progscrape: neuroscience

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

39 days ago news.med.miami.edu neuroscience signal

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

35 days ago doi.org epilepsy neuroscience

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

34 days ago psypost.org brain diabetes disease neuroscience

Preclinical study identifies TAB2 as a key regulator of microglial neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease models

45 days ago advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com disease neuroscience

A new study shows that people who are deaf from an early age experience a rewiring of their brain's visual pathways, dedicating more resources to peripheral vision to help detect hazards, though this slightly reduces their focus in central vision.

38 days ago sciencealert.com brain neuroscience

Prenatal cannabis exposure was associated with alterations in large-scale functional brain network connectivity in late childhood, higher levels of psychopathology and significant differences across multiple cognitive domains, according to a study on 10,838 children (9-10 years)

30 days ago nature.com brain cannabis neuroscience

New neuroscience research suggests that age-related memory decline may stem less from forgetting and more from the brain storing memories with less precision, causing details to become increasingly blurred over time.

49 days ago psypost.org brain neuroscience

A new study indicates that while puberty and pregnancy lead to similar structural remodeling in the female brain through reductions in gray matter, the menopausal transition presents a unique pattern where typical age-related gray matter loss temporarily pauses.

33 days ago psypost.org brain neuroscience

When the brain is unsure which information matters, visual features that are normally encoded separately become mixed within the same neurons, causing irrelevant information to interfere with perception and reducing performance on uncertain or multitasking tasks

41 days ago biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu brain neuroscience

A recent study published in Imaging Neuroscience indicates that engaging in a very slow jog for just ten minutes can improve a person’s mood and enhance their ability to focus.

31 days ago psypost.org psychology