Cortisol Kill-Switch: Exercise Rewires Stress Biology
Summary: We’ve long known that a run can clear your head, but a landmark one-year randomized clinical trial…
Estrogen Levels at the Moment of Trauma Predict PTSD
Summary: Why do two people experience the same traumatic event, yet only one develops PTSD? A new study…
Brain’s Endurance Program: Hypothalamus Remembers Exercise
Summary: We usually think of fitness as something that happens in the muscles, lungs, and heart. However, a…
Fitter Brains Get a Bigger Boost from Every Workout
Summary: Does a 15-minute run benefit an athlete more than a beginner? According to new research, the answer…
Mounjaro’s Active Ingredient Slashes Alcohol Intake
Summary: The weight-loss revolution is moving from the waistline to the wine cellar. A new study reveals that…
Consciousness May Require a New Kind of Computation
Summary: A new theoretical framework argues that the long-standing split between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how…
Sez6L2 autoimmunity induces cerebellar ataxia in mice | Journal of Neuroinflammation
Garza M, Piquet AL. Update in autoimmune movement disorders: newly described antigen targets in autoimmune and paraneoplastic cerebellar…
AI Reveals Lions Don’t Just Roar, They Have a Second Call
Summary: A new study reveals African lions produce two types of roars, overturning long-held assumptions and opening the…
The heme-binding protein hemopexin promotes functional recovery and tissue protection after spinal cord injury via sex-specific regulation of inflammation and ferroptosis | Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sekhon LH, Fehlings MG. Epidemiology, demographics, and pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2001;26:S2–12.…
AI Interviews Outperform Standard Mental Health Rating Scales
Summary: A new study demonstrates that an AI assistant can conduct psychiatric assessment interviews with greater diagnostic accuracy…
Don’t Ignore the Winter Blues, It Could Be Seasonal Depression
Summary: As daylight fades, many experience fatigue or low mood—but for millions, these symptoms signal seasonal affective disorder…
Listening to Music After 70 May Cut Dementia Risk by Nearly 40%
Summary: Older adults who regularly listen to or play music may significantly lower their risk of dementia, according…