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·August 6, 2026·8 min read

Researchers Discover the Brain’s Hidden Learning Switch

The extracellular matrix undergoes rapid 24-hour remodeling cycles during learning, locking into place to protect mastered skills.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·July 17, 2026·12 min read

ECT Reprograms Adult Neurons into a Youthful State

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-like stimulation induces a durable state of cellular dematuration and epigenetic nuclear reprogramming in mature, post-mitotic neurons.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 17, 2026·14 min read

Adolescent Brain Changes Temporarily Obscure Earlier Memories

Late adolescence triggers a temporary destabilization of contextual memory circuits due to the targeted remodeling of perineuronal nets (PNNs) in the retrosplenial cortex (RSP).

Featured Neuroscience

·June 3, 2026·10 min read

Cortisol Pathway Discovered to Close Early Brain Plasticity

A new study reveals that the stress hormone cortisol plays a critical role in closing early-life brain plasticity windows.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 12, 2026·11 min read

Estrogen Levels at the Moment of Trauma Predict PTSD

High estrogen levels at the moment of trauma increase the brain's "plasticity," making it more vulnerable to PTSD. This biological state helps explain why women face higher PTSD risks.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 7, 2026·9 min read

Hearing Loss Overwhelms the Aging Brain

A new study finds that combined physical and cognitive training improves balance in older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, even those with hearing loss. The research highlights how sex and hearing perception influence recovery.

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·March 26, 2026·10 min read

Stroke Survivors’ Brains Rejuvenate to Compensate for Injury

Can a stroke make part of your brain younger? New research using deep learning reveals that undamaged brain regions reorganize and show "youthful" structural patterns to compensate for severe stroke damage.

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Featured Neuroscience

·February 12, 2026·6 min read

Neural Afterburn: Brain Rewires Itself to Boost Endurance

Building endurance isn't just about muscles, it's about the brain. New research suggests that a specific "afterburn" of brain activity following a workout is the secret to getting stronger, effectively rewiring your neural circuits to power your heart and lungs.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 13, 2025·6 min read

Brain Learning Power Peaks at Specific Times of Day

A new study reveals that the brain’s responsiveness and capacity for learning shift with the time of day, governed by molecules like adenosine that link metabolism, sleep, and neural signaling. Using optogenetics, researchers found that identical stimuli activated brain cells differently at sunrise versus sunset, suggesting that neuronal excitability and plasticity follow daily rhythms.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 6, 2025·8 min read

Meditation Retreat Sparks Rapid Brain & Immune System Changes

A week-long retreat combining meditation and mind-body healing produced significant changes in brain activity and blood biology, demonstrating how consciousness-based practices can transform physical health. Participants showed reduced default-mode activity, enhanced neural connectivity, elevated natural opioids, immune activation, and metabolic shifts—effects that extended beyond the brain into the entire body.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 25, 2025·4 min read

Prozac May Rewire the Brain by Loosening Rigid Neural Circuits

A new study shows that fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, does more than increase serotonin—it changes how brain cells handle energy and rebuild connections. After two weeks of treatment, parvalbumin interneurons in the prefrontal cortex became less rigid, with mitochondrial energy genes reduced and plasticity genes upregulated.

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Featured Neuroscience

·September 15, 2025·4 min read

Nanoplastics Disrupt Brain Energy, Threatening Memory Function

Scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which nanoplastics impair brain energy metabolism, offering new clues into environmental contributions to neurodegeneration. The particles disrupted mitochondrial electron transfer and reduced energy production in both general and synaptic mitochondria.

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brain plasticity

Researchers Discover the Brain’s Hidden Learning Switch

ECT Reprograms Adult Neurons into a Youthful State

Adolescent Brain Changes Temporarily Obscure Earlier Memories

Cortisol Pathway Discovered to Close Early Brain Plasticity

Estrogen Levels at the Moment of Trauma Predict PTSD

Hearing Loss Overwhelms the Aging Brain

Stroke Survivors’ Brains Rejuvenate to Compensate for Injury

Neural Afterburn: Brain Rewires Itself to Boost Endurance

Brain Learning Power Peaks at Specific Times of Day

Meditation Retreat Sparks Rapid Brain & Immune System Changes

Prozac May Rewire the Brain by Loosening Rigid Neural Circuits

Nanoplastics Disrupt Brain Energy, Threatening Memory Function

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Regenerative Astrocytes Repair Brain Damage

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