Neuroscience
Astrocytes protect neurons from toxic buildup
Astrocytes are overtaxed neurons' pit crew.
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Neuroscience
Targeting the brain's energy metabolism may hold the key for treating Parkinson's disease
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a member of the vitamin B3 family, which can be found in foods like fruits, vegetables, meat, and milk. It is also used as a nutritional supplement to boost cellular levels of NAD (nicotinamide ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research that is simply beyond belief
New research involving a psychologist from the University of York has revealed for the first time that both belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into the brain.
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Neuroscience
Study sheds new light on brain's source of power
New research published today in the journal Nature Communications represents a potentially fundamental shift in our understanding of how nerve cells in the brain generate the energy needed to function. The study shows neurons ...
Apr 24, 2015
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Biomedical technology
The free-energy principle explains the brain
The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized for efficiency. Published in the scientific journal Communications ...
Jan 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Scientists explain why neurons consume so much fuel even when at rest
Pound for pound, the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and, puzzlingly, it remains a fuel-guzzler even when its neurons are not firing signals called neurotransmitters to each other. Now researchers at ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
After chronic stress in adolescence, male and female reactions to trauma differ later in life
Eighteen months ago, eight female researchers in the lab of Gretchen Neigh, Ph.D., at Virginia Commonwealth University began studying how early life experiences and exposure to chronic stress can have lingering effects into ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Medical research
Scientists eavesdrop on communication between fat and brain
What did the fat say to the brain? For years, it was assumed that hormones passively floating through the blood were the way that a person's fat—called adipose tissue—could send information related to stress and metabolism ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Neuroscience
In times of energy stress, brain turns to emergency generator
The human brain takes up only 2% of our body weight but uses 20% of the body's energy budget to power the communication between neurons. Stressful conditions put a strain on this energy supply, and disruption of this metabolic ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A new theory of brain organization takes aim at the mystery of consciousness
Consciousness is one of the brain's most enigmatic mysteries. A new theory inspired by thermodynamics takes a high-level perspective of how neural networks in the brain transiently organize to give rise to memories, thought ...
Oct 28, 2019
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