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'Optimist' and 'pessimist' neurons: How the brain balances risk and reward in making decisions
Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions—from the least consequential, such ...
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Early Life Stress Rewires Brain Circuits Linked to Social Motivation
New research shows that early life stress disrupts dopamine signaling, altering social motivation and behavior.
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How the brain balances risk and reward in making decisions
Research in mice identifies brain circuitry that supports certain reward-based decisions.
Lion’s Mane Mushroom: A Natural Nootropic For Brain Health
A study in The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms found that Lion’s Mane significantly increased NGF levels, ...
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Exercise Boosts Cognition For People With ADHD, Study Reveals
Thirty minutes of aerobic exercise can give people with ADHD a short-term boost in cognition, according to a new study from ...
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Determining Neurotransmitters in Spinal Cords with UHPLC
Researchers at Jilin University (Changchun, China) developed a highly sensitive, rapid, and accurate method for analyzing ...
Chinese scientists identify food ingredient they say could reverse some autism symptoms
Scientists have identified a food ingredient that could reverse some symptoms of autism. When administered, subjects were ...
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Adolescent cannabis use may heighten sensitivity to amphetamine’s cognitive effects in adulthood
A new study published in Psychopharmacology suggests that while teenage exposure to THC, the main psychoactive component of ...
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Why advocates for Parkinson’s disease prevention are cheering a US ban on a dry cleaning solvent
In 2024 the US environment agency banned most uses of a solvent that has been widely used for a century. Indira Subramanian explains why, and why the ban might not be enough to halt rising cases of ...