New diamond-coated electrodes may help people walk again
What's the first thing you did when you woke up this morning? Maybe you swung your legs over the side of your bed, placed your feet on the floor and stood up. Simple, right?
Jan 21, 2026
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Biogenic Amines
MeSH tree: D02.092.211
Not all memories are created equal: How motivation shapes memory
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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Study links stroke-induced stress response to weakened immune system and higher infection risk
A new University of Manchester and Edinburgh study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found that people who have had a stroke have fewer of a specific type of immune cell called B cells, which normally ...
Jan 20, 2026
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A closer look at how local protein production is altered in ALS
The functioning of neurons, cells that transmit information in the nervous system, heavily relies on the production of proteins. Proteins are synthesized both inside cells (i.e., in the soma) and locally along axons, projections ...
Meth inflames and stimulates the brain through similar pathways—research offers potential avenue to treat addiction
Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms.
Jan 18, 2026
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Dopamine under control: Precision regulation of inhibition shapes learning, memory and mental health
For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of pleasure, motivation, and reinforcement. In popular understanding, higher dopamine levels were equated ...
Jan 14, 2026
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The aggressive use of antibiotics could fuel mood disorders and anxiety
Antibiotics (ABs) are among the most used pharmaceutical drugs worldwide, as they are currently the most effective medicines for the treatment of bacterial infections. An excessive use of these drugs, however, can damage ...
Fruit fly pigmentation guides discovery of genes that control brain dopamine and sleep
Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to conditions like Parkinson's disease, depression and sleep disorders. While scientists know a great ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Axonal protein synthesis defect identified as potential early driver in ALS progression
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have identified a molecular process that allows motor neurons to maintain protein production, a process that fails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, ...
Jan 12, 2026
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Unexpected finding could offer new treatment targets for meth addiction
University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.
Jan 12, 2026
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