Daytime Eating Linked to Improved Mental Health
Summary: When you eat may influence symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to a controlled laboratory study. Source: Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
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Social Cues That Signal Safety
Summary: New research reveals how fruit flies use the movement of others as a social safety cue and identifies neural mechanisms that…
Extrachromosomal Noncoding DNA May Drive Glioblastoma
Summary: Extra copies of DNA carried with amplified oncogenes are essential for sustaining oncogene activation and enabling cancer cell survival. Source: UCSD…
Pregnancy May Delay Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms by Three Years
Summary: Women who have experienced pregnancy were diagnosed with their first multiple sclerosis symptoms an average of 3.3 years later than women…
Gender Gap in Teen Depression Emerges at 12
Summary: A large meta-analysis finds that gender differences in depression — both in diagnoses and reported symptoms — appear by age 12…
How the Brain Regulates Motivation and Drive
Summary: New mouse research identifies neurons in the anterior insular cortex that drive motivational vigor, shedding light on brain mechanisms that could…
How Light Therapy Can End Chronic Pain
Researchers use optogenetics to produce pain relief by shutting off neurons with light. Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of…
How Pregnancy Accelerates Aging in Young Mothers
Summary: Pregnancy may accelerate biological aging in women. Using advanced epigenetic clocks that measure DNA methylation, researchers compared the biological age of…
How Bias-Driven Bullying Leaves Hidden Scars
Summary: A large U.S. study shows that students who believe they were targeted because of social characteristics—such as race, religion, disability, gender,…
Oxytocin Boosts Reward Response in Women Watching Crying Babies
Oxytocin boosts reward-related brain activity for crying infants but not smiling ones Researchers at Indiana University report that the hormone oxytocin increases…
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