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People with narcolepsy collapse when they laugh or feel joy. Scientists just found the brain circuit responsible, and it runs through the love hormone

People with narcolepsy collapse when they laugh or feel joy. Scientists just found the brain circuit responsible, and it runs through the love hormone

Jul 19 · 9 min read · Nature

A decade of research on thousands of people proves that human brains literally synchronize during face-to-face conversation, and lonely brains cannot do it

A decade of research on thousands of people proves that human brains literally synchronize during face-to-face conversation, and lonely brains cannot do it

Jun 27 · 7 min read · Cell

Scientists found that a Parkinson’s drug significantly improves the depression symptom that current antidepressants barely touch, and brain scans show exactly why

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists found that a Parkinson’s drug significantly improves the depression symptom that current antidepressants barely touch, and brain scans show exactly why

Jun 13 · 8 min read · Nature

The largest cannabis study ever conducted found no evidence it helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD and warned it may be making all three worse

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The largest cannabis study ever conducted found no evidence it helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD and warned it may be making all three worse

Jun 4 · 7 min read · The Lancet

A five-year study of 10,000 adolescents found that the pandemic damaged every teenager’s mental health, then hit the most genetically vulnerable ones with additional harm on top

A five-year study of 10,000 adolescents found that the pandemic damaged every teenager’s mental health, then hit the most genetically vulnerable ones with additional harm on top

Jul 15 · 8 min read · Nature Translational Psychiatry

Scientists recorded individual neurons in bilingual brains for the first time and found that the brain does not translate words, it does something more sophisticated

Scientists recorded individual neurons in bilingual brains for the first time and found that the brain does not translate words, it does something more sophisticated

Jun 25 · 6 min read · Cell

Scientists found that a supplement taken by 40 million Americans for joint pain is associated with 25% faster progression to Alzheimer’s in people with early memory decline

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Scientists found that a supplement taken by 40 million Americans for joint pain is associated with 25% faster progression to Alzheimer’s in people with early memory decline

Jun 11 · 7 min read · Nature

Scientists spent 30 years trying to find what carries Alzheimer’s from one brain cell to the next. A new study just identified it, and it turns out to be a protein the brain uses to carry memories

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Scientists spent 30 years trying to find what carries Alzheimer’s from one brain cell to the next. A new study just identified it, and it turns out to be a protein the brain uses to carry memories

Jul 2 · 8 min read · Cell

New research found that brain immune cells in Alzheimer’s patients can carry cancer-driving mutations detectable in a routine blood test, and drugs that target those mutations already exist

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New research found that brain immune cells in Alzheimer’s patients can carry cancer-driving mutations detectable in a routine blood test, and drugs that target those mutations already exist

Jun 15 · 5 min read · Cell

New research found that the chronic brain inflammation responsible for memory decline can be reversed with two doses of a nasal spray derived from human neural stem cells

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New research found that the chronic brain inflammation responsible for memory decline can be reversed with two doses of a nasal spray derived from human neural stem cells

Jun 7 · 7 min read · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

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