7 Types of Hyperarousal: Distinct Tension Patterns Explained
Summary: Hyperarousal is a core feature across many mental health conditions — from insomnia and ADHD to depression, anxiety and PTSD —…
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High-Altitude Gene Accelerates Myelin Repair
Summary: Evolutionary adaptations that help animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at extreme altitudes may point to new ways to…
How Stress Hormone Cortisol Disrupts the Brain’s GPS
Summary: Have you ever felt disoriented under stress? It’s not just mental fog—stress hormones can interfere with the brain’s internal navigation system.…
10 Minutes of Exercise Protects the Brain During Chemotherapy
Summary: “Chemo brain” — the cognitive fog, memory lapses, and mental fatigue that affect as many as 75% of people undergoing cancer…
Brain Immune Cells Found to Regulate Puberty and Fertility
Summary: Researchers have uncovered a surprising new regulator of reproductive development: microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells. The study shows that microglia…
How Lifelong Activity Patterns Predict Longevity
Summary: New research challenges the idea that aging is a slow, continuous decline. By observing African turquoise killifish continuously throughout their adult…
New Study Reveals Multiple Biological Causes of Alzheimer’s
Summary: For decades, Alzheimer’s research has relied largely on study populations of European ancestry, leaving important questions about how the disease appears…
Hidden Brainstem Pathway Controls Human Hand Movement
Summary: For decades, neuroscientists assumed that precise, voluntary hand movements were governed almost entirely by the cerebral cortex. New research overturns that…
High-Fat Diets May Let Gut Bacteria Invade the Brain
Summary: The gut–brain axis has long been recognized for indirect chemical and immune signaling between the gut and the brain. A new…
ADHD in Teens Raises Anxiety and Depression Risk
Summary: Adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face a substantially higher risk of developing internalising problems such as anxiety and depression.…
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