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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·May 3, 2022·5 min read

          Finding Your Car in a Parking Lot Relies on This Newly Discovered Brain Circuit

          A newly discovered brain circuit allows us to focus attention on what's important in the environment and ignore other sensory stimuli.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·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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          ·March 20, 2019·3 min read

          Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model

          Increased levels of epoxide hydrolase in the prefrontal cortex were found in the brains of young mice whose mothers had suffered infection during pregnancy. Inhibiting epoxide hydrolase reverses cognitive and social deficits associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ASD.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·May 28, 2013·5 min read

          Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function

          Women who regularly consumed probiotic bacteria through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in resting start and in response to emotion recognition tasks, a new study suggests.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·January 14, 2019·5 min read

          The Circuits That Help You Keep Your Cool

          Researchers reveal how connections from around the mammalian brain stimulate two key cell types in the locus coeruleus to moderate arousal in two different ways.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·April 2, 2019·3 min read

          Dopamine conducts prefrontal cortex ensembles

          Dopamine activation controls the ensemble activity of neurons and increases oscillatory activity in the prefrontal cortex.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·February 12, 2018·3 min read

          Brain Scans Show Why People Get Aggressive After a Drink or Two

          According to a new study, the display of aggression following the consumption of alcohol is linked to a dip in activity in the prefrontal cortex.
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          ·June 20, 2017·4 min read

          Findings Reverse Hypothesis of GABA Neurodevelopment in Schizophrenia

          Researchers shed light on the alterations in neural networks that may cause abnormal neurodevelopment in schizophrenia.
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          ·June 2, 2020·4 min read

          Your brain needs to be ready to remember?

          When hippocampal firing rates are high before exposure to a learning task, people are better able to successfully encode memory. Findings suggest the hippocampus may have a "ready to encode" mode that facilitates memory recall.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·July 8, 2019·6 min read

          How can you tell if another person, animal or thing is conscious? Try these 3 tests

          From artificial intelligence to animals and people in comas, researchers evaluate different methods to test the presence of consciousness.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·September 21, 2017·4 min read

          Brain Inflammation Linked to Suicidal Thinking in Depression

          Researchers have identified increased inflammatory activation markers in the brains of people with major depressive disorder who report suicidal ideations. The findings support recent research that anti-inflammatories may provide antidepressant effects for some patients.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology
          ·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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