Neuroscience News
June 25, 2025
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June 25, 2025 — Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. ...
June 24, 2025 — Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain’s immune system. New findings spotlight astrocytes—previously overshadowed by microglia—as major players in ...
June 24, 2025 — UC San Diego scientists have created a gene therapy that goes beyond masking Alzheimer’s symptoms—it may actually restore brain function. In mice, the treatment protected memory and altered diseased brain cells to behave more like healthy ...
June 23, 2025 — A groundbreaking wireless implant promises real-time, personalized pain relief using AI and ultrasound power no batteries, no wires, and no opioids. Designed by USC and UCLA engineers, it reads brain signals, adapts on the fly, and bends naturally ...
June 22, 2025 — A simple blood test could reveal which early Alzheimer’s patients are most at risk for rapid decline. Researchers found that people with high insulin resistance—measured by the TyG index—were four times more likely to experience faster ...
June 21, 2025 — USC researchers have uncovered a hidden driver behind the early and severe onset of Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome: iron overload in the brain. Their study revealed that individuals with ...
June 20, 2025 — A common diabetes drug may be the next big thing for migraine relief. In a clinical study, obese patients with chronic migraines who took liraglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, experienced over 50% fewer headache days and significantly improved ...
June 18, 2025 — Imagine diagnosing Parkinson s disease not with pricey scans or subjective checklists, but with a simple ear swab. Scientists in China have developed a promising early screening method that detects Parkinson s from subtle changes in the scent of ear ...
June 14, 2025 — Rutgers scientists have uncovered a tug-of-war inside the brain between hunger and satiety, revealing two newly mapped neural circuits that battle over when to eat and when to stop. These findings ...
June 14, 2025 — A team at Kobe University has created a game-changing resource for autism research: 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines, each carrying a genetic mutation strongly associated with the disorder. By pairing classic stem cell manipulation with precise ...
June 13, 2025 — A protective sugar coating on brain blood vessels, once thought to be insignificant, turns out to play a vital role in preventing cognitive decline. Restoring this layer reversed damage and memory ...
June 12, 2025 — A team of scientists has discovered a direct link between the smell of food and feelings of fullness at least in lean mice. This brain circuit, located in the medial septum and triggered by food odors, helps animals eat less by making them feel ...
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June 23, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it's swimming in a lake or walking a ...
June 19, 2025 — With $860K in Navy funding, MSU psychologists are developing tools to spot people who can handle complex tasks under pressure. The key? Mastering "placekeeping" staying focused and accurate even when ...
June 18, 2025 — When faced with a tricky maze task involving hidden information, humans instinctively toggle between two clever mental strategies: simplifying in ...
June 16, 2025 — When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals show ...
June 12, 2025 — A team at UC Davis has made a major leap in neurotechnology, enabling a man with ALS to speak again through a brain-computer interface that converts thoughts into speech in real time. Unlike prior ...
June 11, 2025 — A team of scientists has identified specialized neurons in the brain that store "meal memories" detailed recollections of when and what we eat. These ...
June 9, 2025 — Deep within the brain, the ventral tegmental area does more than signal when we re rewarded it forecasts exactly when we ll be rewarded. This discovery came from an elegant collaboration between ...
June 9, 2025 — Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a new algorithm, the Krakencoder, that merges multiple types of brain imaging data to better understand how the brain s wiring underpins behavior, ...
June 7, 2025 — Humpback whales have been observed blowing bubble rings during friendly interactions with humans a behavior never before documented. This surprising display may be more than play; it could represent ...
June 3, 2025 — Scientists at Tufts have created a powerful 3D model of nasal tissue that reveals surprising new insights into how our sense of smell regenerates and why it sometimes fades. Contrary to past ...
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June 3, 2025 — Your brain doesn t just send messages through one universal route it uses separate pathways for spontaneous activity and signals linked to learning. These findings overturn a major neuroscience ...
June 3, 2025 — The effects of artificial intelligence on adolescents are nuanced and complex, according to a new report that calls on developers to prioritize features that protect young people from exploitation, ...
June 3, 2025 — As psychedelics gain traction as potential treatments for mental health disorders, an international study stands to improve the rigor and reliability of clinical ...
June 2, 2025 — A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free ...
June 2, 2025 — Human-AI interactions are well understood in terms of trust and companionship. However, the role of attachment and experiences in such relationships is not entirely clear. In a new breakthrough, ...
June 2, 2025 — A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, ...
May 29, 2025 — Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric ...
May 29, 2025 — A new study suggests that mindfulness training and/or non-invasive brain stimulation could reduce bladder leaks and feelings of urgency in patients with 'latchkey ...
May 29, 2025 — Coffee can help you stay awake. But what does caffeine actually do to your brain once you're asleep? Using AI, a team of researchers has an answer: it affects the brain's ...
May 29, 2025 — A lab-designed molecule developed and extensively studied could represent a breakthrough in slowing tumor recurrence in glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. The study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure ...
May 29, 2025 — The activation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) is a critical part in how the body responds to stress and starvation. Using a variety of imaging and biochemical techniques, a team of researchers has ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have released the full dataset from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study, a decade-long project designed to track brain and cognitive health as people age and distinguish neurologically ...
May 28, 2025 — How do we think, feel, remember, or move? It all depends on transmission of chemical signals in the brain, carried and released by molecular containers called vesicles. In a new study, researchers ...
May 28, 2025 — Obesity is a global health problem that affects many people. In recent years, very promising anti-obesity drugs have been developed. Despite these successes, there are patients who do not respond to ...
May 28, 2025 — Neurons deep in the brain not only help to initiate movement -- they also actively suppress it, and with astonishing precision. The findings are especially relevant for better understanding ...
May 28, 2025 — A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer s and other neurological diseases, according to a new study. In the study, participants were asleep when ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the ...
May 27, 2025 — Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the ...
May 27, 2025 — Persons with Parkinson's disease increasingly lose their mobility over time and are eventually unable to walk. Hope for these patients rests on deep brain stimulation, also known as a brain ...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Decades-Old Assumptions About Brain Plasticity Upended
- Guardrails, Education Urged to Protect Adolescent AI Users
- Clinical Research on Psychedelics Gets a Boost from New Study
Monday, June 2, 2025
- Brain Training Game Offers New Hope for Drug-Free Pain Management
- Attachment Theory: A New Lens for Understanding Human-AI Relationships
- Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer's
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Sustained in the Brain: How Lasting Emotions Arise from Brief Stimuli, in Humans and Mice
- Mindfulness and Brain Stimulation Could Reduce Bladder Leaks
- How Does Coffee Affect a Sleeping Brain?
- Researchers Find Promise in a New Peptide Drug to Combat a Deadly Brain Cancer
- Electronic Tattoo Gauges Mental Strain
- Resetting the Fight-or-Flight Response
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Sharing of Lifespan Brain Study Data Expected to Light New Paths
- Vesicle Cycle Model Reveals Inner Workings of Brain Synapse
- Newly Identified Group of Nerve Cells in the Brain Regulates Bodyweight
- A Switchboard With Precision: How the Brain Licenses Movements
- Scientists Test Real-Time View of Brain's Waste Removal
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Zika Virus Uses Cells' 'self-Care' System to Turn Against Host
- Overlooked Cells Might Explain the Human Brain's Huge Storage Capacity
- How Brain Stimulation Alleviates Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
- Why After 2000 Years We Still Don't Know How Tickling Works
- Weight Loss Linked to Nerve Cells in the Brain
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Overimitation Begins in Infancy but Is Not Yet Linked to in-Group Preference
- Could AI Understand Emotions Better Than We Do?
- When Doctors Skip the Numbers, Patients May Misjudge the Health Risks
- Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Other Neurodegenerative Conditions
- Tiny Genetic Switch Found to Control Brain Balance and Behavior
- How Stress Disrupts Emotion Control in People With Mental Health Conditions
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Are Groovy Brains More Efficient?
- Good News for People With Migraine Who Take Drugs Before or During Pregnancy
- Promising New Way to Modulate Brain Cell Activity to Potentially Treat Major Depressive Disorder in Adults
- Scientists Design Gene Delivery Systems for Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Clinical Trial Shows Improvements for Spinal Cord Injuries
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- How Serious Is Your Brain Injury? New Criteria Will Reveal More
- New Research on ALS Opens Up for Early Treatment
- Language Isn't Just for Communication -- It Also Shapes How Sensory Experiences Are Stored in the Brain
- How Molecules Can 'remember' And Contribute to Memory and Learning
- Depression Linked to Physical Pain Years Later
Monday, May 19, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Relieve Your Pain With a Psychologist or an App
- How Do Middle-Aged Folks Get Dementia? It Could Be These Proteins
- Study Reveals Impacts of Alzheimer's Disease on the Whole Body
- Overlooked Cell Type Orchestrates Brain Rewiring
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Can the Brain Be Targeted to Treat Type 2 Diabetes?
- Study Reveals a Deep Brain Region That Links the Senses
- Impact of Oft-Overlooked Cell in Brain Function Revealed
- AI Overconfidence Mirrors Human Brain Condition
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
- Cyberbullying in Any Form Can Be Traumatizing for Kids
- Patients With Glioblastoma Who Received Gabapentin Lived Longer, Study Suggests
- Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Mindfulness Course Effective in People With Difficult-to-Treat Depression
- Too Much Sleep Can Hurt Cognitive Performance, Especially for Those With Depression
- What Behavioral Strategies Motivate Environmental Action?
- New Insights Into the Energy Balance of Brain Neurons
- Vision Loss, Damage Could Be Tied to Eye Pressure, Study Finds
- Brain Scans Reveal What Happens in the Mind When Insight Strikes
- Could a Mini-Stroke Leave Lasting Fatigue?
- Energy and Memory: A New Neural Network Paradigm
- The Key to Spotting Dyslexia Early Could Be AI-Powered Handwriting Analysis
- 'Sweet Spot' For Focused Ultrasound to Provide Essential Tremor Relief
- Study Sheds Light on How Autistic People Communicate
- Sugar-Coated Nanotherapy Dramatically Improves Neuron Survival in Alzheimer's Model
- How the Brain Allows Us to Infer Emotions
- Scientists Discover New Way the Brain Learns
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Recognition from Colleagues Helps Employees Cope With Bad Work Experiences
- Mapping a New Brain Network for Naming
- Hormone Cycles Shape the Structure and Function of Key Memory Regions in the Brain
Monday, May 12, 2025
- CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer Causes 'brain Fog,' Study Shows
- ChatGPT Helps Pinpoint Precise Locations of Seizures in the Brain, Aiding Neurosurgeons
- The How and Why of the Brain's Division Across Hemispheres
- Different Anesthetics, Same Result: Unconsciousness by Shifting Brainwave Phase
Friday, May 9, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- AI Tool Uses Face Photos to Estimate Biological Age and Predict Cancer Outcomes
- Mammal's Lifespans Linked to Brain Size and Immune System Function, Says New Study
- Music Therapy Helps Brain-Injured Children
- Promising Parkinson's Drug Decoded
- Vitamin Supplements Slow Down the Progression of Glaucoma
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Non-Inherited Genes Affect Children's Development
- Sleep Apnea During REM Sleep Linked to Memory-Related Brain Changes
- Researchers Identify Measure of Pulse Rate That Can Predict Faster Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
- Discovery of Dopamine Receptors in a Previously Overlooked Part of the Brain Sheds Light on the Complex Circuitry for Anxiety and Depression
- A Pipette That Can Activate Individual Neurons
- Losing a Parent May Increase Children's Risk of Being Bullied
- Knowing Your Alzheimer's Risk May Ease Anxiety but Reduce Motivation for Healthy Habits
- Klotho: A Protein That Promotes Healthy Aging and Improves Longevity
- Piecing Together the Brain Puzzle
- AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients
- Childhood Brain Tumors Develop Early in Highly Specialized Nerve Cells
- Neuroscientists Pinpoint Where (and How) Brain Circuits Are Reshaped as We Learn New Movements
- Researchers Restore Antibiotic Effect in the Event of Resistance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Study Suggests We Don't Just Hear Music, but 'become It'
- Parent Coaching Sparks Major Communication Growth in Infants With Social and Communication Delays
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Study Finds One Protein That Mitigates Huntington's Disease, and One That Exacerbates It
- How Individuals Grasp an Object May Offer Simpler Diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Neighborhood Stress May Impact Kids' Brains -- And Increase Depression Risk
- Children as Young as Five Can Navigate a 'tiny Town'
- PTSD Patients Show Long-Term Benefits With Vagus Nerve Stimulation