Early Autism Signs Similar in Toddler Boys and Girls
Summary: A large, long-term study of more than 2,500 toddlers found no meaningful clinical differences in autistic traits between males and females…
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Amygdala Guides Social Choices in Juvenile Songbirds
Summary: Young zebra finches learn their species’ song by watching and copying adult “tutor” birds, but they do not learn from every…
Nitrous Oxide Opens Blood-Brain Barrier to Improve Gene Delivery
Summary: Researchers have found that nitrous oxide can safely enhance gene therapy delivery to the brain by increasing blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability…
How Daylight Strengthens Your Immune System
Summary: Researchers have found that daylight strengthens the infection-fighting capacity of neutrophils, the body’s most abundant white blood cells. Using transparent zebrafish…
How Chronic Stress Raises Your Stroke Risk
Summary: Chronic stress is increasingly recognized as a meaningful contributor to stroke risk because it amplifies high blood pressure, systemic inflammation, and…
ALS Drug Sparks Dramatic Recovery in Patients With Rare Mutation
Summary: An experimental antisense therapy targeting FUS gene mutations has produced unexpectedly strong clinical improvements in some patients with a rare, aggressive…
Stress Impairs Emotion Regulation in Anxiety, Depression and BPD
Summary: New research from Edith Cowan University indicates that acute stress can temporarily disrupt core brain functions responsible for emotion regulation, especially…
Placebo Effect Activates Brain’s Opioid System to Reduce Pain
Summary: Researchers have successfully induced the placebo effect in rats and mapped the neural circuitry that enables belief in pain relief to…
How Mice Use Whisker Sounds to Navigate Their World
Summary: New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that mice use not only touch but also sound produced by their…
Tool Enables 99-Day Tracking of Single Neurons in Mice
Summary: Following the same neurons over days and weeks has been a persistent challenge for neuroscientists using calcium imaging in freely moving…
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