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The cerebellum, a part of the brain traditionally associated with balance and movement, is also important for more complex tasks like reading and spelling, a University of Alberta study suggests.
Apr 14, 2026
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A hormone that reverses obesity in mice appears to work by signaling to a brain region involved in metabolism and appetite regulation, the same area targeted by the popular GLP-1 drugs. The finding, by University of Oklahoma ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Most people think of Alzheimer's disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin much earlier—sometime around the third decade of life.
Mar 26, 2026
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It's well known that alcohol consumption is an age-old method for coping with stress. But recent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that when such self-medication begins in early adulthood, ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Stuttering is more than just struggling to "get the words out." It's a developmental disorder affecting speech fluency caused by a deficit in speech motor control synchronization. The condition typically emerges between the ...
Mar 15, 2026
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Imagine arriving at a busy location with people moving around and a multitude of visual and other sensory cues vying for your attention. How does the brain integrate such floods of sensory information and reach a decision ...
Mar 5, 2026
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A new McGill University study has found a direct link between age-related declines in neuron activity in the cerebellum and worsening motor skills, including gait, balance and agility. While it is well known that these abilities ...
Feb 23, 2026
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When running a fever during infection, we often feel chills, which prompt us to take action to warm ourselves, such as turning on a heater or adding layers of clothing. Increased body temperature helps inhibit pathogen growth ...
Feb 10, 2026
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The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at the base of the brain, the cerebellum has long been thought to be mainly responsible for motor ...
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University have proposed a neuroscience framework explaining how different types of motivation fundamentally reshape ...
Jan 21, 2026
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