How Can Public Space Be Designed for the Neurodiverse Community?
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Exploring whether chemotherapy disrupts biological clock in the brain to impair circadian rhythms
During and after chemotherapy, nearly half of cancer patients endure circadian rhythm disruptions, which worsens treatment side effects.…
Why One Brain Circuit Collapses First in Alzheimer’s
Researchers suspect energy failures in brain “power plants” may explain why memory pathways collapse so early in Alzheimer’s.…
Ultrasound device enables precise non-invasive stimulation of deep brain regions
An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by…
Research on marmosets sheds light on how babies learn to talk
When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter – they…
Why Do We Need Sleep? Oxford Scientists Trace the Answer to Mitochondria
Oxford scientists have found that sleep may be triggered by tiny energy leaks in brain cell mitochondria, suggesting…
Depressive symptoms may interfere with learning to actively avoid unpleasant events
Depression alters how people pursue rewards, but, conversely, whether depressive symptoms influence how people learn to avoid nonrewarding,…
Extreme Heat Makes People More Negative
Summary: A large-scale global study shows that extreme heat affects not just our bodies, but also our emotions.…
Researchers Uncover “Eat-Me” Signal That Triggers Alzheimer’s First Symptom
New research suggests that the loss of smell in early Alzheimer’s may stem from the brain’s immune cells…
Genetics Reveal How Human Contact Shapes Language Evolution
Summary: A new study shows that genetic evidence of historical contact between populations reveals consistent patterns of language…
Differential participation of the corticospinal and corticorubral neurons during motor execution in the rat
In this study, we used an operant conditioning model in which rats had to press a lever guided…
Dopamine D2 receptor modulation of insulin receptor signaling in the central amygdala: implications for compulsive-like eating behavior
Absence of D2Rs increases compulsive-like eating We evaluated compulsive-like eating in wild-type (WT) and dopamine D2R knock-out (Drd2−/−)…