Your Brain Might Not Be Full of Microplastics After All

Research found diets high in fiber, healthy unsaturated fats and micronutrients such as: Vitamins A and E, magnesium and potassium with better brain health and memory

Can't get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why–it can be turned off

Menopause linked to changes in brain’s gray matter, new study shows

Early life adversity may fundamentally rewire global brain dynamics

Researchers discovered that a little-known region deep in the brain -the caudate nucleus- could be crucial for preserving physical strength as we age

Noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful

Long-term antidepressant effects of psilocybin linked to functional brain changes - a single dose of psilocybin altered the electrical properties of brain cells in rats for months, even after physical changes to the neurons had disappeared.

Study assessed brain activity in adolescents with and without a history of depression, and how it relates to everyday emotional expression in text messages

New study challenges the core of lesion network mapping, showing it may reveal the same “universal” brain network across unrelated brain disorders

The immune system’s reaction to the common Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) can damage the brain and contribute to multiple sclerosis (MS)

Restoring a specific protein could rewire the brain in Down syndrome

Researchers highlight role of alternative RNA splicing in schizophrenia: Using splicing quantitative trait locus (sQTL) analyses of human postmortem brain tissues, more than 17,000 schizophrenia-associated sQTLs across the genome are identified.

Prior research suggests meditation may slow brain aging and reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease

How Brain Neurons Separately Encode Items and Contexts for Memory

Studies show that scratching overrides itch signals and engages pain-modulating regions in the brain, creating a sense of relief and calm

A battle over Canada’s mystery brain disease

A new study suggests that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables protects the brain from the damaging effects of a high-fat diet

Restoring a specific protein could rewire the brain in Down syndrome

Autism shows elevated brain glutamine on 7T MRS, consistent with presumably increased glutamine–glutamate cycling, indicating greater glutamate turnover and recycling demand in adults

Using the same math employed by string theorists, network scientists discover that surface optimization governs the brain’s architecture — not length minimization.

S. Korea sees brain drain of AI talent amid low wage premium: BOK

How Much Do AI Models Resemble a Brain?

Infants developing in a household where mothers reported income to be inadequate to support the family's needs exhibit delays in brain maturation

Brain scan ‘caricatures’ could lead to better treatment outcomes by emphasizing individual differences

Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the School of Biomedical Sciences have discovered a nanoscale molecular scaffold that exists in the tissue that surrounds the axon that protects sensory axons from degenerating.

Brain: PC virus [audio]

Amusing neuroscience-inspired essay on time dilation and bad story-telling by a distressed brain

Lego's Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain

Ingested micro and nanoplastics may promote neurodegeneration by disrupting the microbiota–gut–brain axis and increasing systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, and epigenetic dysregulation…

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