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·January 30, 2023·5 min read

Calcium Channels Regulate Neuroinflammation and Neuropathic Pain

The Orai1 class of calcium channels regulates sex differences in the functioning of immune cells associated with neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain.

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·November 2, 2017·4 min read

Middle Age Inflammation Linked to Brain Shrinkage Decades Later

According to a new study, people who have inflammation biomarkers in their blood during middle age are more likely to have increased brain shrinkage as they grow older. Researchers report the brain cell loss associated with inflammation was most prevalent in areas affected in Alzheimer's disease.

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·October 11, 2021·6 min read

Unraveling the Mystery of Touch

Study provides a new understanding of the neuroscience mechanisms that make some parts of the body so sensitive to touch.

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·June 21, 2021·3 min read

A Robot Has Learned to Combine Vision and Touch

Combining deep learning algorithms with robotic engineering, researchers have developed a new robot able to combine vision and touch.

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·November 16, 2016·3 min read

Some People With Alzheimer’s Pathology Have Superior Memory

Some elderly people harbor extensive Alzheimer's pathology in their brain and have no evidence of the cognitive decline associated with the disease, researchers report.

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·January 24, 2022·4 min read

Blood Proteins Could Be the Key to a Long and Healthy Life

Researchers have identified two blood proteins that influence health and longevity. Developing drugs to target these proteins could help slow the aging process.

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·July 18, 2017·4 min read

Playing in the Dirt As A Kid Makes Later Life Chronic Disease Less Likely

Kids who play in dirt face exposure to germs and parasites that can help reduce risks of suffering certain allergies and illnesses later in life. Early microbial exposures help our bodies to learn how to regulate inflammation, researchers say.

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·March 14, 2017·5 min read

Model of Anorexia Created Using Stem Cells

Findings suggest a strong genetic factor could predispose people to anorexia and other eating disorders.

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·February 11, 2021·4 min read

How Do Our Memories Take Shape?

Findings shed light on how experiences are committed to memory and later recounted to others.

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·May 25, 2019·4 min read

Exposure to air pollution before and after birth may affect fundamental cognitive abilities

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy or during early life is linked to a reduction in cognitive abilities during child development. Greater fine particulate matter 2.5 exposure between fetal stage and 7 years old was associated with lower working memory scores in boys at age 10. Early life exposure to PM2.5 was also correlated with attention problems in both boys and girls.

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·March 23, 2020·4 min read

Containment efforts appear to step COVID-19 spread down from exponential norm

Community actions taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may help to contain the virus and stop the exponential growth of cases. Researchers say the viral spread in China occurred in a fractal pattern. When social distancing was implemented, viral spread slowed. With more communities adopting social distancing measures, the spread became smaller in each new area exposed.