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·December 14, 2023·8 min read

How Daydreams Shape Our Brain’s Visual Response

Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding how daydreaming affects the brain. By studying mice, they discovered that neurons in the visual cortex fire in patterns similar to when viewing actual images, indicating daydream-like activity.

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·December 8, 2023·6 min read

Brain’s Response to Crucial Language Hub Removal: New Insights

A new study provides unprecedented insights into the human brain's response to the loss of a key language hub. During epilepsy surgery, the team recorded brain activity before and after the removal of the anterior temporal lobe, a hub for language meaning.

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·November 25, 2023·5 min read

Brain Brew: How Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning

Researchers explore how chronic caffeine consumption potentially impacts brain plasticity and the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). The research indicates that regular caffeine users might experience diminished long-term potentiation (LTP), a crucial process for learning and memory.

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·November 2, 2023·5 min read

Unlocking Memory: Key Protein’s Role in Aging and Brain Plasticity Revealed

A new study delves deeper into the workings of the protein TIMP2, crucial for hippocampal plasticity, an essential process for memory and learning. The study highlights how TIMP2 regulates the plasticity of the hippocampus, particularly as it diminishes with age.

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·October 6, 2023·6 min read

Thalamus Plays a Pivotal Role in Adult Brain Plasticity

Researchers spotlight the thalamus, typically regarded merely as a relay station, as a pivotal entity in adult brain plasticity. Contrasting prior beliefs focusing largely on the cortex, the thalamus demonstrates a significant role in adapting sensory and motor information, as illuminated through mouse models in vision studies.

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·September 18, 2023·5 min read

Live Imaging Reveals Axon Adaptability in Neuroplasticity

For the first time, researchers observed nerve plasticity within the axon in real-time. This adaptability focuses on the axon initial segment (AIS), a vital nerve cell component initiating electrical signals.

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·August 5, 2023·5 min read

How Insulin-Like Growth Factors Bolster Brain Plasticity

Researchers discovered a mechanism linking insulin-like growth factors (IGF) to brain plasticity. This groundbreaking study uncovers how IGF1 and IGF2 promote brain health and functionality, including learning and memory, through the activation of IGF1-Receptor during synaptic plasticity.

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·May 18, 2023·5 min read

Boosting Brain Plasticity: A New Pathway for PTSD Therapy?

Researchers discovered that through temporary increases in brain malleability and simultaneous desensitization to fear memories, they could control fear responses in mice. This was achieved by inhibiting the Acan gene, thereby decreasing the presence of the protein Aggrecan, which solidifies and reduces malleability in the brain. The findings point towards potential new avenues for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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·April 17, 2023·5 min read

How Music Can Prevent Cognitive Decline

Listening to or practicing music had positive implications on cognitive decline in older adults by stimulating the production of gray matter in key brain areas, a new study reveals.

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·April 10, 2023·6 min read

New Insights on Brain Development Sequence Through Adolescence

In adolescents, brain areas associated with emotional, social, and cognitive functions appear to remain more plastic, or malleable, than other brain areas, thus rendering young people more sensitive to socioeconomic environments throughout adolescence.

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·April 5, 2023·3 min read

How Prozac Increases Brain Plasticity

Fluoxetine (Prozac), a common antidepressant, was found to enhance the erasure of learned fear responses and facilitate spatial pattern learning in mice. The study also found the TrkB receptor in PV+ interneurons plays a crucial role in these effects, which may offer new possibilities for the development of psychiatric treatments targeting brain plasticity.

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·March 8, 2023·4 min read

How Gene Expression Controls Synaptic Plasticity in the Aging Human Brain

M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) dependent LTP and LTD share a common AMPA trafficking pathway. Either the upregulation of neurotransmitter receptor genes or suppression of the downregulation could improve synaptic dysfunction associated with age-related neurodegeneration. The findings could assist in the creation of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease that target synaptic plasticity.

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brain plasticity

How Daydreams Shape Our Brain’s Visual Response

Brain’s Response to Crucial Language Hub Removal: New Insights

Brain Brew: How Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning

Unlocking Memory: Key Protein’s Role in Aging and Brain Plasticity Revealed

Thalamus Plays a Pivotal Role in Adult Brain Plasticity

Live Imaging Reveals Axon Adaptability in Neuroplasticity

How Insulin-Like Growth Factors Bolster Brain Plasticity

Boosting Brain Plasticity: A New Pathway for PTSD Therapy?

How Music Can Prevent Cognitive Decline

New Insights on Brain Development Sequence Through Adolescence

How Prozac Increases Brain Plasticity

How Gene Expression Controls Synaptic Plasticity in the Aging Human Brain

Healthy Plant-Based Eating Lowers Dementia Risk

Estrogen Levels at the Moment of Trauma Predict PTSD

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