Microplastics are in our brains. How worried should we be?

by Sarah Hellewell, Anastazja Gorecki and Charlotte Sofield,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPlastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. B

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Microplastics are in our brains. How worried should we be?

by Sarah Hellewell, Anastazja Gorecki and Charlotte Sofield,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPlastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. B

Updated on:September 11,2024 0

Serotonin-producing neurons regulate malignancy in ependymoma brain tumors

byBaylor College of MedicineStimulation of serotonergic neurons suppresses EPN tumorigenesis. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07751-zA study published inNature&nbs

Updated on: August 26,2024 0

Serotonin-producing neurons regulate malignancy in ependymoma brain tumors

byBaylor College of MedicineStimulation of serotonergic neurons suppresses EPN tumorigenesis. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07751-zA study published inNature&nbs

Updated on:August 26,2024 0

Study shows DNA organization can influence the growth of deadly brain tumors in response to neuronal signals

by Gustav Löfgren,Swedish Research CouncilGene expression changes common to all four GB subtypes relate to synapse organization, glutamatergic synapses and chromatin binding (OPCs: oligodendrocy

Updated on: January 11,2024 12

Study shows DNA organization can influence the growth of deadly brain tumors in response to neuronal signals

by Gustav Löfgren,Swedish Research CouncilGene expression changes common to all four GB subtypes relate to synapse organization, glutamatergic synapses and chromatin binding (OPCs: oligodendrocy

Updated on:January 11,2024 12

Scientists explain how the brain encodes lottery values

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCartoon of a rat playing a game involving risk. Credit: The image was created with the assistance of AI (DALL·E 3)Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in ra

Updated on: January 11,2024 19

Scientists explain how the brain encodes lottery values

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCartoon of a rat playing a game involving risk. Credit: The image was created with the assistance of AI (DALL·E 3)Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in ra

Updated on:January 11,2024 19

How do we get more women into health care and medical leadership?

by Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)Credit: National Cancer Institute on UnsplashWomen continue to be under-represented in health care and medical leadership in Australia, with experts labeling the d

Updated on: March 19,2024 12

How do we get more women into health care and medical leadership?

by Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)Credit: National Cancer Institute on UnsplashWomen continue to be under-represented in health care and medical leadership in Australia, with experts labeling the d

Updated on:March 19,2024 12

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

Updated on: November 28,2024 0

Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says

by Irene Wright, The Charlotte ObserverCredit: Wikimedia CommonsA mother says years of painful headaches and speech issues from brain tumors were caused by prolonged use of a Pfizer birth control shot

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The brain's support cells may play a key role in OCD

by University of California, Los AngelesAn astrocyte from the striatum. Credit: Joselyn SotoA type of cell usually characterized as the brain's support system appears to play an important rol

Updated on: February 21,2024 12

The brain's support cells may play a key role in OCD

by University of California, Los AngelesAn astrocyte from the striatum. Credit: Joselyn SotoA type of cell usually characterized as the brain's support system appears to play an important rol

Updated on:February 21,2024 12

Lower acculturation linked with poorer cognitive function in older Hispanics

by University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study on culture and cognition found that long-term Hispanic immigrants who were less acculturated to the U.S.

Updated on: June 24,2024 6

Lower acculturation linked with poorer cognitive function in older Hispanics

by University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study on culture and cognition found that long-term Hispanic immigrants who were less acculturated to the U.S.

Updated on:June 24,2024 6

Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer's disease in mice

by Shi En Kim,University of ChicagoNeurons in the brain of a mouse with Alzheimer's disease. New research from UChicago shows how a modified piece of one protein can prevent the disease in m

Updated on: June 04,2024 5

Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer's disease in mice

by Shi En Kim,University of ChicagoNeurons in the brain of a mouse with Alzheimer's disease. New research from UChicago shows how a modified piece of one protein can prevent the disease in m

Updated on:June 04,2024 5

60 years later, high school quality may have a long-term impact on cognition

by Columbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA study of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended hig

Updated on: March 24,2024 16

60 years later, high school quality may have a long-term impact on cognition

by Columbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA study of more than 2,200 adults who attended U.S. high schools in the early 1960s found that those who attended hig

Updated on:March 24,2024 16

What happens around an Alzheimer plaque?

by VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainThe brains of people living with Alzheimer's are riddled with pla

Updated on: April 02,2024 10

What happens around an Alzheimer plaque?

by VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology)PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease. Credit: public domainThe brains of people living with Alzheimer's are riddled with pla

Updated on:April 02,2024 10

Silencing a faulty gene may uncover clues to rare forms of ALS

by National Institutes of HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUsing an experimental drug, researchers have been able to suppress a mutated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) gene. Studies in

Updated on: February 05,2024 15

Silencing a faulty gene may uncover clues to rare forms of ALS

by National Institutes of HealthCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainUsing an experimental drug, researchers have been able to suppress a mutated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) gene. Studies in

Updated on:February 05,2024 15