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…
The AI Brain That Gets Smarter by Shrinking
Summary: In the world of AI, bigger is usually seen as better—but this leads to massive energy consumption…
Combined Body-Mind Exercise Reshapes the ADHD Brain
Summary: For children with ADHD, a simple run on the treadmill might not be enough. A multicenter randomized…
Single Immune Switch Drives Both Arthritis and Alzheimer’s
Summary: Inflammation is the body’s natural defense, but when it gets stuck in the “on” position, it drives…
Gladstone investigator wins MIND Prize to decode hidden Alzheimer’s genetics
Gladstone Institutes investigator Ryan Corces, PhD, has been named a 2026 winner of the Pershing Square Foundation’s MIND Prize, a…
Blocking nitric oxide suppresses tumor growth in aggressive pediatric neuroblastoma
The tumor begins before birth. Somewhere in the developing fetus, neural crest cells that should have matured into…
AI Body Gap: Why Robots Need “Internal Feelings” to be Safe
Summary: When you reach for a saltshaker, your brain isn’t just calculating coordinates; it’s listening to your body’s…
Wetware AI: Living Brain Cells Trained to Run Chaos Math
Summary: The line between biology and computer science just got even blurrier. Researchers have successfully trained living rat…
Want to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s? The best brain health training might surprise you.
A lot of people are looking for ways to improve, preserve, and prolong their brain’s health. Just look…
Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions
Claude has been through a lot lately—a public fallout with the Pentagon, leaked source code—so it makes sense…
Blood proteins can help build conductive polymers in the brain
Researchers at Purdue University have harnessed a protein in blood to assemble conducting polymers, potentially opening the…