Genetics
Scientists find missing-in-action MS genes
An international collaboration led by scientists at Yale has cracked a tough nut in multiple sclerosis: Where are all the genes?
Oct 18, 2018
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Health
Endurance exercise training has beneficial effects on gut microbiota composition
According to recent research, endurance exercise training beneficially modifies gut microbiota composition. After six weeks of training, potentially inflammation causing microbes (Proteobacteria) decreased and microbes that ...
Oct 16, 2018
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Genetics
Study shows DNA of people with childhood abuse or depression ages faster
DNA from people who suffer from major depression is biologically older than that of healthy people by on average 8 months, suggesting that they are biologically older than their corresponding calendar age. This effect was ...
Oct 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Aging and decision-making
Who makes riskier decisions, the young or the old? And what matters more in our decisions as we age—friends, health or money? The answers might surprise you.
Oct 4, 2018
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover network of cells that appears to play crucial role in experience
Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Norway have discovered a network of brain cells that expresses our sense of time within experiences and memories.
Aug 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bodily sensations give rise to conscious feelings
Humans constantly experience an ever-changing stream of subjective feelings that is only interrupted during sleep and deep unconsciousness. Finnish researches show how the subjective feelings map into five major categories: ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe
You don't focus as well as you think you do. That's the fundamental finding of a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Berkeley who studied monkeys and humans and discovered that attention ...
Aug 22, 2018
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Neuroscience
Dehydration alters human brain shape and activity, slackens task performance
When dehydration strikes, part of the brain can swell, neural signaling can intensify, and doing monotonous tasks can get harder.
Aug 21, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cerebral blood flow changes in pediatric patients with CKD
(HealthDay)—Pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have higher global cerebral blood flow (CBF) and regional differences in CBF, according to a study published recently in Radiology.
Aug 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
Feeling young may be reflected in brain structure
(HealthDay)—People who feel younger than their age show fewer signs of brain aging than those who feel their age or older than their age, according to a small study published recently in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
Aug 10, 2018
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