progscrape: brain

A new study shows psilocybin reshapes brain circuits linked to depression by weakening rigid cortico-cortical loops that trap people in negative thinking and strengthening sensory-motor pathways that help restore cognitive flexibility.

54 days ago cell.com brain neuroscience psilocybin

How the Brain Parses Language

54 days ago quantamagazine.org brain

Study identifies light-modulated stem cells in an annelid camera-type eye, offering clues to adult brain plasticity

55 days ago nature.com biology brain

New technology allows researchers to better understand how babies develop brain network patterns during their first two years of life

46 days ago news.northeastern.edu brain neuroscience

The hidden brain power behind programming

34 days ago web.eecs.umich.edu brain cogsci compsci pdf

For the first time, MIT chemists have successfully synthesized verticillin A, a rare fungal molecule discovered over 50 years ago and long viewed as a promising anticancer agent — particularly for treating aggressive brain tumors.

55 days ago pubs.acs.org brain chemistry mit

A new study suggests that air pollution alters the structure of the adolescent brain, affecting frontal and temporal regions critical to decision-making, language, emotional regulation, and social behavior—even at pollution levels deemed “safe” by the Environmental Protection Agency.

41 days ago sciencedirect.com brain neuroscience

Stress-Related Brain Signals Drive Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in People with Depression and Anxiety

44 days ago ahajournals.org brain disease medicine

UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute researchers showed scanning ultrasound is safe and well-tolerated in a first-in-human pilot study—an important step toward Alzheimer’s disease treatments.

46 days ago news.uq.edu.au brain disease neuroscience

A new animal study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep worsens symptoms that a TBI produces – and that mice without TBI can make up for some REM sleep loss brought on by interruption…

59 days ago news.osu.edu brain neuroscience