New Aging Pathway Fuels Chronic Inflammation
Summary: Researchers have identified the cGAS–STING signaling pathway as a central driver of chronic inflammation and functional decline in aging. Experimental blockade…
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How Your Circadian Clock Impacts Mental Health and Disease
Summary: A large genomic study finds that people genetically predisposed to be morning types tend to have better mental health and a…
Lower Childhood IQ Predicts Higher Alzheimer’s Risk
Summary: Children and adolescents who carry the APOE ε4 (APOE4) allele score lower on verbal and overall IQ measures than their peers…
Exercise Creates New Neurons Without Causing Memory Loss
Summary: New research from Texas A&M confirms that exercise increases hippocampal neurogenesis without causing loss of previously formed memories. Contradicting earlier findings,…
How Supernumerary Robotic Arms Can Feel Like Part of Your Body
Summary: Researchers developed a virtual supernumerary robotic arm controlled by a user’s feet in a virtual environment. After training, participants reported that…
How Minor Inhibition Tunes the Brain’s GPS
Summary: New research identifies how a class of cortical inhibitory neurons, called basket cells, contributes to spatial information coding and navigation. Source:…
These Neurons Make Overcoming Fear Feel Rewarding
Summary: Fear extinction memories and rewarding feelings are stored in the same genetically defined neurons — those expressing the Ppp1r1b gene in…
How Mind Wandering Boosts Creativity
Summary: New research challenges the view that mind wandering is always harmful. When tasks do not require sustained attention, people can deliberately…
How the Brain Selects One Neural Signal Among Billions
Summary: Two complementary mechanisms help the brain reliably route signals through a noisy biological environment. Source: The Conversation The human brain sends…
New B-Cell Changes Linked to Postpartum Depression in Women
Summary: Researchers identified notable differences in B cells in women diagnosed with postpartum depression. B cells are key immune cells that produce…
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