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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

This shows two people surrounded by smoke at a crossroads, implying quitting smoking could help resolve other addiction issues.

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·August 13, 2025·6 min read

Quitting Smoking May Boost Recovery From Other Addictions

A large-scale U.S. analysis found that adults recovering from alcohol or other drug addictions were significantly more likely to maintain long-term remission if they also quit smoking. Using data from over 2,600 participants in the ongoing PATH Study, researchers discovered that those who went from being current to former smokers had a 42% greater chance of sustaining recovery from their non-tobacco addictions.

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·August 13, 2025·7 min read

Fossils Show Early Humans and New Australopithecus Lived Together

An international team of researchers working at Ledi-Geraru in Ethiopia has uncovered fossils indicating that early Homo and a newly identified Australopithecus species coexisted between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago. The discovery includes 13 Australopithecus teeth, distinct from the famous Australopithecus afarensis (“Lucy”), and confirms there is no evidence of Lucy’s kind after 2.95 million years ago.

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·August 13, 2025·4 min read

Sonic Swarms: How Tiny Robots Use Sound to Think and Move Like One

Researchers have developed a model for micro-sized robots that use sound waves to communicate, allowing them to self-organize into swarms with collective intelligence. These sonic swarms can adapt their shape, navigate complex spaces, and re-form if disrupted, making them potentially useful for environmental, medical, and sensor applications.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 13, 2025·5 min read

Musicians Show No Edge in Early Brain Sound Processing

A large-scale study challenges the long-held belief that musical training boosts the brain’s earliest stages of sound processing. Using a sample size over four times larger than earlier studies, researchers found no difference between musicians and non-musicians in subcortical auditory responses or in recognizing speech amid background noise.

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·August 12, 2025·5 min read

Neuron Discovery Could Help Restore Breathing After Spinal Injuries

Scientists have discovered a specialized group of spinal cord interneurons that help regulate breathing when the body faces challenges like high carbon dioxide levels. Blocking these neurons impaired the body’s ability to adapt its breathing, suggesting they play a key role in respiratory control.

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Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 12, 2025·4 min read

Pre-Pregnancy Obesity Linked to Autism Risk

A new study reveals how maternal obesity before pregnancy can program autism-related behaviors in offspring through lasting epigenetic changes in egg cells. Using IVF and embryo transfer in mice, researchers isolated the pre-conception effects, finding altered DNA methylation patterns that disrupted genes such as Homer1.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 12, 2025·5 min read

Feline Dementia Mirrors Human Alzheimer’s

A new study shows that cats with dementia exhibit brain changes strikingly similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease, including the toxic build-up of amyloid-beta in synapses. These changes disrupt connections between brain cells and contribute to memory and thinking decline.

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·August 12, 2025·4 min read

When Gut Rhythms Over-Sync With the Brain, Mental Strain Rises

A large-scale study has found that unusually strong coordination between brain activity and the stomach’s slow, rhythmic waves may signal greater mental distress. Using fMRI and electrogastrography on more than 240 people, researchers observed that higher synchronization was associated with elevated anxiety, depression, and stress.

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·August 12, 2025·4 min read

Why the Blood-Brain Barrier Weakens With Age

A new study has uncovered why the blood-brain barrier — the brain’s protective shield — becomes leakier with age, potentially triggering memory decline. Researchers identified that proteins N-cadherin and occludin, which help maintain the barrier’s tight junctions, decrease over time.

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·August 11, 2025·10 min read

Friendship Chemistry: How Oxytocin Shapes Who We Bond With

New research on prairie voles shows that while oxytocin is not strictly necessary for friendship, it plays a vital role in quickly forming and maintaining strong social bonds. Voles lacking oxytocin receptors took up to a week to develop preferences for peers that normal voles formed in a day, and they often failed to prioritize known companions in group settings.

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·August 11, 2025·5 min read

Basal Ganglia Switches Neural Codes for Learned vs. Innate Skills

A new study reveals that the brain’s basal ganglia use two distinct neural “languages” to control movement — one for learned skills and another for innate behaviors. Studying rats, researchers found that the dorsolateral striatum was essential for learned tasks but not for natural movements like walking or grooming.

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·August 11, 2025·5 min read

Reshaping Nuclear Speckles Could Halt Alzheimer’s

A groundbreaking study reveals that reshaping nuclear speckles — tiny structures inside cell nuclei that regulate protein maintenance — could be a novel way to treat proteinopathies like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and prion diseases. Researchers found that pyrvinium pamoate, an existing FDA-approved drug, alters the surface tension of nuclear speckles, making them less round and more effective at supporting proteostasis.