Psychology & Psychiatry
New study shows how the brain translates motivation into goal-oriented behavior
Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal—foraging for and finding food.
Mar 15, 2024
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Genetics
Study reveals the role of the protein Kdm1a in maintaining neuronal identity
Epigenetic processes allow different cell types to emerge from a single genome. Throughout development, cells differentiate and acquire distinct characteristics by expressing the same genome in different ways.
Mar 12, 2024
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Medical research
Pharmacy researchers shed light on how the brain processes the sense of touch
How does one distinguish the smoothness of silk or the coarse texture of sandpaper? Individuals' sense of touch is complex, requiring circuits in the brain to process incoming information much like a computer. These circuits ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
A noninvasive treatment may protect patients from memory impairment and cognitive effects of chemotherapy
Patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience cognitive effects such as memory impairment and difficulty concentrating—a condition commonly known as "chemo brain."
Mar 6, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
How 40Hz sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer's mice
Studies at MIT and elsewhere are producing mounting evidence that light flickering and sound clicking at the gamma brain rhythm frequency of 40 Hz can reduce Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression and treat symptoms in human ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Genetics
A simple eye reflex test may be able to assess autism in children
Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children's eyes move when they turn their heads. They found that kids who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity disrupts normal liver function in mice, study finds
Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process that converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how. To better understand this, ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Improving social symptoms of depression with a common anesthetic
In a recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Osaka University have used a mouse model of depression to reveal that one form of ketamine (a common anesthetic) in low doses can improve social impairments ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
How chronic stress spreads cancer
Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk for heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread. How this works has remained a mystery—a challenge ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Re-exposing a cancer protein to enhance immunotherapy
Successful immunotherapy for cancer involves activating a person's own T cells to identify telltale proteins called antigens on the surface of a tumor and attack it. But some tumors have a trick: They hide themselves from ...
Feb 22, 2024
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