The superior colliculus, a brain region that manages eye movements, also plays a key role in higher cognitive functions like categorization and decision-making, acting like graph paper to help solve spatial problems

As the world's population ages, Alzheimer's and dementia are set to create a staggering $14.5 trillion economic crisis, with informal caregiving placing an overwhelming burden on both high and low-income countries…

Research found for people aged 65 and older, Alzheimer's Disease prevalence was more strongly correlated with nightly light pollution than some other disease factors, including alcohol abuse…

Researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have developed a fast cognitive screening tool that detects rehabilitation needs in stroke patients within minutes.

Alzheimer's: Brazilian scientists identify substances that help to fix memory, understand UFRJ researchers tested an HNK, derived from ketamine, which restores the capacity of brain proteins allowing communication between neurons

Canadian researchers find signs of awareness in comatose patient, study says

Study shows that non-professional athletes people who experience sports-related concussions exhibit no long-term cognitive deficits and even show slightly better performance in working memory and verbal reasoning compared to people who haven't suffered a concussion

Falling for financial scams may be a sign of early Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new brain imaging study of older adults

Electroencephalograms (EEGs) help predict epilepsy risk in children with autism spectrum disorder

Unexpected events: researchers have discovered how two brain areas (neocortex and thalamus) work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and actual events

How the visual system processes detailed info in complex, dynamic situations suggests that the visual system not only examines and processes what's in the center of our gaze, projecting it onto the fovea for a detailed view, but also monitors what's happening in the periphery of the visual field

‘Sticky’ brain activity is linked to stronger feelings of craving

Research found dulled emotional reactions in individuals with anhedonia linked with prolonged activity of the brain's attentional networks. Anhedonia-related emotional blunting is linked with abnormally sustained activity in brain areas responsible for attention.

Serotonin and depression: Researchers developed a selective fluorescent probe to image serotonin in cells and animal models, discovering that while serotonin levels in normal and depressed cells are similar, depressed cells release significantly less serotonin

A new wearable brain imaging headgear for babies found unexpected activity in the prefrontal cortex (an area that processes emotions), in response to social stimuli, appearing to confirm that babies start processing what’s happening to them in social situations as early as 5 months old

Identification of Parkinson’s disease PACE subtypes and repurposing treatments through integrative analyses of multimodal data

Averaging is a convenient fiction of neuroscience

Autism is more heritable in boys than in girls

Long-term cognitive and psychiatric symptoms persist in COVID-19 patients even years after hospitalization

Network model with internal complexity bridges artificial intelligence and neuroscience - Nature Computational Science

New Painkiller Could Bring Relief to Millions–Without Addiction Risk

New research found that children who experience emotional neglect tend to have younger-looking brains

Our brains seem to be especially in sync with our romantic partners when it comes to processing emotions

A recent study shows older adults who take metformin and sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have significantly lower Dementia and AD risks

New York redlined communities face higher mental health risks from air pollution

Increased risk of dementia after acute kidney injury

Study uncovers male-female differences in pain-sensing nerve cells

A new study finds that fast-paced hyperventilation (breathwork) can induce brain states and experiences similar to psychedelics

Ketamine and major ketamine metabolites function as allosteric modulators of opioid receptors

Researchers have discovered the neurological mechanism behind anorexia nervosa in mice: it's a deficit in acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter in a brain region known as the striatum

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