Summary: Researchers say older adults who feel lonely are twice as likely to use opioids to control pain, and 2.5 times more likely to be prescribed anti-anxiety medications and sedatives than those who have a […]

Summary: Artificial intelligence technology was able to accurately predict attachment in young children.

Source: University of Glasgow

For the first time, researchers have used machine learning to […]

Summary: Study reveals an abundance of the CRMP2 protein in people with schizophrenia. The findings could lead to a blood-based biomarker test for the mental health disorder.

Source: SBPMDI

Scientists at […]

Summary: Higher body fat leads to increased atrophy of the brain’s gray matter and a greater risk of cognitive decline, researchers report.

Source: University of South Australia

It’s the global epidemic t […]

Summary: Study reveals how depression can impact workers, especially when it comes to disclosing information about their disorder.

Source: West Virginia University

Employees who experience depression are […]

Summary: Researchers recreated the damage seen in frontotemporal dementia in brain organoid models. The study reveals an experimental drug designed to treat Crohn’s disease may help prevent neuron death […]

Summary: Study identifies a rare class of genetic differences transmitted from non-autistic parents to their children on the autism spectrum.

Source: Simons Foundation

Researchers have identified a rare […]

Summary: Children who swim or participate in other motor movement-focused exercises were 13% more accurate in vocabulary tests than children who did not engage in exercise. Researchers say movement-focused […]

Summary: Aerobic exercise was associated with positive white matter changes in the brain for older adults.

Source: Colorado State University

Neuroscientists have long known that aerobic exercises, like […]

Summary: Alterations in long-term social behavior and gene expression were observed in the offspring of mice exposed to pain-killing opioids during pregnancy.

Source: SfN

Mice exposed to the opioid […]

Summary: While the visual cortex stores individual images in the brain, the hippocampus plays a significant role in the ability to recognize a sequence of images.

Source: Picower Institute

A new MIT study […]

Summary: Previous studies have linked air pollution to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and a number of other disorders. Researchers report reducing air pollution significantly decreases dementia risk and […]

Summary: From treating depression and other mental health disorders, to helping relieve chronic pain, researchers discuss the advantages and implications of psychedelic treatments.

Source: Imperial College […]

Summary: 1 in 4 patients in vegetative states following server head trauma regained orientation, meaning they were able to recall who they were, their location, and the date, 12 months after their […]

Summary: Physarum polycephalum, a brainless slime mold, uses its body to sense chemical cues in its environment and performs complex calculations, similar to what humans consider to be thinking, to decide on the […]

Summary: Neuroimaging study revealed a significant number of professional rugby players had white matter abnormalities and abnormal changes to white matter volume over time.

Source: Imperial College […]

Summary: Reduction of semantic memory could be an indicator of Alzheimer’s disease 12 years before onset. Researchers examine different types of memory loss associated with dementia.

Source: The […]

Summary: K.Vita, a new oral dietary substance based on the ketogenic diet, reduced seizures by up to 50% in children and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Source: UCL

The first clinical trial of a new […]

Summary: Many people report feeling nausea and dizziness, similar to motion sickness, when looking at their cellphones or computers for too long. Researchers investigate why some experience cybersickness and […]

Summary: Microglia do not only remove damaged materials following a seizure, they also appear to heal damaged neurons.

Source: University of Virginia

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers […]