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·September 22, 2023·5 min read

Upside Down World: Unique View Offers Clues to Face Recognition

Claudio's unique head orientation—rotated nearly 180 degrees—allowed researchers to explore the evolutionary and experiential factors in face recognition. While most people struggle to recognize inverted faces, Claudio's distinct vantage point put this ability to the test.

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·September 7, 2023·5 min read

Is the Blood-Brain Barrier a Key to Behavior?

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) in carpenter ants isn't just a protective boundary, but actively shapes ant behavior. The BBB produces an enzyme called Juvenile hormone esterase (Jhe) that degrades the Juvenile Hormone (JH3), which promotes foraging behavior.

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·August 3, 2023·5 min read

Social Media Algorithms Distort Social Instincts and Fuel Misinformation

Social media algorithms, designed to boost user engagement for advertising revenue, amplify the biases inherent in human social learning processes, leading to misinformation and polarization. As humans naturally learn more from their ingroup and prestigious individuals, algorithms capitalize on this, pushing information that feeds these biases—regardless of its accuracy.

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·July 28, 2023·5 min read

Tickling Out the Secrets of Rat Playfulness

In a pioneering study, scientists have successfully simulated playful environments in labs, encouraging playfulness in rats and analyzing the resulting brain activity. Their findings, highlight the crucial role of a structure called the periaqueductal gray (PAG) in rats' brains in play and laughter.

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·July 6, 2023·5 min read

Schizophrenia Linked to Non-Inherited Genetic Mutations

Researchers found a link between schizophrenia and somatic copy-number variants, mutations occurring post-inheritance. The study scrutinized genotype-marker data from over 20,000 blood samples, identifying two genes, NRXN1 and ABCB11, that correlate with schizophrenia when disrupted during development.

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·May 10, 2023·5 min read

Alzheimer’s Drug Lecanemab Shields Brain from Free-Roaming Amyloid Fibrils

Researchers have unveiled the structure of a unique amyloid beta protein associated with Alzheimer's progression. This protein forms small aggregates that disrupt brain function. Importantly, the study found that lecanemab, a recently FDA-approved Alzheimer's treatment, can neutralize these disruptive aggregates, hinting at its potential to slow down the disease's cognitive decline.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·April 21, 2023·6 min read

Stress Rapidly Increases Biological Age, but Recovery Turns Back the Clock

Stress can cause rapid and transient increases in biological age, which can be reversed upon recovery, according to a new study. Using DNA methylation clocks, researchers found that stress triggers short-term fluctuations in biological age in humans and mice. The findings challenge the idea that biological age has a unidirectional upward trajectory over the life course, and highlights the importance of reducing biological age to improve longevity.

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·April 6, 2023·4 min read

Activating Adult-Born Neurons Through Deep Brain Stimulation Alleviates Alzheimer’s Symptoms

Deep brain stimulation of newborn hippocampal neurons restored both cognitive and non-cognitive function in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·March 7, 2023·4 min read

A Sobering Shot: Drunk Mice Sober Up After a Hormone Shot

Increasing concentrations of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) via injection dramatically accelerates recovery from intoxication in mice.

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·February 23, 2023·5 min read

Leptin Helps Hungry Mice Choose Sex Over Food

When their brains are stimulated with leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone, hungry mice prioritize mating and interacting with mice of the opposite gender over eating.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·February 3, 2023·4 min read

Human Brain Organoids Respond to Visual Stimuli When Transplanted Into Adult Rats

Brain organoids created from human stem cells that were transplanted into the brains of rats responded to visual stimuli.

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·December 22, 2022·5 min read

Evidence of Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Human Maternal Microbiome and Infant Gut Microbiome

A new model of vertical microbiome transmission between mother and child has been reported. Researchers say microbes in the maternal gut share genes with those in the infant's gut during the perinatal period directly following birth up to a few weeks postbirth.

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Cell Press

Upside Down World: Unique View Offers Clues to Face Recognition

Is the Blood-Brain Barrier a Key to Behavior?

Tickling Out the Secrets of Rat Playfulness

Schizophrenia Linked to Non-Inherited Genetic Mutations

Alzheimer’s Drug Lecanemab Shields Brain from Free-Roaming Amyloid Fibrils

Stress Rapidly Increases Biological Age, but Recovery Turns Back the Clock

Activating Adult-Born Neurons Through Deep Brain Stimulation Alleviates Alzheimer’s Symptoms

A Sobering Shot: Drunk Mice Sober Up After a Hormone Shot

Leptin Helps Hungry Mice Choose Sex Over Food

Human Brain Organoids Respond to Visual Stimuli When Transplanted Into Adult Rats

Evidence of Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Human Maternal Microbiome and Infant Gut Microbiome

Rising Temperatures Show Climate’s Hidden Impact on Substance Use

ChatGPT’s Choices: Overload or Overjoyed? Decoding Decision Dynamics

Worms Illuminate Ancient Emotional Mechanisms

Probing E-Cig and Alcohol’s Joint Assault on the Blood-Brain Barrier

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