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·December 16, 2021·3 min read

Choline Transporter in the Brain Is Necessary for Tuning Out Unneeded Information

The choline transporter protein regulates habituation to smells in fruit fly brains.

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·December 2, 2021·4 min read

Study Finds New Pollutants Associated With an Altered Ratio of Baby Boys to Girls

Changes in human sex ratio at birth are associated with the presence of air and water pollution, a new study reports.

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·November 16, 2021·4 min read

Coffee and Tea Drinking May Be Associated With Reduced Rates of Stroke and Dementia

People who drink between 4 - 6 cups of coffee or tea per day have a lower risk of stroke and dementia, researchers report. Drinking coffee alone, or in combination with tea, was associated with lower risk of post-stroke dementia.

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·November 4, 2021·3 min read

Study of Heart Defects and Autism Finds New Causative Genes

A study of genetic data from people with autism and congenital heart disease identified 23 genes associated with heart disease. 12 of the genes were previously unknown.

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·September 28, 2021·4 min read

Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain Can Improve Episodic Memory

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the left prefrontal cortex can improve episodic memory performance by reducing the power of low frequency of brain waves during memory formation.

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·September 14, 2021·3 min read

Protein From the Liver May Cause Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain

Amyloid-beta proteins created in the liver are carried in the blood by lipoproteins to the brain. This results in neurodegeneration, brain atrophy, and inflammation, which are common features of Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 1, 2021·3 min read

Deficits May Remain After 7-Day Recovery From 10 Days of Insufficient Sleep

Reductions in reaction time, memory, and other neuropsychological problems persist for at least seven days following a ten-day period of insufficient sleep.

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·August 19, 2021·5 min read

Study of East Africans Illuminates New Genetic Factors Underlying Human Faces

A new genetics study reveals shared genetic sites relevant to facial shapes and features between Tanzanian children and Europeans, suggesting the genetic basis for human face shape is partly shared across different populations.

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·August 11, 2021·4 min read

Belief in Social Darwinism Linked to Dysfunctional Psychological Characteristics

Those who subscribe to the theory of Social Darwinism tend to be more hostile to others, admire power, are more exploitative, and have lower self-esteem, researchers say.

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·July 22, 2021·3 min read

Neurotransmitter Levels Predict Math Ability

A new study found a person's math ability was linked to levels of GABA and glutamate in the brain. In children, greater math fluency was associated with higher GABA levels in the left intraparietal sulcus, while lower levels of GABA were linked to math ability in adults. The reverse was true for glutamate in both children and adults.