AI Maps Regional Brain Age and Alzheimer’s Risk
Summary: Researchers trained a deep neural network on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from nearly 15,000 cognitively healthy…
Psychedelics and Ketamine Rewire Brain Immune Signals in Depression
Summary: A study uncovered a novel neuroimmune mechanism explaining how rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine and psychedelics, alleviate treatment-resistant…
Oral Ozempic Cuts Heavy Drinking and Cravings
Summary: In a clinical trial, oral semaglutide was found to significantly reduce heavy drinking days, daily cravings, and…
How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar
Summary: Researchers discovered that greater Japanese horseshoe bats adjust and align their echolocation call frequencies when living in…
Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years
Summary: Researchers tracked long-term socioeconomic data spanning decades. By pairing national medical registries with detailed tax records, the…
Study Overturns Decades of External Axon Growth Theory
Summary: Researchers discovered that axon generation is actually an autonomous, internally driven process. The team proved that young…
Ketogenic Diet Eases Schizophrenia and Bipolar Symptoms
Summary: Researchers demonstrated that a ketogenic diet, which shifts the body away from glucose and toward fat-derived ketones…
Causal Network Mapping Isolates Core Brain Circuits of OCD
Summary: Researchers have identified the causal circuits of OCD for the first time. Rather than relying on traditional…
Renowned neurobiologist and former taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China
Celebrated neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su, who specialises in research on the sense of smell using fruit flies and mosquitoes,…
XL20 Crosses Blood-Brain Barrier to Shield ALS Neurons
Summary: Researchers have engineered an experimental small-molecule drug named XL20. Rather than attempting to clumsily clear large cellular…
LLMs and Math Combine to Map Human Decision-Making
Summary: A new study introduces an automated cognitive mapping framework that pairs the raw computational power of Large…
Study Supports and Expands the Primate Brain Lag Hypothesis
Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular…