Antipsychotic Plus Radiation Targets Deadly Brain Tumors
Summary: Researchers at UCLA report that trifluoperazine, a dopamine receptor antagonist once commonly used to treat schizophrenia, when combined with radiation therapy…
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New Cannabis Alternative Could Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Summary: HU-308, a cannabinoid CB2-selective compound, reduces L-dopa–induced dyskinesia in a mouse model and may offer a non-psychoactive treatment option for Parkinson’s…
New Brain Imaging Reveals Autism Markers with 95% Accuracy
Summary: A multi-university team led in part by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has created a brain-imaging system that…
Breakthrough: Scientists Rejuvenate Human Cells to Reverse Aging
Summary: Resveratrol analogues can reactivate splicing factors, causing aged cells to regain youthful characteristics, begin to divide and show signs of rejuvenation…
How the Brain’s Response to Regret Affects Depression Risk
Summary: New research shows mice display two distinct forms of regret driven by different brain circuits. The study links one form of…
Essential Oils: Benefits for Mood and Well-Being
Summary: New laboratory research suggests some essential oils can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression symptoms by producing antioxidant effects in…
How Shyness Skews Children’s Language Assessment Scores
Summary: Shyness can significantly affect how young children perform on language assessments, especially on tasks that demand more verbal interaction. Assessors should…
Maternal Excess Weight May Harm Fetal Brain Development
Summary: New research suggests that maternal obesity may begin to affect fetal brain development by the second trimester. Higher maternal BMI was…
Damaged Neurons Signal Stem Cells to Repair Injury
Damaged nerve cells in conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS) communicate with stem cells using the same synaptic language they use to…
How the Sandman Protein Controls Sleep
Summary: A new study brings researchers closer to understanding how the brain flips a switch to wake us from sleep. Source: University…
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