Immune System Changes That Boost Longevity
Summary: New evidence indicates that increased inflammation accelerates the biological aging process. These findings point to a delicate balance between keeping the…
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Multiple Sclerosis Drug Shows Promise in Reversing Disability
Alemtuzumab May Reverse Some Physical Disability in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Summary: New research suggests that alemtuzumab, a drug used to treat multiple…
Why Some People Hear Speech Better in Noisy Environments
Summary: A large international replication study shows that people vary widely in their ability to detect sounds in noisy environments, and that…
Orphanage Care Linked to Thinner Cortex in ADHD Regions
Under Nicolae Ceausescu’s dictatorship, thousands of Romanian children were placed in overcrowded orphanages where conditions were bleak and human contact was minimal.…
Connectome Map Reveals Twice as Many Regions in Human Cortex
Summary: Researchers have created new software that can accurately identify and map distinct areas of the cerebral cortex. Source: NIH / NIMH…
New Function Discovered for Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found that amyloid-β peptides — long assumed to be primarily toxic and central to Alzheimer’s disease —…
Study Finds Burnout Symptoms in Sweat
Summary: A new wearable sensor can continuously measure cortisol levels in a person’s sweat. Source: EPFL Stress is a universal experience, but…
Brain Cells Multitasking in One Region May Unlock Brain Function
A region of the brain long associated with visual and spatial processing also helps sort visual information into meaningful categories, a new…
Chronic Adversity Reduces Dopamine Production
Summary: Long-term exposure to psychosocial adversity appears to reduce the brain’s ability to produce dopamine in response to acute stress, which may…
ADHD in Preschoolers: Tantrums and Emotional Struggles Explained
Summary: A large longitudinal study finds that preschool children who are slower to develop emotion regulation skills are more likely to show…
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