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·September 7, 2023·8 min read

Could Neurogenesis and Navigating Change Be Key to Cognitive Flexibility?

Researchers are closing in on the relationship between cognitive adaptability and adult neurogenesis. They developed a novel animal model to test cognitive flexibility by adding layers of complexity to a maze challenge.

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·January 12, 2023·6 min read

Food for Thought: Early Nutrition Shapes the Brain and Influences What We Like to Eat

Study reveals a strong association between what we eat as young children and our food preferences as adults. Findings reveal early gustatory experiences and diet influence brain development.

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·August 23, 2022·5 min read

World Trade Center Responders With Cognitive Impairments Show Signs of New Form of Dementia

First responders at the World Trade Center who experience cognitive impairment and PTSD have a different presentation of white matter in the brain compared to first responders with cognitive impairment without PTSD. Researchers say the findings point to a new and specific form of dementia for those responders with PTSD.

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·November 12, 2020·3 min read

Re-Mapping Taste in the Brain

Study reveals the map of neural responses that mediate taste perception does not involve a specific, specialized group of neurons, but overlapping and spatially distributed neural populations.

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·November 11, 2020·3 min read

Taste Aversion Reveals How Bad Experiences Modify Brain and Behavior

Learning to avoid certain tastes depends on the long term reduction in activity the connections between threat and taste sensors in the brain.

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·July 28, 2020·6 min read

Further Evidence World Trade Center Responders Are at Risk for Dementia

First responders at the World Trade Center have reduced cortical gray matter thickness, which was consistent with neurodegenerative conditions and evidence their brain age is, on average, ten years older than those of similar ages in the general population.

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·March 5, 2020·6 min read

Low carb diet may prevent and reverse age-related effects within the brain

Researchers report a low carb-based diet may help to prevent or reverse signs of early brain aging in middle-aged people.

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·February 12, 2020·4 min read

Early treatment of schizophrenia may not slow disease progression

Typical interventions for schizophrenia do not improve long-term outcomes, even when administered early, a new study reports.

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·April 16, 2019·2 min read

Scientists Create a Model for the Neural Basis of Expectation

A new theoretical model helps explain how the gustatory cortex mediates the expectation of receiving a taste. The model sheds light on the neural basis of expectation.