How Sugar Rewires Your Brain Chemistry
Summary: After twelve days of daily sugar intake, researchers observed significant changes in both the brain’s dopamine and opioid systems in pigs.…
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How Brain Waves Predict Your Future Memory
Summary: Researchers have created a machine-learning model that estimates a person’s “brain age” from their sleep EEG. The model identifies subtle brain-wave…
How Brain Imaging Links Neural Activity to Human Social Behavior
Neural Basis of Social Behavior: Key Findings Presented at Neuroscience 2019 Summary: Recent brain imaging and neural recording studies presented at Neuroscience…
How Deafness Rewires Brain Outputs in Cats
Summary: In animals made deaf early in life, connections between a specific sensory cortex region and the superior colliculus are reduced, while…
Cornell Bioengineers Spinal Disc Implants to Treat Back Pain
Each year, millions of people worldwide experience chronic lower back and neck pain. To address that widespread problem, biomedical engineers at Cornell…
Study: Toddler Screen Time Isn’t Linked to Attention Problems
Summary: New reanalysis indicates that ordinary television exposure in early childhood does not, by itself, increase the risk that toddlers will develop…
AI Drug Design for Opioid Addiction Treatment
Summary: Researchers are using artificial intelligence to design novel compounds that can block kappa opioid receptors, aiming to develop new treatments to…
Biohybrid Device May Restore Movement in Paralyzed Limbs
Summary: Researchers have created a biohybrid neural implant that can strengthen communication between the brain and paralyzed limbs, offering a promising route…
Lack of Independent Play Fuels Children’s Mental Health Decline
Summary: Rising rates of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents may be linked to a long-term decline in opportunities for unsupervised…
How Early Education Helps Prevent Dementia
Brain research has identified a clear link between the amount of formal education a person receives and their risk of developing dementia.…
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