Summary: Unhealthy eating during childhood may leave a permanent imprint on the brain’s appetite control center, even if body weight is later normalized. New research demonstrates that a high-fat, hi…...
Summary: A new preclinical study reveals that the hippocampus does more than just store memories; it actively reorganizes them to predict future rewards. By tracking brain activity over several weeks…...
Summary: A new study introduces a multilingualism calculator that quantifies how multilingual a person truly is, offering a clearer alternative to vague labels like bilingual. By combining age of acq…...
Summary: A new study challenges the long-held belief that Alzheimers disease cannot be reversed. Researchers showed that a severe drop in NAD+a core energy moleculedrives Alzheimers pathology in both…...
Summary: A new study uncovers a precise brain pathway that rapidly converts emotional stress into sudden wakefulness during NREM sleep. Researchers found that GABAergic neurons in the BNST activate g…...
Summary: Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in later life, independent of whether someone feels lonely. By analyzing more than 137,000 cognitive te…...
Summary: Physical exercise triggers extracellular vesicles (EVs)tiny particles in the bloodto act as temporary transport shuttles for key hormone precursors. During vigorous exercise, levels of the h…...
Summary: New research reveals that when gut bacteria closely resemble the myelin sheath that protects nerve fibers, the immune system can become confused and attack both accelerating multiple scleros…...
Summary: A large study of 800 adults shows that pragmatic language skillsthe ability to understand sarcasm, indirect requests, tone, and nonliteral meaningorganize into three distinct cognitive clust…...
Summary: A new nationwide analysis shows that getting fewer than seven hours of sleep a night is one of the strongest predictors of shorter life expectancy across U.S. counties. Sleep sufficiency out…...