New Study Reveals How Memories Form in the Brain
Summary: New research identifies a previously unknown role for a scaffolding protein complex in transporting glutamate (AMPA) receptors to synapses, a process…
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Neanderthal Gene Variants Linked to Autism
Summary: Researchers report that a distinctive gene structure arose recently in human evolution and spread with remarkable speed. Source: University of Washington…
Study Links Large Transporter Protein to Schizophrenia Risk
Summary: Mutations in the cholesterol-transporting protein ABCA13 are linked to schizophrenia-like behaviors in mouse models and impair cholesterol trafficking in neurons. Source:…
Genetics and Alzheimer’s Risk: What Research Shows
Summary: Researchers report that enhancing the brain’s ability to convert glucose into usable energy may reduce risk factors and delay the onset…
Kids Prefer Alexa Over Roomba but Say Both Deserve Kindness
Summary: Children ages 4–11 tend to view Amazon’s Alexa as having more human-like thoughts and feelings than a Roomba vacuum, yet they…
Alzheimer’s Gene Linked to Shrinking Brain Neurons
Summary: For roughly one in four people who carry the APOE4 variant, the brain’s wiring begins to change decades before memory loss…
Why the Brain Values Stolen Money Less
Summary: A UCL-led study finds that the brain treats money obtained through harming others as less valuable than money earned without harming…
Addiction Speeds Brain Aging via Distinct Molecular Pathways
Summary: New research shows that substance use disorders (SUDs) accelerate biological aging in the brain through substance-specific molecular pathways. Using brain-focused epigenetic…
How Teen Stress Responses Shape Immunity
Summary: A new study finds that adolescents who experience ongoing family stress show differences in blood pressure and immune responses to bacterial…
Mouse Brain Region Integrates Sound and Motion Signals
Summary: New research in mice shows that the inferior colliculus processes movement and sound at the same time, and that movement-related signals…
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