High Stress Linked to Increased Cannabis Use
Summary: New research from Washington State University found that rats with naturally higher baseline stress hormones are far more likely to self-administer…
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Why Students Bring Emotional Support Animals to College
Americans have embraced the idea that companion animals bring comfort and joy: not just puppies but rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, cockatiels, ferrets, ball…
Scientists Engineer Cells That Grant Sense of Touch
Summary: UCLA scientists have developed a method to convert human pluripotent stem cells into sensory interneurons, the spinal cord neurons that underlie…
Why New Dads Face Postpartum Depression One Year After Birth
Summary: A large longitudinal study of more than one million fathers in Sweden reveals an unexpected pattern in paternal mental health: diagnoses…
How Physical Activity Reduces Depression Risk
Summary: New research strengthens evidence that higher levels of physical activity lower the risk of developing depression. The study found objectively measured…
Silicon Probe Captures Simultaneous Activity of 100s of Neurons
Summary: A new silicon probe will give researchers a clearer, large-scale view of how neurons and brain regions coordinate to process information.…
Prenatal Stress Increases Binge Eating Risk in Female Mice
Summary: Maternal stress during pregnancy increases the likelihood that female offspring will develop binge-eating-like behavior, but a methyl-balanced diet during adolescence can…
Maternal DDT and Pollutants Linked to Fetal Neurodevelopment
Study first to link maternal chemical exposure with changes in fetal motor activity and heart rate Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg…
How 3D Brain Organoids Reveal Neural Mechanisms of Tourette Syndrome
Summary: Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cells reprogrammed from the skin of people with Tourette syndrome to grow three-dimensional basal ganglia organoids.…
Study Finds No Link Between Gut Fungi and Parkinson’s Disease
Summary: A new study finds that, unlike bacteria, fungi in the gut do not appear to be associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD).…
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