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Famous film helps reveal brain region biased towards drug cues in individuals with heroin use disorder
Mount Sinai researchers have found that a brain region that is implicated extensively in value-based decision-making and craving in people with heroin use disorder—known as the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)—shows synchronized ...
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Neuroscientists reveal insights into how the brain forms habits and why they are so hard to break
Neuroscientists at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at UCL have discovered that the brain uses a dual system for learning through trial and error. This is the first time a second learning system has been identified, which ...
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Reversible method breaks brain circuits with molecular precision
Scientists have developed a powerful new method for selectively and reversibly breaking connections between brain cells—a leap forward that could transform how we study brain processes and, one day, how we treat neurological ...
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Real-time imaging shows how neuron energy balance changes during stroke-like conditions
A research team at the Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology at Leipzig University has, for the first time, demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading depolarizations—waves ...
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How the brain allows us to infer emotions
Xiaowei Gu and Joshua Johansen at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered key circuitry in the rat brain that allows the learning of inferred emotions. The study reveals how the frontal part of the brain ...
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Brain scans reveal what happens in the mind when insight strikes
Have you ever been stuck on a problem, puzzling over something for what felt like ages without getting anywhere, but then suddenly the answer came to you like a bolt from the blue?
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Air pollution may increase epilepsy risk
A new study reveals that air pollution may contribute to the development of epilepsy, a brain condition that causes seizures.
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Speaking more than one language can add layers to stroke recovery
You might not put a lot of thought into what it takes to speak, but speaking keeps your brain busy. In every conversation, multiple regions activate to process sounds, give words meaning and control the muscles that move ...
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The key to spotting dyslexia early could be AI-powered handwriting analysis
A new University at Buffalo–led study outlines how artificial intelligence–powered handwriting analysis may serve as an early detection tool for dyslexia and dysgraphia among young children.
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Could a mini-stroke leave lasting fatigue?
A transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, is typically defined as a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that causes symptoms that go away within a day, but a new study finds that people who have ...
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Experts highlight key steps to reduce stroke risk during awareness month
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and as part of everyday awareness, Mayo Clinic health care professionals suggest reducing stroke risk and knowing the signs. A stroke happens every 40 seconds in the U.S., and the likelihood ...
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Distinct neuron populations in the hypothalamus encode states associated with predator-related threats
The ability to detect imminent threats and execute behaviors aimed at protecting oneself, such as hiding, running away or defending oneself, is central to the survival of most animal species. A region of the mammalian brain ...
Sex-based brain differences: Structure of a single neuron in C. elegans provides new insights
Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? If we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, would it matter?
May 13, 2025
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Mouse memory hinges on a nine-letter protein fragment exclusive to neurons
Cells have a trick called splicing. They can cut a gene's message into pieces and decide which fragments to keep. By mixing and matching these fragments, a single gene can produce many different proteins, giving tissues and ...
May 13, 2025
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Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain, researchers find
Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior of our neurons and cognitive ...
May 13, 2025
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Mapping the brain's naming network: New insights into how people retrieve words during speech
How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic ability, called word retrieval, is often compromised in patients with brain damage. Interestingly, many patients who can name words they see, like identifying a ...
May 13, 2025
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ALS drug testing in patient-derived cells provides personalized window into nervous system
Unlike other pathologies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cannot be reproduced accurately in animal models, complicating the development of effective drugs. Faced with this challenge, a group of researchers from IMDEA ...
May 13, 2025
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Long working hours may alter brain structure, preliminary findings suggest
Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the findings of preliminary ...
May 13, 2025
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Psychedelics may induce right-brain dominance, researcher proposes
The secret to psychedelic drugs' links to greater empathy and insight may lie in their ability to coax the right hemisphere of the brain into a position of dominance over the left, according to a proposed new theory.
May 13, 2025
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Can AI help prevent the next stroke? Study uses brain scans to detect hidden heart risk
A study recently published in the journal Cerebrovascular Diseases shows that artificial intelligence (AI) may help physicians detect a common, but often hidden, cause of stroke by analyzing brain scans. The technology could ...
May 13, 2025
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Migraine drug can also help with symptoms that occur before the actual headache begins
A drug to treat migraine, ubrogepant, is also found to reduce common non-headache symptoms that occur in the hours preceding a migraine headache, according to the results of a large phase three clinical trial published in ...
May 12, 2025
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The how and why of the brain's division across hemispheres
People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only splits up visual spatial perception—processing ...
May 12, 2025
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Fixing cellular recycling centers may help treat neurodegenerative diseases
For neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, treatment options are scant. New research by Stanford scientists illuminates a promising target for treatment—increasing a lipid that boosts the trash-sorting ...
May 12, 2025
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Forgotten cell clusters may hold key to diabetic neuropathy pain
A phenomenon largely ignored since its discovery 100 years ago appears to be a crucial component of diabetic pain, according to new research from The University of Texas at Dallas's Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS).
May 12, 2025
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CAR-T cell therapy for cancer causes 'brain fog,' study shows
After treatment with CAR-T cells—immune cells engineered to attack cancer—patients sometimes tell their doctors they feel like they have "brain fog," or forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating.
May 12, 2025
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Low-cost formulation reduces dose and increases efficacy of drug against parasitic worms
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Loss of Medicare Part D subsidy linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults
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