For decades, patients with drug-resistant epilepsy have faced a harrowing uncertainty. When medications fail, and seizures persist, the only known…
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The Mysteries of Infant Memory: What We Now Know About Your Earliest Experiences
If you’ve ever tried to think back to your earliest memory, chances are you can’t recall much from your first…
Scientists Unveil the Hidden Architecture of Memory
How does the brain store memories? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists and philosophers for centuries. Now, groundbreaking research…
Understanding the Developing Brain: How Neural Circuits Shape Threat Responses
Over the course of their lives, humans and other animals learn to avoid situations and stimuli that are dangerous or…
How Midlife Diet and Waistline Shape Brain Health in Later Life
What if the choices you make in your forties and fifties—whether it’s reaching for a salad over a burger, or…
Study Reveals How Herpes Virus Uses Immune Response to Reactivate
In a groundbreaking study, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a significant discovery regarding the…
Neuroscience-Informed AI Decodes Brain Signals with MindLLM
Researchers from Yale University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Cambridge have developed a groundbreaking model called MindLLM, which decodes…
PTSD and Hormones: Surprising Discoveries Among the Turkana People
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide, often emerging after an…
Down Syndrome Study Reveals Surprising Resilience to Alzheimer’s Pathology
People with Down syndrome (DS) face a significantly higher risk of developing dementia as they age, with research indicating that…
Salt Substitute Reduces Recurrent Stroke and Mortality in Rural Chinese Stroke Survivors
Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where recurrent…
New Model Predicts Success of Cancer Immunotherapy
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have made a groundbreaking advancement…
New Study Warns of Increased Heart Risks for Mothers of Twins
A new study published in the European Heart Journal has revealed that the risk of being admitted to the hospital…
Brain Networks: How Aging and Disease Differ
A recent study published in the journal Cortex has provided new insights into how brain network organization changes with aging…
Elevated Opioid Tone Found in Anorexia Nervosa
A groundbreaking study conducted at the Turku PET Center in Finland has shed new light on the brain mechanisms behind…
Can Bigger Groups Foster Stronger Cooperation?
The dynamics of human cooperation have long intrigued scientists. Conventional wisdom suggests that as group size increases, cooperation tends to…
Activation of mGluR2 in the Insula-Amygdala Circuit Reduces Anxiety in Mice Without Cognitive Impairment
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a promising new target in the brain that could lead to treatments for…
New Tool Predicts “Turbo Boost” Mutations in Viruses
Researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and the University of Pittsburgh have developed a groundbreaking tool…
New Study Reveals How Zika Virus Transforms Human Skin to Attract Mosquitoes
The Zika virus, which has spread to more than 90 countries, continues to pose a global health risk, particularly as…
Researchers Develop Bionic Limbs That Mimic Natural Hand Movements
In a groundbreaking study, researchers are paving the way for the design of prosthetic limbs that feel and move more…
Cas12a-Enhanced Pre-clinical Model Enables Multiplexed Gene Editing for Cancer Research
Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in cancer research by establishing a novel gene-editing tool that has the potential…