progscrape: neuroscience

In Alzheimer’s disease, glutamate excitotoxicity which can damage neurons through chronic activation is exacerbated by deficiency of ABCA7, the second strongest genetic risk factor for the disease

34 days ago sciencedirect.com disease genetics neuroscience

New-Onset Gambling Addiction Following Treatment for Psychosis

27 days ago pdfs.semanticscholar.org neuroscience

Yaks may hint at a way to treat brain diseases like "Multiple Sclerosis", a disease that affects your brain and spinal cord.Animals that live at high altitudes, such as yaks have a genetic mutation that may suggest new ways to treat brain diseases like Multiple Sclerosis.

26 days ago sciencenews.org brain disease genetics neuroscience

Investigation in how language deficits progressed alongside biological markers of Alzheimer's disease found individuals who reported having difficulties finding their words were at higher risk of pathological protein accumulation in brain regions where Alzheimer is thought to first develop

31 days ago doi.org brain disease neuroscience

Competition between brain circuits improves information processing efficiency and computational performance, Nature Neuroscience study finds, showing that balanced neural competition enhances adaptability and cognition, offering new insights into how the brain optimizes complex tasks

14 days ago nature.com brain nanoscience

Bilingual brains use one shared meaning system for both languages, but each language reshapes it, study finds

46 days ago thinkpol.ca neuroscience

Ayahuasca psychedelic DMT shows promise as depression therapy

45 days ago theguardian.com neuroscience

Children carrying the Huntington’s gene mutation show increased cortical volume and superior cognitive performance early in life

52 days ago journals.sagepub.com neuroscience

Study finds dopamine makes people move faster when they want something

42 days ago colorado.edu neuroscience

People with synesthesia experience distinct thematic patterns in their dreams

48 days ago psypost.org neuroscience