Scientists Say a Key Trigger for Alzheimer's Damage Isn't Even in the Brain

U of A Researchers Led by Dr. Satyabrata Kar Uncover Breakthrough Approach to Treating Alzheimer's Disease

Why slow breathing calms us down: A new study maps the specific brain circuit that translates nasal airflow into anti-anxiety signals. (PNAS)

The Brain’s Immune Cells Keep Pain, Insomnia, and Depression Feeding Each Other: Chronic pain, broken sleep, and depression share one biological circuit, so each can start and sustain the others.

Psilocybin restores spatial memory but not fronto-hippocampal synchrony in a rat model of Alzheimer’s disease

The neuroscience of pity: how attractiveness and morality shape empathy

Gut bacteria linked to key brain chemicals in first-of-its-kind human study

A blood biomarker may signal memory vulnerability years before cognitive changes occur

Anticonvulsant effects, safety, and sex-dependent molecular signatures of cannabidiol treatment in a preclinical model of audiogenic epilepsy

The diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide was found to calm brain inflammation and accelerate cellular recovery in mice, suggesting it could potentially protect against cognitive decline and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease