Mind & Brain News
April 12, 2025
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Apr. 9, 2025 — From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance virtual reality, help individuals with visual ...
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Apr. 9, 2025 — A new study found that people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had elevated dopamine levels in a brain region associated with ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — In a new study, researchers created an AI model of the mouse visual cortex that predicts neuronal responses to visual ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — In a massive scientific effort, hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A small protein involved in neurodegeneration leading to Parkinson's disease also drives a type of skin cancer known as melanoma, according to new ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia', so psychologists tested the response of 32 people to altered images of lips to see how they responded. The results were ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — In a new article, researchers explored whether a worker can create a psychological contract with a non-human agent in the form of an algorithm that ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new way that neurons act in neurodegeneration by using human neural organoids -- also known as 'mini-brain' models -- from patients with frontotemporal lobar ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A simpler method of analyzing blood samples for Alzheimer's disease has been tested in a large multi-center ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A research group has discovered that using a device that stimulates the inner ear with a specific wavelength of sound reduces motion sickness. Even a single minute of stimulation with a unique sound, ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 9, 2025 — Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — With the global prevalence of obesity on the rise, it is crucial to explore the neural mechanisms linked to obesity and its influence on brain and cognitive health. However, the impact of obesity on ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now. Researchers ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A collaborative study found that while sleep duration recovers quickly, sleep timing and sleep architecture can take significantly longer to realign when traveling across time ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional pain ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Two undergraduate medicine students have led a major study examining how cardioprotective glucose-lowering therapies -- medications that lower blood sugar and reduce the risk of heart disease in ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Calcium transport into and out of mitochondria -- the powerhouses of cells -- is central to cellular energy production and cell death. To maintain the balance of calcium within these powerhouses, ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A new study shows a compound found in certain fruits and vegetables could hold key to treating neurodegenerative ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction, ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Experimental drug NU-9 -- a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- improves ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers discovered the blood vessels at the back of the eye -- called retinal microvasculature -- can show early signs someone is at risk of developing ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing significant reductions in risky behaviors amongst teenagers. By analyzing regional differences in ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A researcher investigated the impact of the group work environment on motivation in English as a second language classes. The study revealed that the group work environment plays an important role in ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A study found that a significant proportion of Parkinson's disease diagnoses are later corrected. Up to one in six diagnoses changed after ten years of follow-up, and the majority of new ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help interpret and assess how well treatments are working for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Body signals such as heartbeat and breathing accompany us constantly, often unnoticed as background noise of our perception. Even in the earliest years of life, these signals are important as they ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Eight or More Drinks Per Week Linked to Signs of Injury in the Brain
- Stroke Deaths and Their Racial Disparities Increased Over Last 20 Years
- Long-Term Effects of Obesity on Brain and Cognitive Health
- Potential Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutic Target Identified in Brain Immune Cells
- Beyond Jet Lag: New Study Unveils Extent of Travel-Related Sleep Disruption from 1.5 Million Nights of Data
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Researchers Identify Safer Pathway for Pain Relief
- Students Lead Breakthrough Study on Diabetes Drugs and Dementia Risk
- Discovery of Mitochondrial Protein Opens Path to Therapeutic Advances for Heart and Alzheimer's Disease
- Even Under Stress, Male-Female Pairs Had Each Other's Backs
- Researchers Discover Natural Compound May Slow ALS and Dementia
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Changes in Brain Cell Composition and Gene Activity in Tourette Syndrome
- ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer's Disease in New Animal Study
- Eye Health Linked to Dementia Risk
- Early Education Impacts Teenage Behavior
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
- Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter With Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later
- Does Teamwork Fulfill the Goal of Project-Based Learning?
- Diagnostic Uncertainty in Parkinson's Disease: Study Calls for Improved Diagnostic Processes
- AI Tool Can Track Effectiveness of Multiple Sclerosis Treatments
- Perceiving One's Own Body: Babies Sense Their Heartbeat and Breathing
- 'Ugh, Not That Song!' Background Music Impacts Employees
- Brain's Own Repair Mechanism: New Neurons May Reverse Damage in Huntington's Disease
- Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability
- Home Care Cooperatives May Be Key to Addressing the Critical Shortage of Caregivers for the Elderly
- New Study Investigates Effects of ADHD Medications on the Heart
- Exposure to Air Pollution May Harm Brain Health of Older Adults
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Fear of Rejection Influences How Children Conform to Peers
- Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Linked With Worsening Mental Health Conditions
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Exercise as an Anti-Aging Intervention to Avoid Detrimental Impact of Mental Fatigue
- Nurture More Important Than Nature for Robotic Hand
- Successful Therapy Confirmed for Newborns With the Fatal Metabolic Disorder MoCD Type A
- Global Study Establishes Long-Term Risk of Stroke
- How the Brain and Inner Ear Are Formed
- How GPS Helps Older Drivers Stay on the Roads
- Estrogen and Progesterone Stimulate the Body to Make Opioids
- Thirst and Hunger Neurons
- Common Phrases, Not Fancy Words, Make You Sound More Fluent in a Foreign Language
- Could Targeting Parkinson's Outside of the Brain Improve Symptoms?
- Cognitive Decline Comes Sooner for People With Heart Failure
- 17 Modifiable Risk Factors Shared by Stroke, Dementia, and Late-Life Depression
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Key Differences Between Visual And Memory-Led Alzheimer's Discovered
- New Brain Organoid Model
- Study Finds Nearly Five-Fold Increase in Hospitalizations for Common Cause of Stroke
- Study Reveals How Alcohol Abuse Damages Cognition
- Medicinal Cannabis Is Linked to Long-Term Benefits in Health-Related Quality of Life, Study Finds
- Study Links Teen Girls' Screen Time to Sleep Disruptions and Depression
- Science 'storytelling' Urgently Needed Amid Climate and Biodiversity Crisis
- Nurses and AI Collaborate to Save Lives, Reduce Hospital Stays
- Blood Test May Rule out Future Dementia Risk
- How the Brain Evaluates Rewards
- Using Everyday Products During Pregnancy Can Affect Newborn's Metabolism, Study Finds
- Researchers Concerned About Rise in Nitrous Oxide Misuse, Deaths in US
- Retinal Therapy May Restore Lost Vision
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Balance Between Two Competing Nerve Proteins Deters Symptoms of Autism in Mice
- Exposure to Air Pollution in Childhood Is Associated With Reduced Brain Connectivity
- The Experts That Can Outsmart Optical Illusions
- An Immune Cell May Explain How Maternal Inflammation Causes Neurodevelopmental Disorder
- Genes May Influence Our Enjoyment of Music
Monday, March 31, 2025
- Mouse Study Identifies Shared Genes Involved in Hearing and Vision Regeneration
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- PTSD Can Undermine Healthy Couple Communication When People Fear Their Emotions
- Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia
- Delicate Balancing Act Determines How Many Genome Gateways Form in Cells
- Change in Oxygen Standards for Trauma Patients?
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Discrimination-Related Depression, Anxiety Pronounced Among Multiracial, White, Asian Populations
- Brain Channels 'stopped in Time' Reveal Chemical Flow That Enables Learning and Thinking
- PET Imaging Confirms Direct Involvement of Dopamine in Cognitive Flexibility
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Classroom Talk Plays a Key Part in the Teaching of Writing
- Long COVID Patients Feel Pressure to Prove Their Illness Is Real, Study Finds
- Digital Technology and AI Can Support Workers With Dementia
- Research Highlights Urgent Need for National Strategy to Combat Rising Eating Disorders
- First Therapy Chatbot Trial Shows AI Can Provide 'gold-Standard' Care
- Revolutionary Brain-Computer Interface Decoding System
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Risk of Dementia
- Early Signs of Heart Problems Linked to Smaller Brain Volumes
- Study Unlocks How Diabetes Distorts Memory and Reward Processing
- How Did the Large Brain Evolve?
- Neurons in Brain That Regulate Energy Levels and Body Temperature
- How Movement Affects the Way the Brain Processes Sound and Sight
- Adulting Is Hard on the Heart: Teen to Young Adulthood Is a Critical Time to Address Risk
- Is Your Job Making You Happy? Insights from Job Satisfaction Data
- Study Identifies Shisa7 Gene as Key Driver in Heroin Addiction
- Repetitive Behaviors and Special Interests Are More Indicative of an Autism Diagnosis Than a Lack of Social Skills
- Highly Educated People Face Steeper Mental Declines After Stroke
- Scientists Discover Why Obesity Takes Away the Pleasure of Eating
- How Cells Respond to Stress Is More Nuanced Than Previously Believed
- Enzyme Engineering Opens Door to Novel Therapies for Parkinson's, Cancers and Other Hard-to-Target Protein Diseases
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Basketball Analytics Investment Is Key to NBA Wins and Other Successes
- Study Explores How Characteristics of Communications Networks Affect Development of Shared Social Identity, Group Performance
- How Zika Virus Knocks out Our Immune Defenses
- Could an Arthritis Drug Unlock Lasting Relief from Epilepsy and Seizures? Promising Results in Mice
- Postpartum Female Preference for Cooler Temperatures Linked to Brain Changes
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
- Biological Pathway in the Brain Could Help Explain Why Teenage Girls Are More Depressed Than Boys
- ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia
- What Does 'that' Mean in 'Did You See That?'
- C. Diff Uses Toxic Compound to Fuel Growth Advantage
- Exercise of Any Kind Boosts Brainpower at Any Age