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·November 25, 2022·5 min read

Older Adults Live Longer in Counties With Greater Age Bias

Contrary to expectations, researchers found older adults who live in countries with greater age bias had better health outcomes than those who lived in countries with less age bias. The study found older people tend to live longer in countries with more negative attitudes toward the aging population.

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·October 24, 2022·5 min read

Young Child’s Brain, Not Age, Determines Nap Transitions

A new theory proposes there is an underlying relationship between nap transition in young children, brain development, and memory formation.

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·March 10, 2022·4 min read

Motor Neuron Toxin Associated With ALS Identified

PolyP, an inorganic polyphosphate released by astrocytes in people with ALS and frontotemporal dementia contributes to the signature motor neuron death associated with the disease pathologies.

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·March 3, 2022·5 min read

How Many Daily Walking Steps Needed for Longevity Benefit?

A new meta-analysis of 15 studies reveals the optimum number of steps people of different age ranges should take per day in order to maximize longevity.

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·October 30, 2021·5 min read

Examining the Effects of Extreme Precipitations on the Physical and Cognitive Development of Children

Extreme "weather shock" experiences that occur during the early stages of life have significant effects on the cognitive, behavioral, and often physical development of a child.

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·September 7, 2021·4 min read

Boom in Social Stress May Contribute to Population Decline

Researchers hypothesis the projected decline in global population by 2064 will be a result of social stress.

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·July 29, 2021·5 min read

Amygdala Found to Have Role in Important Pre-Attentive Mechanism in the Brain

Study reveals how the amygdala plays a role in prepulse inhibition by activating inhibitory neurons in the brain stem of mice. The findings could have positive implications in the development of treatments for schizophrenia, OCD, and other disorders marked with impaired somatosensory gating.

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·July 14, 2021·4 min read

Impairments Found In Neurons Derived From People With Schizophrenia and Genetic Mutation

The release of neurotransmitters in the brain is impaired in people with schizophrenia who have the neurexin 1 gene mutation.

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·July 3, 2021·5 min read

Study Pinpoints Role of Dopamine in Songbird’s Brain Plasticity

Dopamine drives neuroplasticity in the auditory pallium region of the zebra finch brain, researchers report.

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·September 5, 2019·5 min read

Hookworm infection may cause cognitive impairment earlier than thought

Human hookworm infection, even at low levels, can cause rapid, acute and measurable cognitive impairments. Using rodent models, researchers found a link between the parasitic infection and alterations in both the microbiome and cognitive development.

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