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Featured Genetics

·November 20, 2014·3 min read

Unwinding the Mysteries of the Cellular Clock

Enhancers control the expression of genes, a new study reports.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 2, 2016·3 min read

New Approaches for Parkinson’s Treatment?

Researchers are tracking the cause of premature neuron aging in Parkinson's patients with a defective DJ-1 gene.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 12, 2019·4 min read

Bile Acids Mediate Metabolic Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery

Researchers report bile acids play a key role in providing positive metabolic effects after weight loss surgery. The study also suggest the intestinal microbiome participates in post surgical improvements following gastric bypass. The findings could help develop new treatments for diabetes and obesity, researchers report.

Featured Neuroethics Neurology Neuroscience

·January 12, 2019·13 min read

Sugar’s Sick Secrets: How Industry Forces Have Manipulated Science to Downplay the Harm

UCSF researchers report the food and beverage industries push sugary products while obfuscating the significant health issues added sugars can cause. The findings shed light on sugars' link to disease and exposes industrial tactics to downplay the public health risks of diets too high in sugar.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·February 26, 2016·3 min read

Feeding Behavior in Brain Regulated by Metabolism Protein

Researchers report a hormone called amylin acts in the brain to help control food consumption.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 5, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Reacts to Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation increases the number of available A1 adenosine receptors, but restorative sleep helps normalize them again, a new study reports.

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Featured Neurology

·June 16, 2016·5 min read

Cerebral Microbleeds in Multiple Sclerosis Associated with Increased Disability Risks

A new study reports cerebral microbleeds are associated with an increased risk for physical and cognitive disabilities in those with multiple sclerosis.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 23, 2016·2 min read

New Molecular Regulator of Eating Identified

According to a new study, a set of neurons previously linked to lactation may play a key role in regulating eating and body weight.

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Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·September 22, 2022·6 min read

‘Special’ Muscle Can Promote Glucose and Fat Burning to Fuel Metabolism for Hours While Sitting

The pioneering "soleus pushup" effectively elevates muscle metabolism for hours, even when sitting.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·April 22, 2019·8 min read

New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

Adora2a mediating signaling in vascular endothelial cells disrupts the blood-brain barrier in obesity. This, researchers report, could be an underlying mechanism for synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits in those with insulin resistance and obesity.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 2, 2016·4 min read

High Fat Diets Starve the Brain

Researchers report the amount of glucose that reaches the brain is significantly reduced after only three days of following a high fat diet.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 13, 2017·3 min read

Anti-Stress Compound Reduces Obesity and Diabetes Risk

A protein associated with anxiety and depression has been found to act as a link between the stress regulatory system and metabolic processes, research report.

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metabolism

Unwinding the Mysteries of the Cellular Clock

New Approaches for Parkinson’s Treatment?

Bile Acids Mediate Metabolic Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery

Sugar’s Sick Secrets: How Industry Forces Have Manipulated Science to Downplay the Harm

Feeding Behavior in Brain Regulated by Metabolism Protein

How the Brain Reacts to Sleep Deprivation

Cerebral Microbleeds in Multiple Sclerosis Associated with Increased Disability Risks

New Molecular Regulator of Eating Identified

‘Special’ Muscle Can Promote Glucose and Fat Burning to Fuel Metabolism for Hours While Sitting

New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

High Fat Diets Starve the Brain

Anti-Stress Compound Reduces Obesity and Diabetes Risk

Shaping Young Minds: Neurodevelopment Interventions for Psychiatric Disorders

Ultra-Processed Foods: AI’s New Contribution to Nutrition Science

Aging Myelin: A New Perspective in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Promising Phase 2 Trial Results for Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Brain Cancer

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