Preconception Maternal Trauma Doubles Child Schizophrenia Risk
Summary: A new population-based study found that children born decades after World War II to mothers who were older than five years…
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Brain Inflammation Halts Stem Cells, Prevents Neurogenesis
Summary: New research from King’s College London reveals that exposure of human hippocampal stem cells to inflammatory signaling molecules halts the production…
Causal Network Mapping Reveals Core Brain Circuits in OCD
Summary: For the first time, researchers have traced the causal brain circuitry responsible for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Instead of relying on conventional…
Single Cocaine Exposure Causes Lasting Epigenetic Changes
Summary: Researchers report that a single exposure to cocaine produces profound and lasting structural changes in the genome of key brain cells.…
How Mild Sleep Restriction Drives Weight Gain and Inactivity
Summary: A pooled analysis of randomized trials followed 95 adults who reduced their nightly sleep by roughly 80 minutes for six weeks.…
Astrocytes Drive Long-Term Memory Persistence in the Brain
Summary: Astrocytes—star-shaped, non-neuronal brain cells—act as active gatekeepers of long-term memory stability. Researchers identified a scaffolding protein, ankyrin-2 (Ank2), and traced a…
How Babies Turn Music into Movement by 12 Months
Summary: New research offers early evidence of how the infant brain gradually converts music into spontaneous movement. The study combined electroencephalogram (EEG)…
Scientists Identify 17 New Brain Regions Involved in Language
Summary: A new study analyzed a very large functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataset from more than 700 participants and, by using…
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Improved Mental Health After 50
Summary: A new longitudinal analysis of 3,296 adults aged 50 to 90 found that strong adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet predicts higher…
Exoskeleton Decodes Weak Muscle Signals to Treat Hand Paralysis
Summary: Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an affordable, intelligent soft pneumatic glove that restores intentional grasping for…
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