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·February 22, 2023·7 min read

Parkinson’s Disease Patients Experience Significant Reduction in Symptoms With Non-surgical Focused Ultrasound Treatment

Non-surgical focused ultrasound treatments significantly improve movement, tremors, and other physical symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers report. Two-thirds of patients who received focused ultrasound reported improvements in symptoms for up to a year following treatment.

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·January 26, 2023·4 min read

Special Vascular Cells Adjust Blood Flow in Brain Capillaries Based on Local Energy Needs

Researchers identified a specific type of cell that sits on top of the brain's smallest blood vessels that sense when their region of the brain is in need of energy.

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·November 14, 2022·4 min read

A Brain Area Thought to Impart Consciousness Instead Behaves Like an Internet Router

The claustrum coordinates networks associated with executive commands to work together to accomplish the many cognitively demanding tasks we perform on a moment-to-moment basis.

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·September 20, 2022·4 min read

How Can Infants Learn About Sounds in Their Native Language?

Researchers investigate how infants learn the speech contrasts of their native languages, identifying the necessary signals are presented in naturalistic speech.

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·September 9, 2022·6 min read

How Memory of Personal Interactions Declines With Age

Researchers have identified a new mechanism within neurons that cause memories associated with social interactions to decline with age. Additionally, they were able to reverse the memory loss in mouse models.

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·August 31, 2022·4 min read

Your Blood Type Could Predict Your Risk of Having a Stroke Before Age 60

People who have the blood group type A are more likely to suffer a stroke before the age of 60 than those with the most common blood type O, a new study reports.

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·August 30, 2022·5 min read

Drugs Effects of Ketamine in Mice Can Depend on the Sex of the Human Experimenter

Mice respond better to the antidepressant effect of ketamine when the drug is delivered by men, not women, a new study reports.

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·July 31, 2022·6 min read

Children Who Lack Sleep May Experience Detrimental Impact on Brain and Cognitive Development That Persists Over Time

Children who sleep less than 9 hours per night have significant differences in brain regions associated with memory, intelligence, and well-being compared to their peers who sleep 9 or more hours per night. Less sleep in children was also associated with increased risks of depression, anxiety, and impulsive behaviors.

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·March 14, 2022·5 min read

Dancing Rats Show How the Brain Learns, Perfects, Then Unconsciously Performs a Skillful Movement

Study reveals how brain areas work together to train and perform a practiced skill.

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·October 25, 2021·5 min read

Air Pollution Reduces Sperm Counts Through Brain Inflammation

A new mouse study reveals the impact of air pollution on male fertility. Researchers report air pollution reduces sperm count in mice by inducing inflammation in specific brain areas.

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·October 1, 2021·6 min read

Understanding Hearing Loss From Noise Damage Through Gene Expression Changes

Researchers have created an atlas representing changes in the levels of RNA made in different cell types in the ear following noise-induced hearing loss. They also discovered certain FDA-approved medications for diabetes and other disorders may protect against noise-related hearing loss.

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·September 1, 2021·6 min read

Do Genetics Control Who Our Friends Are? It Seems So With Mice

A new study reveals there appears to be a neurobiological component that drives instantaneous compatibility, in mice at least. A variation of the PDE11 enzyme found in brain areas governing mood and motivation seems to control whether mice want to socially interact or not, with genetically similar mice preferring each other.