Just 20 Neurons Were Enough to Set off a Learned Movement in Mice
UC San Diego researchers showed that artificially activating just twenty selected neurons in the mouse motor cortex can trigger the...
Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries Should Be Treated as Chronic Diseases, Experts Argue
An international team of experts argues in The Lancet Neurology that traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries should be managed...
Brain organoids without immune cells may miss the real story of neurodegeneration
A PLOS Biology Perspective argues that immune and vascular cells, especially microglia, must be core components of neural organoids used...
How Integrated Information Theory Became a Scientific Movement and Sparked a Countermovement
A new sociological study argues that the battle over Integrated Information Theory is best understood as a clash between a...
Brain Chemistry Meets Immune Fire: How Neurotransmitters Steer the NLRP3 Inflammasome
A new narrative review maps the complex, context-dependent crosstalk between neurotransmitter systems and the NLRP3 inflammasome, revealing bidirectional regulation with...
Sweat Sensor Data Reveals How Insomnia Disrupts the Brain’s Ability to Unlearn Fear
A computational model decoding stress-related arousal from skin conductance found that adults with insomnia show disrupted learned fear and safety...
Heart Plug or Blood Thinners? Landmark Analysis Reveals a Stroke Trade-Off in Atrial Fibrillation Care
A meta-analysis of six randomized trials covering 7,004 patients finds that left atrial appendage occlusion significantly raises ischemic stroke risk...
Sleepless and Stuck in Fear: Insomnia Disrupts the Brain’s Ability to Let Go of Threat
A new PLOS Mental Health study shows that people with insomnia disorder show impaired fear extinction learning and recall, a...
Oxytocin in the Brain’s Septum Lets Mice Learn Safe Foods From Friends
New research in PLOS Biology shows that oxytocin receptor signaling in the dorsal lateral septum is essential for mice to...
Lightweight AI Reads Brain Tumor Scans and Knows When It Is Unsure
Researchers have built a 10.97-million-parameter neural network that classifies brain tumors on MRI with 99.2 percent accuracy while quantifying its...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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