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·November 1, 2021·2 min read

How Conspiracy Theorists Exploited COVID-19 Science

Researchers say those who create and spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19 are using the provisional nature of science to paint scientists as "malignant actors" and discredit findings.

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·August 26, 2021·4 min read

Restoring Chaperone Protein May Prevent Plaque Build-up in Alzheimer’s

Restoring levels of the DAXX protein prevents misfolding of proteins that drive Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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·August 1, 2021·7 min read

Treatment Lets Obese Mice Lose Weight by Sweating Fat

Obese mice treated with the TSLP cytokine showed a significant loss in abdominal fat and weight. The fat loss was not associated with reduced food intake or faster metabolism, instead the cytokine stimulated the immune system to release lipids via the skin's oil-producing sebaceous glands.

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·July 20, 2021·4 min read

Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Detect Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients

Researchers report Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders can be confirmed in living patients by specific biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid.

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·June 28, 2021·4 min read

Pulling Wisdom Teeth Can Improve Long-Term Taste Function

Removing the wisdom teeth can improve a person's taste perception by up to ten percent.

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·June 10, 2021·7 min read

A Link Between Childhood Stress and Early Molars

Children from lower-income families and who greater adversity develop their first permanent molars before their peers with less stressful backgrounds.

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·June 2, 2021·8 min read

How HIV Infection Shrinks the Brain’s White Matter

HIV infection prevents myelin-associated oligodendrocytes from maturing, this, in turn, hampers white matter production in the brain.

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·May 18, 2021·6 min read

A New Theory for What’s Happening in the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

A new theory suggests the brain understands the level of activation required from a sensory input and corrects for it, leaving behind a signal for familiarity.

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·May 18, 2021·6 min read

What Happens in the Brain When We Imagine the Future?

When we imagine the outcome of future events, two sub-networks of the brain become active. One of the sub-networks focuses on creating the new event in our imagination, the other evaluates whether the event is positive or negative.

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·April 28, 2021·6 min read

A New Theory for What’s Happening In the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

Researchers propose a new theory of what happens in the brain when we experience familiar seeming visual stimuli. The theory, dubbed sensory referenced suppression, suggests the brain understands different levels of activation expected for sensory input and corrects for it, leaving behind the signal for familiarity.

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·April 24, 2021·5 min read

What Parkinson’s Disease Patients Reveal About How Art Is Experienced and Valued

Impaired motor function, such as that experienced by Parkinson's patients, appears to influence the perception of art, researchers report.

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·April 24, 2021·6 min read

The Immune Link Between a Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier and Schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders may have a more permissive blood-brain barrier which allows the immune system to become more actively involved in the central nervous system. The resulting inflammation may contribute to the clinical manifestation of psychosis-like symptoms.

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How Conspiracy Theorists Exploited COVID-19 Science

Restoring Chaperone Protein May Prevent Plaque Build-up in Alzheimer’s

Treatment Lets Obese Mice Lose Weight by Sweating Fat

Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Detect Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients

Pulling Wisdom Teeth Can Improve Long-Term Taste Function

A Link Between Childhood Stress and Early Molars

How HIV Infection Shrinks the Brain’s White Matter

A New Theory for What’s Happening in the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

What Happens in the Brain When We Imagine the Future?

A New Theory for What’s Happening In the Brain When Something Looks Familiar

What Parkinson’s Disease Patients Reveal About How Art Is Experienced and Valued

The Immune Link Between a Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier and Schizophrenia

Cortisol Kill-Switch: Exercise Rewires Stress Biology

AI Restores Voices Through Microscopic Neck Movements

New Blueprint for Brain Repair

Music Corrects the Brain’s “Glitched” Predictions

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