Exercise is good for the aging brain: Researchers find a single bout of exercise boosts cognition, memory performance in some older people
08/26/2019

Exercise is good for the aging brain: Researchers find a single bout of exercise boosts cognition, memory performance in some older people

Exercise seems to endow a wealth of benefits, from the release of happiness-inducing hormones to hig...
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How deep space travel could affect the brain: Radiation exposure impairs learning and memory, causes anxiety
08/06/2019

How deep space travel could affect the brain: Radiation exposure impairs learning and memory, causes anxiety

Exposure to chronic, low dose radiation — th...
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Boosting amino acid derivative may be a treatment for schizophrenia
06/27/2019

Boosting amino acid derivative may be a treatment for schizophrenia

Many psychiatric drugs act on the receptors or tra...
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Early life stress plus overexpressed FKBP5 protein increases anxiety behavior: A new preclinical study adds to mounting evidence about the interplay between genetics and environment in mental health
06/11/2019

Early life stress plus overexpressed FKBP5 protein increases anxiety behavior: A new preclinical study adds to mounting evidence about the interplay between genetics and environment in mental health

Researchers continue to dig for molecular clues to...
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Placental function linked to brain injuries associated with autism
04/30/2019

Placental function linked to brain injuries associated with autism

Allopregnanolone (ALLO), a hormone made by the pla...
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Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
04/25/2019

Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures

Scientists have discovered a neurological origin f...
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Exercise adds up to big brain boosts
03/26/2019

Exercise adds up to big brain boosts

Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that indivi...
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Complications during birth and later social anxiety in children
03/21/2019

Complications during birth and later social anxiety in children

A new study published in Infant and Child Developm...
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Evidence for ancient magnetic sense in humans: Human brain responds to changes in earth’s magnetic fields
03/19/2019

Evidence for ancient magnetic sense in humans: Human brain responds to changes in earth’s magnetic fields

The human brain can unconsciously respond to chang...
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In China, a link between happiness and air quality: Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds
01/21/2019

In China, a link between happiness and air quality: Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds

For many years, China has been struggling to tackl...
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