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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 14, 2020·6 min read

Study Uncovers the Molecular Events by Which Popular Antidepressants Work

Activity of the c-Fos gene begins the increase on the ninth day of exposure to antidepressants. By day 14, mice showed behavioral changes associated with SSRI use. This may explain why suicide rates drop after nine days of treatment, and symptoms of depression improve after three weeks. Read More

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·August 14, 2020·5 min read

Weight Between Young Adulthood and Midlife Linked to Mortality

Persistent obesity from young adulthood to middle age is linked to an increased risk of mortality. The risk is reduced if people lose weight from being obese to overweight between early adulthood and middle age. Read More

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·August 14, 2020·3 min read

New Type of Taste Cell Discovered in Taste Buds

A new population of taste cells that can detect multiple types of stimuli has been identified. Researchers say taste cells can either be selective or generally responsive to stimuli, and the presence of the new cells provides insight into how taste information is sent to the brain for processing. Read More

Featured Neurology

·August 14, 2020·4 min read

This Online Calculator Can Predict Your Stroke Risk

A new online tool can help individuals determine their risk of ischemic stroke. Preliminary findings from those who used the tool report a strong association between metabolic syndrome and ischemic stroke risk was in white women. Read More

Featured Genetics

·August 14, 2020·7 min read

Loss of a Specific Enzyme Boosts Fat Metabolism and Exercise Endurance

The enzyme PHD3 plays a critical role in sensing nutrient availability and regulating the ability of muscles to break down fat. Blocking PHD3 production in mice leads to dramatic improvements in specific measures of fitness. Findings shed light on the key mechanism for how cells metabolize fuel and provide a novel understanding of muscle function and fitness. Read More

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·August 14, 2020·6 min read

Why the Brain Is Programmed to See Faces in Everyday Objects

Face pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing facelike structures in inanimate objects, is a perceptual phenomenon that occurs when sensory input is processed by visual mechanisms that have evolved to extract social content from human faces. Read More

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·August 13, 2020·5 min read

How Do We Prioritize What We See?

The occipital cortex plays a causal role in piloting our attention to manage the intake of images. Read More

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·August 13, 2020·3 min read

Improving Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries

A new osmotic transport device removes fluid from the spinal cord to reduce swelling in rat models of SCI. Read More

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·August 13, 2020·6 min read

We ‘Mirror-Image’ Touch During Sexual Interactions and Treat Our Partner’s Body Like Our Own

Study reveals people touch the areas of their partner's body that mirror the parts of their body they enjoy having touched. A strong correlation was also drawn between touch and gaze, suggesting the parts of the body people like to be touched on aligned closely to those they liked to be looked at. Read More

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·August 13, 2020·4 min read

The Neuroscience of Getting and Staying Motivated

The key to performance and motivation lies within the ratio of glutamine and glutamate in the nucleus accumbens. The ratio of glutamine to glutamate relates specifically to stamina. Read More

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 13, 2020·4 min read

Becoming a Nerve Cell: Timing Is of the Essence

Mitochondria regulate how neural stem cells become neurons during brain development. The findings may help explain how humans developed larger brains during evolution and how mitochondrial defects lead to some neurodevelopmental disorders. Read More

Featured Neuroscience

·August 13, 2020·3 min read

Recalling Memories From a Third-Person Perspective Changes How Our Brain Processes Them

Using a third-person, or observer, perspective to recall memories activates different areas of the brain than using a first-person perspective for memory recall. Adopting an observer-perspective for memory recall leads to increased interaction between the anterior hippocampus and posterior medial network. Read More

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