Researchers found an increased inflammatory signal in patients with the C90rf72 subtype of ALS. The increased inflammatory biomarkers could be found in peripheral serum tests.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Quarter of Adults Don’t Want Children, and They’re Still Happy
Study reveals few differences in life satisfaction and limited differences in personality traits between those who are child-free and those who are parents.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: P-Glycoprotein Removes Alzheimer’s-Associated Toxin From the Brain
P-glycoprotein, a critical toxin pump in the body, has the ability to remove amyloid plaques from the brain. Researchers say increasing P-gp in the blood-brain barrier of those at risk for Alzheimer’s could postpone or prevent the onset of the neurodeg…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: We Cannot Cheat Aging and Death
Findings shed new light on the invariant rate of aging hypothesis, providing fresh evidence that death is inevitable.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Find Human Infant Brains and Bodies Are Active During New Sleep Stage
Infants produce sleep spindles every 10 second, whether in REM or non-REM sleep. Sleep spindles and twitching are synchronized, allowing for twitch reactions to occur during non-REM sleep in infants.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Do We Know Where Things Are?
A framing strategy constantly works behind the scenes to stabilize our visual experience, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Translate a Bird’s Brain Activity Into Song
Using data from brain activity, researchers were able to replicate the song of zebra finches in exact detail.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Computers Predict People’s Tastes in Art
Artificial intelligence technology is able to break down a painting’s visual attributes. Trained by data from online users, the deep convolutional neural network was accurately able to predict an individual’s taste in art.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Omega-3s May Hold Key to Unlocking Blood-Brain Barrier
A new imaging study reveals how the MFSD2A transporter protein provides a gateway for omega-3 fatty acids to enter the brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain Cell Membranes’ Lipids May Play Big Role in Alzheimer’s Progression
Study reveals the significant role lipids play in regulating the amyloid pathway protein C99 and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: That Song Is Stuck in Your Head, but It’s Helping You to Remember
Earworms, those songs that get stuck in your head, may help strengthen memories of music and life events, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Treatment Stops Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease in Monkey Brains
Elderly monkeys treated with CpG ODN had 59% fewer deposits of Alzheimer’s related plaques in their brains compared to those who did not receive the treatment. The treatment also helped improve cognitive function and slow the progression of Alzheimer’s…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Alzheimer Disease Research Results Over-Hyped if Science Papers Omit Mice From the Title
A review of Alzheimer’s research papers finds news media is more likely to report on breakthroughs if the study’s authors omit a reference to mice in their title. Papers that acknowledge mice in their title receive less media coverage. Omitting mice fr…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Two Decade Analysis of African Neuroscience Research Prompts Calls for Greater Support
Scientists are calling for greater support for neuroscience research in Africa. With the world’s largest genetic diversity, researchers say Africa is vital to help progress neuroscience and brain disease research.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What Makes Us Sneeze?
Findings from a mouse study reveal specific cells and proteins that control the sneeze reflex.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Speech Droplets Drive Transmission of COVID-19
Speaking without a facemask in confined spaces poses the biggest risk for spreading SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Potential Pathways to Treating Alcohol Use Disorder and Depression Identified
Blocking hippocampal STAT3 in those with alcohol use disorder may alleviate symptoms of depression associated with withdrawal.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Inflammatory Processes Are Altered in the Brains of People With Opioid Use Disorder
Neuroinflammation may be a key player in the pathological brain changes produced as a result of chronic opioid use. Microglia is likely responsible for the majority of the changes.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A ‘Pump’ Gene’s Surprising Role in Early Brain Formation
A study of patients with polymicrogyria sheds new light on the role the ATP1A3 gene plays in early brain development.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Persistence Pays off in the Human Gut Microbiome
Most strains of bacteria in the microbiome are persistent within families and geographical regions, with the chance for a strain persisting up to a year at 90%.
