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A built-in odometer: New study reveals how the brain measures distance
Whether you are heading to bed or seeking a midnight snack, you don't need to turn on the lights to know where you are as you walk through your house at night. This hidden skill comes from a remarkable ability called path ...
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Disappointment alters brain chemistry and behavior, mouse study shows
From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations change?
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How an antiviral defense mechanism may lead to Alzheimer's disease
One of the main proteins that contributes to Alzheimer's disease is called phospho-tau (p-tau). When p-tau gets too many phosphate groups attached to it (a process called hyperphosphorylation), it starts to stick together ...
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Stress-related brain signals drive risk of cardiovascular disease in people with depression and anxiety
Patients with depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and a new study suggests that stress may help explain why. Research from Mass General Brigham suggests that this increased risk is driven by stress-related ...
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Mapping pre-myelinating oligodendrocytes: New mouse line links neuronal activity to cell survival
Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, which is essentially the brain's white matter, was believed to serve the main function of speeding ...
Not everyone reads the room the same: Some brains perform a complicated assessment—while others take a shortcut
Are you a social savant who easily reads people's emotions? Or are you someone who leaves an interaction with an unclear understanding of another person's emotional state?
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Gen Zers are more likely to recognize the faces of their own age group than Boomers
GenZ's are better at recognizing people within their own age group than those outside it, according to new research.
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Stress hormone identified that helps repair the brain
When laboratory mice suffer brain damage, e.g., from an injection, research group leader Jan Deussing has observed that a certain type of cell always appears and is activated in the immediate vicinity of the injury site. ...
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40% of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity, study suggests
For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the way fMRI data have so ...
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Why a mild brain injury can trigger Alzheimer's
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is revealing why traumatic brain injury increases the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease—and the discovery is pointing to a potential strategy to prevent ...
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Stroke and dementia: Combating loss of function in small vessels of the brain
A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease—and an active drug that can restore impaired vascular functions.
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How the brain dynamically reconfigures networks during speech processing
How does the brain manage to catch the drift of a mumbled sentence or a flat, robotic voice? A new study led by researchers at Reichman University's Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Dina Recanati School of Medicine ...
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Structure of dopamine-releasing neurons relates to the type of circuits they form for smell-processing, study finds
Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure.
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Gazing into the mind's eye with mice: How neuroscientists are seeing human vision more clearly
Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work ...
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COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain, MRI techniques reveal
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious disease, highlighting the long-term neurological impact of the virus.
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What can babies teach us about brain development?
A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain develops while they're awake.
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Osteoporosis medicines might offer help for chronic pain after injury or surgery
A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that bisphosphonates—medicines commonly used to treat osteoporosis—may offer short-term pain relief for people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), but the benefits ...
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Experimental microneedle painkiller patch for pigs shows proof of concept
An experimental pain-relieving drug delivery method for farm animals using microneedle patches may not have delivered an effective dose, but it took a pivotal step that offers new leads for innovation.
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Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life, study shows
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a direct causal effect between social isolation and a faster decline in later-life cognitive function. Pathological cognitive decline is most often driven by Alzheimer's ...
Dec 16, 2025
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Review illuminates tau protein's dual nature in brain health, disease and emerging psychiatric connections
A review published in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Peng Lei and colleagues presents a sweeping synthesis of tau protein research that fundamentally reframes our understanding of this molecule's dual identity.
Dec 16, 2025
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Neurons use physical signals, not electricity, to stabilize communication
Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to keep circuits functioning ...
Dec 15, 2025
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When neural spikes break time's symmetry: Linking the information-theoretic cost of brain activity to behavior
What if we could peer into the brain and watch how it organizes information as we act, perceive, or make decisions? A new study has introduced a method that does exactly this—not just by looking at fine-grained neuronal ...
Dec 15, 2025
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AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types
Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes—think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke—is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little is known about its neurophysiological ...
Dec 15, 2025
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Neurons use simple rules to localize genetic messages, scientists discover
Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches of neurons in the brain tend to cluster together mostly because they are abundant, not because they move in coordinated ...
Dec 15, 2025
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RNA 'quality control' system breaks down in ALS, study finds
A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on a critical molecular mechanism underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to findings published in the journal Neuron.
Dec 15, 2025
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