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          ·April 29, 2023·5 min read

          Cognitive Flexibility: How the Brain Learns New Rules to Navigate the Changing World

          In everyday life, our brains adapt to new situations using the prefrontal cortex. A team of neuroscientists discovered a special class of neurons in the prefrontal cortex that enable flexible behavior, and when malfunctioning, may contribute to conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These long-range inhibitory connections synchronize gamma oscillations across the left and right prefrontal cortex, allowing the brain to change its behavior at the right moment. This research could lead to new treatments for psychiatric conditions by targeting these long-range inhibitory connections.
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          ·April 7, 2023·6 min read

          New Genetic Finding Provides Clue for Personalizing Depression Treatment

          The NPAS4 gene may play a critical role in linking long-term stress to depression and depressive behaviors. The findings may lead to new, targeted treatments for depression as a result of chronic stress.
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          ·March 16, 2023·4 min read

          Matcha Tea Powder Has Antidepressant-Like Effects

          Researchers say Matcha, a traditional Japanese tea, can help boost mood and mental performance. Match tea powder activates dopaminergic neural networks and improves depressive symptoms in mice that previously experienced stress as a result of social isolation.
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          ·March 16, 2023·3 min read

          Progress in Unlocking the Brain’s Code for Depression

          Changes in brain activity in the anterior cingulate cortex could be the best predictor of depression severity.
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          ·March 15, 2023·3 min read

          Memories Could Be Lost if Two Key Brain Regions Fail to Sync Together

          If neural assemblies between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex fail to sync together at the correct time, memories are lost.
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          ·March 6, 2023·5 min read

          Brains With Compromised Trust Settings a Warning Sign of Lurking Depression

          Shrunken gray matter volume in brain areas associated with social cognition and a compromised ability to trust others is linked to depression vulnerability and could be used as a biomarker for the onset of depressive symptoms, a new study reports.
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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 16, 2023·4 min read

          Is the Brain Wired Differently in People With Addiction?

          Study reveals functional connectivity abnormalities in brain areas associated with reward processing, habit formation, and decision-making in those with substance use disorders and addiction.
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          ·February 8, 2023·6 min read

          Why PTSD Patients Relive Highly Charged Fear Memories in Sleep

          In people with PTSD, during REM sleep norepinephrine and serotonin levels remain high, reducing the brain's ability to inhibit fear-expression neurons through neural rhythms sent between the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. Those with PTSD require higher frequency rhythms to extinguish fear memories. Researchers say unlocking the higher frequencies via therapies could help to restore quality sleep in those with PTSD.
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          ·January 24, 2023·3 min read

          Abnormal 12-Hour Cyclic Gene Activity Found in Schizophrenic Brains

          Postmortem brains of those with schizophrenia have fewer genes associated with 12-hour activity cycles in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Mitochondrial-related genes in the dlPFC did maintain a 12-hour rhythm, but their activity did not peak at normal times.
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          ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 23, 2022·4 min read

          How the Brain Stores Remote Fear Memory

          Remote fear memories, or memories of trauma formed in the distant past, are stored in the connections between neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
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          ·December 20, 2022·5 min read

          During Sleep, Brain Regions Synchronize to Create Motor Memory

          Study reveals how motor memory is consolidated during sleep.
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