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Bioluminescent tool captures neural activity without external lasers
A decade ago, a group of scientists had the literally brilliant idea to use bioluminescent light to visualize brain activity.
Dec 12, 2025
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Lab-grown neural circuits reveal thalamus's key role in cortex development
A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs known as assembloids, which are derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. With this circuit, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Blood test reveals clearer prognosis after cardiac arrest
A blood biomarker yet to be used in cardiac arrest care can give a clearer picture of the extent of brain damage after a cardiac arrest. This has been shown in a large international multicenter study led by researchers at ...
Dec 12, 2025
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How hippocampal synapses adjust their proteins to specialize their function
A research team led by Dr. Àlex Bayés, Head of the Molecular Physiology of the Synapse Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau), has achieved what for decades had been an elusive goal: obtaining a precise, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Non-opioid 'pain sponge' therapy shows promise for chronic pain relief and halting cartilage degeneration
SereNeuro Therapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain therapies, has unveiled new data on a novel approach to chronic pain management and joint tissue preservation. The data highlight SN101, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Exploring how misguided antibodies cause attacks on the nervous system
A review on autoimmune neurological diseases reveals what occurs in our body when the immune system, by mistake, produces antibodies that target a protein essential for the normal functioning of nerves. The result is hyperexcitability, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Acupuncture may help improve perceived breast cancer-related cognitive difficulties over usual care
Real and sham acupuncture were more effective at improving breast cancer survivors' perceived cognitive impairment compared with usual care, while real acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture in improving objective cognitive ...
Dec 12, 2025
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From mind-controlling tech to clinical therapy: An optogenetics roadmap
Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, describe how optogenetic control of brain cells and circuits is already steering both indirect neuromodulatory ...
3D maps reveal hidden microenvironments shaping mouse brain connectivity
Recent technological and scientific advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, which is in turn leading to interesting new discoveries. Over the past few years, many groups of neuroscientists worldwide ...
Early childhood adversity can disrupt brain networks and result in lifelong health burden
Scientists have known for some time that people who experience early childhood adversity are more prone to developing health and behavioral issues in adulthood, but the brain mechanisms behind these disparities are not well ...
Dec 11, 2025
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How the cerebellum builds its connections with the rest of the brain during early development
For the first time, a team of researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has reconstructed how the ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Missing myelin in key brain cells erases first wave of sensory signals
Our nerve cells are surrounded by a protective layer (myelin). This protective layer allows signals to pass between cells incredibly quickly. But what happens when this layer goes missing from cells that transfer signals ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice
Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten—a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Enzyme linked to myelin damage may hold key to neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a type of enzyme with a complicated name. Cell migration inducing and hyaluronan-binding protein (CEMIP) is associated with disorders ranging from multiple ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Brain biomarker links inflammation to poor treatment response in psychiatric disorders
Individuals with psychiatric disorders exhibiting seemingly similar symptoms often respond very differently to the same treatment, suggesting that distinct biological processes are at work beneath the surface of similar clinical ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Study finds microdosing can temporarily improve mood, creativity
A new UBC Okanagan study found that people who microdose psychedelics feel better on the days they take them—but those boosts don't seem to last.
Dec 11, 2025
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Balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory
A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for recognition memory. The findings could help provide better understanding of cognitive disorders, ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Clinicians now have powerful new tools to diagnose multiple sclerosis earlier
The faster patients can be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the sooner they can begin taking the powerful medications that can prevent further brain damage.
Dec 11, 2025
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Plasma p-tau217 can reliably detect preclinical Alzheimer disease
Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) can reliably detect Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology in the preclinical stage, according to a meta-analysis published online Dec. 1 in JAMA Neurology.
Dec 11, 2025
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Pain misconceptions push 1 in 4 people toward spinal surgery
If you live with constant lower back pain, surgery can start to look like the only way out. Yet new research from the University of South Australia published in the Australian Health Review shows that it's mindset, more than ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Novel 'body-swap' robot provides insights into how the brain keeps us upright
Imagine driving a car with a steering that doesn't respond instantly and a GPS that always reflects where you were a second ago. To stay on course, you must constantly infer how to steer the wheel from outdated information.
Dec 11, 2025
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Stress hormones can alter brain networks and strengthen emotional memories
Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol help the brain build emotional ...
Dec 10, 2025
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A light-based modulation tool for brain plasticity opens promising avenues for treating Huntington's disease
Synaptic plasticity—the brain's ability to modify the connections between neurons to support learning—is one of the neural functions profoundly altered in Huntington's disease, with a direct impact on brain function. ...
Dec 10, 2025
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Your brain on imagination: Study reveals how the mind's eye helps us learn and change
A new study led by cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences shows that merely imagining a positive encounter with someone can make ...
Dec 10, 2025
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When it comes to language, context matters: How your brain deciphers sarcasm, metaphors and tone
In everyday conversation, it's critical to understand not just the words that are spoken, but the context in which they are said. If it's pouring rain and someone remarks on the "lovely weather," you won't understand their ...
Dec 10, 2025
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