Childhood Trauma and Its Impact on Multiple Sclerosis
Summary: In a mouse study, early-life stress increased the likelihood of developing autoimmune disease resembling multiple sclerosis and reduced responsiveness to a…
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How Weather Changes Your Pain Tolerance
Summary: Temperature and barometric pressure show strong associations with cold pain tolerance and pressure pain tolerance, according to a new population-based study.…
Infrared Light Therapy May Aid Brain Injury Recovery
Summary: New research from the University of Birmingham shows that transcranial infrared light therapy, a form of photobiomodulation (PBM), can reduce inflammation…
3D Deep Imaging Breakthrough Could Unlock Biological Insights
Rockefeller University scientists develop iDISCO: a fast, affordable 3D imaging method for large biological samples A team of neuroscientists at The Rockefeller…
Learn Probability Calculations: A Beginner’s Guide
Summary: Researchers find that infants as young as six months can make simple probability estimates. Source: Max Planck Institute. One of the…
Psychosis Symptoms Tied to Disrupted Brain Information Flow
Summary: White matter connectivity does not directly produce psychosis, but it appears to influence psychotic symptoms by altering the brain’s threshold for…
Could Low Choline Be Causing Your Anxiety?
Summary: A comprehensive meta-analysis of 25 studies shows that people with anxiety disorders have noticeably lower levels of choline—a vital brain nutrient—than…
Alcoholism Alters Brain Reward Circuits in Women vs Men
Summary: Researchers report that structures in the brain’s reward system are larger in women with a history of alcoholism than in nonalcoholic…
How the Brain Erases Long-Term Memories
Researchers uncover how the brain actively erases long-term memories New research in rats reveals that forgetting can be an active biological process…
Real-Time Monitoring of Neurochemical Activity in the Brain
Engineered cells reveal changes associated with learning, memory and reward. Researchers have developed living cellular sensors that fluoresce in response to specific…
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