Laser Therapy can Help with Short-term Memory Problems
Short-term memory loss occurs when you forget recent events, such as an event or something you did, saw, or heard. It can be caused by…
Neuroscience
A Seminal Study links Specific Genes to Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia often runs in families, implying that it is largely inherited. However, a long-running search for genes responsible for this severe psychiatric condition has yielded…
Schizophrenia may 2.5 Times increase the Dementia Risk
Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder in which a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behavior are all out of sync. Those thoughts and feelings could indicate…
Differential Connections in Children’s Brains are Connected to Inequality
Inequality has the potential to harm our economies, societies, and even our bodies. For example, research has found that inequality-induced stress affects the prefrontal cortex…
The Role of Immune Cells in Preventing Cognitive Decline
There is mounting evidence that the underlying mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease may begin years, if not decades, before symptoms appear. Many researchers believe that treating…
The Adult Brain contains a Large Number of Silent Synapses
A silent synapse is an excitatory glutamatergic synapse with NMDA-type glutamate receptors but no AMPA-type glutamate receptors in its postsynaptic membrane. These synapses are called…
A Study discovered that Racial Discrimination affects Brain Microstructure
Social discrimination, a type of psychological stressor, has been linked to poorer physical and mental health outcomes, but little is known about how discrimination affects…
Different Brain Networks Linked to Depression Risk and Resilience
Two separate brain networks have been found to be connected with higher and decreased depression symptoms in a recent study that ties the site of…
Early Depression Interventions May Reduce the Chance of Dementia in the Future
A new study offers proof that prompt treatment of depression may reduce the risk of dementia in particular patient groups. Depression has long been linked…
Flavonol Antioxidants have been linked to Slower Memory Decline
Dietary flavonoids’ neuroprotective actions involve a variety of effects within the brain, including the ability to protect neurons from injury caused by neurotoxins, the ability…
Diet has a Significant impact on ADHD Symptoms in Children
Protein has been shown in studies to increase brain alertness. Carbohydrates have the opposite effect. Even worse are artificial colors and flavors. This could explain…
Researchers Compile an “Atlas” of Gene Expression in Neurons to Show the Variety of Brain Cells
By classifying more than 250,000 neurons in fruit fly brains using gene sequencing and machine learning, researchers at New York University have built a “developmental…
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