NSAID Use in Pregnancy Not Linked to Major Birth Defects
Summary: A comprehensive study offers reassuring evidence for expectant mothers: the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during…
Strengthening global leadership in UK neuroscience
Image: © gorodenkoff | iStock Bethany Facer, BNA Early Career Researcher Trustee, shares how the British Neuroscience Association…
Ultra-Processed Foods Erodes Visual Attention
Summary: A new international study identified a direct link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and a…
SP8 Breakthrough: A Foundational Step Toward Human Limb Regeneration
Summary: In a monumental cross-species collaboration, scientists have identified a “universal genetic program” that drives limb regeneration. By…
3D-Printed “Honeycomb” Sensors Match Your Unique Neural Map
Summary: No two brains are shaped exactly alike, yet most neural implants use a “one-size-fits-all” design. Researchers have…
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…
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…
Parkinson’s Meds Accidentally Trigger Bacteria to “Eat” Levodopa
Summary: Levodopa is the primary weapon against Parkinson’s disease, and COMT inhibitors (COMT-Is) are designed to be its…
Meta’s TRIBE AI: A New Foundation Model Decoding Human Brain Activity
Summary: Meta’s Fundamental AI Research team has unveiled TRIBE, a groundbreaking foundation model designed to predict how the…
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…
Brain Signal Linked to OCD Compulsions Identified
Summary: Researchers have identified a specific pattern of high-frequency brain activity in the anteromedial orbitofrontal cortex (amOFC) that…
Comprehensive Study of Fetal COVID Exposure Shows No Harmful Behavioral or Neurodevelopmental Impacts a Year After Birth
A newly published study led by BBRF grantees sheds important new light on the question of whether infants…