3 min read

Nanomaterials Shape and Form Influences Their Ability to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier

Silver and zinc oxide nanomaterials are able to pass through an in vitro blood-brain barrier model in the form of both particles and dissolved ions.

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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

More Filling? Tastes Great? How Flies, and Maybe People, Choose Their Food

Neurochemistry may dictate our choices for certain kinds of food, even when we believe we are making a conscious choice in what to eat.

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·July 5, 2021·6 min read

Common Mechanism Underlies Some Behavioral Traits Seen in Autism and Schizophrenia

Certain genes that are mutated or missing in those with schizophrenia and autism cause similar dysfunction in neural networks within the thalamus.

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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

The Same Neural Pathways Promote Maternal and Paternal Behaviors in Voles

Connections between oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and dopamine neurons in the reward system drive parenting behaviors in both male and female voles.

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·July 5, 2021·2 min read

Psychedelic Spurs Growth of Neural Connections Lost In Depression

One dose of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, increases dendritic spine density within 24 hours. The neurobiological changes lasted for a month following psilocybin exposure. Additionally, mice subjected to stress showed behavioral improvements and increased neurotransmitter activity after psilocybin exposure.

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·July 3, 2021·5 min read

Study Pinpoints Role of Dopamine in Songbird’s Brain Plasticity

Dopamine drives neuroplasticity in the auditory pallium region of the zebra finch brain, researchers report.

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·July 3, 2021·4 min read

Autistic Individuals More Likely to Use Recreational Drugs to Self-Medicate

While those with autism are less likely to use substances than those who are not on the autism spectrum, those who do are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms. Those with ASD who self-medicate report they do so to improve focus and attention and, in some cases, to mask ASD symptoms.