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Our DNA Could Affect the Potency of Psychedelics in the Brain
A new study has identified that variation in genes coding for key receptors in our brains may alter the potency of psychedelic drugs. The research suggests that our genetics should be a factor in future clinical trials of these drugs’ therapeutic potential.
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Two decades of Alzheimer’s research was based on deliberate fraud by 2 scientists
Last month, drug company Genentech reported on the first clinical trials of the drug crenezumab, a drug targeting amyloid proteins that form sticky plaques in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients. The drug had been particularly effective in animal models, and the trial results were eagerly awaited as one of the most promising treatments in years. It did not work.
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Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn’t Matter
Stories stimulate the brain in the same way, regardless of whether they're read or heard.
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Metasurfaces Open the Door to Telekinesis and Telepathy With Technology
The study used a brainwave signal called P300 to control information metasurface, which can code 0s and 1s like an electronic circuit board.
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Kids' neighborhoods can affect their developing brains, a new study finds
The latest findings add to the understanding of how social disadvantage such as poverty and low-quality, unsafe housing can affect early child development.
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Brains are hard-wired to recognize opposite sex
Male mice, even those that are young and sexually naïve, are hard-wired to quickly discern the sex of another mouse. What’s more,researchers have for the first time identified the neurons in the male mouse brain that guide the behavior.
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Why can’t we remember being born or our first words?
What scientists know about "infantile amnesia."
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The Woman Who Saw Zombies
Discovering the molecule that drove her madness.
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Cannabis: how it affects our cognition and psychology – new research
Cannabis has been used by humans for thousands of years and is one of the most popular drugs today. With effects such as feelings of joy and relaxation, it is also legal to prescribe or take in several countries.
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Scientists discover genetic variants that speed, slow brain aging
Researchers from a USC-led consortium have discovered 15 “hot spots” in the genome that either speed up brain aging or slow it down — a finding that could provide new drug targets to resist developmental delays, Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain disorders.
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Post-COVID psychosis occurs in people with no prior history. The risk is low but episodes are frightening
Typically, people who experience psychosis encounter it in young adulthood or alongside dementia later in life. Post-COVID psychosis can hit adults in their middle years.
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Social working memory abnormalities may be a neurocognitive mechanism underlying poorer social connection in PTSD
Research published in the journal Depression & Anxiety provides evidence that neurocognitive abnormalities are related to difficulties in social connection among people with posttraumatic stress disorder. The findings suggest that those with PTSD are more likely to struggle with managing multiple pieces of social information.
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First-ever scan of a dying human brain reveals life may actually 'flash before your eyes'
The accidental finding was made when a man suddenly died during a routine brain scan.
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Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good.
Insurance for your mind.
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Scientists Have Finally Discovered Why The Brain Consumes So Much Energy, Even at Rest
The human brain gobbles up to 10 times more energy than the rest of the body, eating through 20 percent of our fuel intake on average when we're resting.
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How Sleep Gives You a Healthy Mind and Healthy Body
Sleep is a vital function that allows your mind and body to recharge and remain refreshed and alert during the day. Quality sleep keeps your body healthy and strong enough to fend off diseases. Without adequate sleep, your brain may fail to function appropriately, impairing your ability to process memories, concentrate, and think clearly.
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Israeli scientists tweak brains to cause illness, gaining psychosomatic insights
Scientists in Israel say they have observed exactly how the brain can make the body sick — and believe tweaks in the behavior of gray matter could stop inflammation in the bowel, colon and elsewhere.
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Scientists identify the cause of Alzheimer’s progression in the brain
For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it develops in a very different way than previously thought. Their results could have important implications for the development of potential treatments.
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5-Day Brain Stimulation Treatment Highly Effective Against Depression, Stanford Researchers Find
In the study, almost 80% of patients with treatment-resistant depression experienced remission after receiving modified transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants
Human brain size nearly quadrupled in the six million years since Homo last shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, but human brains are thought to have decreased in volume since the end of the last Ice Age. The timing and reason for this decrease is enigmatic. Here we use change-point analysis to estimate the timing of changes in the rate of hominin brain evolution. We find that hominin brains experienced positive rate changes at 2.1 and 1.5 million years ago, coincident with the early evolution of Homo and technological innovations evident in the archeological record. But we also find that human brain size reduction was surprisingly...
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