Why Generosity Fades in Unequal Relationships
Summary: A new MIT study reshapes how we understand cooperation. It shows that keeping an internal ledger of favors is not the…
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Histamine Waves in the Hypothalamus Gate Memory Access
Summary: Researchers have uncovered a subcortical mechanism that explains why the same memory can be easy to recall one moment and inaccessible…
CES1 Gene Variants Linked to Compulsive Cocaine Addiction
Liver Gene Ces1 Identified as Major Genetic Driver of Cocaine Addiction Summary: A large genetic study from the University of California San…
71% Rise in Social Anxiety Diagnoses
Summary: New Canadian research reveals a steep, generational increase in Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). The study finds that nearly one in seven…
How Low Dopamine Activity Drives Teen Drug Use
Summary: A new University of Pittsburgh study overturns a long-standing idea about teenage risk-taking. Rather than being driven by an overactive dopamine…
How the Timing of Childhood Trauma Rewires Fear Circuits
Summary: A new study maps the biological pathways through which early-life adversity becomes embodied, translating childhood maltreatment into lasting physical and mental…
How Socioeconomic Status Shapes Children’s Brain Development
Summary: A large new study has reshaped our understanding of childhood neurodevelopment by showing that a child’s socioeconomic environment leaves a stronger…
GLP-1 Drugs Lower Depression by Boosting Calming Gut Bacteria
Summary: Researchers have identified an alternative biological pathway that explains how GLP-1 receptor agonists can ease psychiatric symptoms. Using mouse models of…
Sleep Deprivation Impairs Social Memory Retrieval
Summary: Memory loss caused by acute sleep deprivation reflects a failure to retrieve stored information rather than the permanent erasure of memory…
12-Gene Signature Reveals Vulnerable Cell Types in Rett Syndrome
Summary: Scientists have traced the earliest cellular origins of Rett syndrome by separating genetically normal and mutant brain cells from the same…
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