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Research articles and news stories tagged with brain research

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 29, 2026·8 min read

Photoreceptors Recycle Waste to Preserve Vision

Photoreceptors perform their own internal waste recycling using lysosomal pathways regulated by the PIKfyve enzyme.

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Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 28, 2026·10 min read

Eye Contact Syncs Infant Brains for Language Learning

Eye contact between infants and adult speakers synchronizes their brainwaves to enable language acquisition.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 28, 2026·8 min read

Brain-Inspired AI Uses Cognitive Maps

Researchers developed a brain-inspired AI model modeled on hippocampal mechanisms including cognitive maps and stochastic calculations.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 28, 2026·9 min read

Core2Edge Model Maps Human Glioblastoma Cell Invasion in 3D

Researchers introduced Core2Edge, a human-tissue model combining patient-derived glioblastoma organoids with brain slices.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience Pain Psychology

·July 28, 2026·8 min read

Consistent Daily Routines Reduce Physical Pain and Depression

Consistent daily routines for waking, eating, and sleeping reduces physical pain and depressive symptoms in older adults, buffering against the negative health impacts of insomnia by synchronizing circadian rhythms.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 28, 2026·8 min read

Home Visits Boost Growth and Brain Development in Babies

Integrated home-visit intervention package providing health, nutrition, early stimulation, and maternal support significantly reduces anemia and stunting while boosting neurodevelopment in small-for-gestational-age infants.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·July 28, 2026·9 min read

CBD and THC Reduce Dementia Agitation

A twice-daily oral CBD/THC formulation rapidly and significantly reduces end-of-life agitation in hospice-eligible dementia patients, achieving sustained symptom relief through 12 weeks.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 28, 2026·8 min read

Alternative Gene Networks Restore Neural Circuits

study shows NAC antioxidant therapy bypasses 22q11.2 deletion syndrome deficits via alternative gene networks.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 27, 2026·6 min read

3-Region Neural Circuit Required for Sleep Memory

A new study reveals that memory consolidation during sleep requires coordinated signaling among the orbitofrontal cortex, thalamus, and hippocampus, and shows how epileptic spikes break this circuit.