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·March 6, 2023·5 min read

Iron & the Brain: Where and When Neurodevelopmental Disabilities May Begin During Pregnancy

Gestational iron deficiency (GID) affects the behavior of embryonic progenitor cells, resulting in the creation of sub-optimal networks of specialized neurons later in life.

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·February 28, 2023·4 min read

Breast Milk Boosts Premature Babies’ Brain Development

In babies born preterm, the cerebral cortex, a brain area associated with learning and cognition is often underdeveloped. In preterm babies fed larger quantities of breastmilk, the cerebral cortex resembled those of babies born full term. Researchers say breastfeeding could help to reduce learning and behavioral deficits associated with preterm birth.

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·February 2, 2023·7 min read

Sparse, Small, but Diverse Neural Connections Help Make Perception Reliable and Efficient

Thalamic inputs into superficial layers of the cerebral cortex are both rare and weak, yet surprisingly diverse in their distribution patterns. However, they are reliable and efficient representatives of information.

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·January 27, 2023·4 min read

Predicting Dementia Using Neural Network Characteristics

Alterations in the cerebral neural network could function as a biomarker for the early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and Lewy Body dementia.

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·January 18, 2023·3 min read

Study Identifies Cause for Excessive Folding of Gyri in Human Cerebral Cortex

Study identifies the role the TMEM161B gene plays in excessive folding of the gyri in the cerebral cortex of those with polymicrogyria.

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·December 10, 2022·4 min read

How Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their Excitability

The SLK protein plays a key role in neuron excitability and sensitivity, researchers report.

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·November 25, 2022·3 min read

Essential Signaling Pathway for Neuronal Connectivity During Brain Development Identified

Study reveals a signaling pathway that controls the formation of synapses between pyramidal neurons and inhibitory neurons expressing the parvalbumin protein.

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·October 6, 2022·5 min read

Brain Organoids Provide a Window Into Autism

Investigating the effects of genetic abnormalities associated with autism and human brain development, researchers found brain organoids engineered to have lower levels of the ASD-associated SHANK3 gene had distinct features including neural firing hyperactivity, disruptions in pathways that cause cells to adhere to each other, and indications of ineffective neurotransmission.

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·October 1, 2022·11 min read

Study Reveals Main Target of COVID-19 in Brain and Describes Effects of Virus on Nervous System

SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 infects and replicates in astrocytes, reducing neural viability.

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·September 19, 2022·6 min read

Social Touch and Its Newly Discovered Neural Pathway

A neural pathway that leads directly from the thalamus to the hypothalamus plays a critical role in processing touch information, a new study reveals.

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·September 7, 2022·3 min read

Somatostatin Neurons Cooperate in the Cerebral Cortex

In the cerebral cortex, when somatostatin neurons become active, other nearby somatostatin neurons became active as well. The distance over which somatostatin neurons shared activity expanded in the posterior parietal cortex.

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·August 18, 2022·4 min read

Touch and Sight Are Linked Before Birth

During the embryonic stage, tactile information simultaneously activated the tactile and visual neural pathways. After birth, the pathways separate and reorganize to allow for individual processing of visual and tactile information.

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cerebral cortex

Iron & the Brain: Where and When Neurodevelopmental Disabilities May Begin During Pregnancy

Breast Milk Boosts Premature Babies’ Brain Development

Sparse, Small, but Diverse Neural Connections Help Make Perception Reliable and Efficient

Predicting Dementia Using Neural Network Characteristics

Study Identifies Cause for Excessive Folding of Gyri in Human Cerebral Cortex

How Neurons Autonomously Regulate Their Excitability

Essential Signaling Pathway for Neuronal Connectivity During Brain Development Identified

Brain Organoids Provide a Window Into Autism

Study Reveals Main Target of COVID-19 in Brain and Describes Effects of Virus on Nervous System

Somatostatin Neurons Cooperate in the Cerebral Cortex

Touch and Sight Are Linked Before Birth

Memory Boosting Power of Flavanols in Aging Adults

Happiness Now or Later? The Impact of Timing on Well-being

Inhale, Exhale, Remember: Uncovering the Breath-Memory Connection

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