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Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss

Neuroscience NewsApril 22, 2019

During sepsis, the body sheds fragments of heparan sulfate, which crossed the blood-brain barrier and enters the hippocampus. The presence of heparan sulfate in the hippocampus may cause memory loss associated with septic shock.... Read More...

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New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

Neuroscience NewsApril 22, 2019

Adora2a mediating signaling in vascular endothelial cells disrupts the blood-brain barrier in obesity. This, researchers report, could be an underlying mechanism for synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits in those with insulin resistance and obesity.... Read More...

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Brain regions linked to memory and emotion help humans navigate smell

Neuroscience NewsApril 22, 2019

During navigation tasks using a 'smell scape', the entorhinal cortex and ventromedial prefrontal cortex elicit grid cell-like activity.... Read More...

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Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Neuroscience NewsApril 22, 2019

Artificial intelligence technology is able to objectively differentiate between those with PTSD and those without by analyzing speech samples, with 89.1% accuracy.... Read More...

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Hello, kitty: Cats recognize their own names

Neuroscience NewsApril 20, 2019

Domestic cats are able to discriminate the content of human speech, including recognizing their names, based upon phonemic differences.... Read More...

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Marijuana users weigh less, defying the munchies

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

On average, cannabis users weight 2 pounds less, and have a lower BMI, than those who do not consume marijuana. The findings contradict the popular belief that those who get the munchies after using the substance gain more weight.... Read More...

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Metabolite may play a role in nicotine addiction

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

The metabolite cotinine may be amplifying, or contributing to, the addictive properties of nicotine, researchers report.... Read More...

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High-risk genes for schizophrenia discovered

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

Study identifies 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia. One gene considered high-risk is also suspected in the development of autism.... Read More...

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Skin discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

Skin cells may hold the key to explaining why women are more prone to developing autoimmune diseases, such as lupus than men. Researchers found women have more VGLL3 in their skin cells than men. VGLL3 pushes the immune system into overdrive, resulting in the 'self-attacking' autoimmune response, the mouse study revealed. Findings strongly implicate VGLL3 as a pivotal catalyst in sex-based autoimmunity.... Read More...

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Research provides important insight on the brain-body connection

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

Neurons in the motor cortex of rats fall into two categories, those that are externally focused and relay information to other parts of the body, and those that are internally focused. When inhibition is increased, the externally focused neurons switch to internally focused cells.... Read More...

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Light, physical activity reduces brain aging

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

Light physical activity has positive benefits for brain health as we age. Spending an hour participating in light intensity physical activity was associated with the equivalent of 1.1 years less brain aging. Every additional hour spent exercising was linked to higher brain volume.... Read More...

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Behavioral disorders in kids with autism linked to reduced brain connectivity

Neuroscience NewsApril 19, 2019

Reduced connectivity between the amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex has been identified in children on the autism spectrum who exhibit disruptive behaviors, compared to those on the spectrum who do not. Findings suggest this distinct brain network could be independent of core autism symptoms.... Read More...

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News

Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss

New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

Empathy often avoided because of mental effort

Neuroscience

Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss

New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

Brain regions linked to memory and emotion help humans navigate smell

Neurology

Skin discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal study

General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out

AI

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Artificial intelligence singles out neurons faster than a human can

Robotics

Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’

Robots created with 3D printers could be caring for those in golden years

Robots to autocomplete soldier tasks

Psychology

Empathy often avoided because of mental effort

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Neuroscience

Sugar entering the brain during septic shock causes memory loss

New insight into how obesity and insulin resistance can impair cognition

Brain regions linked to memory and emotion help humans navigate smell

Artificial intelligence can diagnose PTSD by analyzing voices

Marijuana users weigh less, defying the munchies

Metabolite may play a role in nicotine addiction

High-risk genes for schizophrenia discovered

Skin discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Research provides important insight on the brain-body connection

Light, physical activity reduces brain aging

Behavioral disorders in kids with autism linked to reduced brain connectivity