The serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor is widely distributed in the brain and plays a critical role in perception, cognition and psychosis. It is also responsible for the psychedelic effects of drugs, such as psilocybin (hallucinogenic ...
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Studies have long suggested that oxytocin—a hormone that can also act as a neurotransmitter—regulates prosocial behavior such as empathy, trust and bonding, which led to its popular labeling as the "love hormone." Mysteriously, ...
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Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory (known as the entorhinal cortex) were significantly larger in super agers (80 years and older) compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer's ...
Sep 30, 2022
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A new study by Stanford Medicine investigators unveils a new artificial intelligence model that was more than 90% successful at determining whether scans of brain activity came from a woman or a man.
Feb 19, 2024
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Mom always said too much TV would rot your brain, and as with so many other things it appears she was right.
May 21, 2021
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A team of brain specialists at the California Institute of Technology has developed a brain–computer interface (BCI) approach to decode words "spoken" entirely in the brain by recording signals from individual neurons in ...
Autism results from abnormal cell communication. Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used a newly discovered function of an old drug to restore cell communications ...
Mar 13, 2013
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The traditional view was that schizophrenia, the most devastating of mental illnesses, struck young people on the cusp of adulthood, often without much warning.
Nov 10, 2014
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In his most renowned work, "On the Origin of Species," Charles Darwin introduced the idea that species need to continuously fight for their existence, and that only the most fit for a given environment survive. This notion, ...
People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in "unsuccessful" outcomes such as incarceration. However, many individuals with psychopathic traits are able to control their antisocial ...
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