progscrape: neuroscience

Frontiers | Transient entanglement in minimal open XXZ spin chains: a toy-model analogy for microtubule-inspired quantum biology

31 days ago doi.org biology neuroscience

Researchers have shed new light on how the human brain coordinates working memory: high-frequency brain waves, known as ripples, may help distant brain regions synchronize with one another during working memory tasks

28 days ago today.ucsd.edu brain neuroscience

Autism diagnoses rose sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The rise was driven overwhelmingly by diagnoses among girls and women

45 days ago sciencealert.com autism covid neuroscience

Harvard researchers have developed a model that makes it possible to study the brain at previously inaccessible stages of development, opening the door to more advanced research into neurological diseases and potential treatments

27 days ago english.elpais.com brain neuroscience

Surprise triggers pupil dilation and brain-wave changes that signal the brain’s transition into a new mode, instantly changing how a person perceives and learns from what is happening around them

31 days ago brown.edu brain neuroscience signal

Depression is linked to a smaller volume in a memory-related hippocampal region, according to brain scans of 2,009 cognitively healthy adults aged 50–90, independent of body mass index, physical activity, and several major biological indicators of Alzheimer's disease risk.

37 days ago keck.usc.edu brain disease neuroscience

Researchers found a "genetic switch" that triggers neurodegeneration in both a rare childhood dementia and Alzheimer's disease due to waste build-up in microglia

29 days ago today.ucsd.edu disease genetics neuroscience

Unexpected structure detected in the brains of humans and mice with Alzheimer’s disease - scientists pinpointed an entirely new pathological basis for the disease: an accumulation of mitochondrial plaques, due to the brain's inability to recycle its failing mitochondria.

43 days ago sciencealert.com brain disease neuroscience

Psilocybin-assisted therapy shows promise for veterans with severe, treatment-resistant PTSD

47 days ago psypost.org neuroscience

Persistent money struggles linked to faster brain ageing

51 days ago ucl.ac.uk brain neuroscience