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·December 22, 2021·7 min read

New Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial in Young People

A new international clinical trial has been launched with an aim of preventing Alzheimer's disease in people with a genetic disposition who are likely to develop the disease at a younger age.

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·December 10, 2021·5 min read

Asthma May Reduce Risk of Brain Tumors, but How?

Asthma causes T cells to induce lung inflammation but prevents the growth of brain tumors. Reprogramming T cells in patients with brain cancer to act like T cells in those with asthma may help to curb the growth of tumors.

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·December 7, 2021·5 min read

How Do Others Help Us Regulate Emotions?

While interpersonal emotional regulation appears to be ubiquitous and the people we reach out to are often supportive, they may not always provide the emotional support we are looking for.

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·October 29, 2021·4 min read

Better Grades and Improved Well-Being Linked to Sleep Quantity and Consistency

Students who consistently sleep the optimal eight hours per night perform better on tests and report higher personal satisfaction than their peers who have more disrupted sleep patterns.

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·October 20, 2021·5 min read

Psychotic Experiences in Children Predict Genetic Risk for Mental Disorders

Genetic risk for mental health disorders is associated with brain structure and the occurrence of psychosis-like experiences in children between 9 and 10 years of age.

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·October 20, 2021·6 min read

Hit the Sleep Sweet Spot to Keep Brain Sharp

Too much or too little sleep were both linked to increased risk of cognitive decline, researchers report.

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·October 19, 2021·5 min read

Drug Helps Sensory Neurons Regrow in the Mouse Central Nervous System

Fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug commonly used to treat high cholesterol, activated support cells around sensory neurons in mouse models of spinal cord injury, helping them regrow twice as fast as a placebo.

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·October 1, 2021·4 min read

Fight or Flight, Unless Internal Clocks Are Disrupted

Daily release of glucocorticoids depends on coordination between the clock gene and activity rhythms of neurons within two parts of the hypothalamus.

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·September 17, 2021·6 min read

Time Until Dementia Symptoms Appear Can Be Estimated via Brain Scan

A new algorithm uses neuroimaging data of amyloid levels in the brain and takes into account a person's age to determine when a person with genetic Alzheimer's risk factors, and with no signs of cognitive decline, will develop the disease.

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·September 10, 2021·6 min read

Who’s in Cognitive Control?

Differences in cognitive control appear to be a matter of degree in healthy individuals.

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·September 2, 2021·4 min read

Beyond Dopamine: New Reward Circuitry Discovered

Researchers have identified a new reward system in the brain. The study found long-range GABA neurons from the ventral tegmental area to the ventral nucleus accumbens shell are engaged in reward and reinforcement behaviors. This GABAergic projection inhibits cholinergic interneurons.