Thursday, March 28, 2024

Exercise Enhances Nerve Transmission and Improves Brain Chemistry to Protect Aging...

The brains of active older adults have higher levels of a class of proteins that have been shown to enhance the connections between neurons...

Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in the Aging Brain – Omega-3...

Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of aging rats that was accompanied...

Scientists Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss in Mice

Scientists at Cambridge and Leeds have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments...

Exposure to Common Food-Borne Pathogen Linked to Rare Brain Cancer

(Fig. 1. Parasitic protozoans Toxoplasma gondii in tachyzoite stage.) A new study suggests a link between Toxoplasma Gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of...

Deep Sleep Triggers Waves of Fluid to Flush Toxins From Brain...

Everyone knows that a good night’s sleep is vital to physical and psychological health, but understanding exactly what is happening in our brains as...

Plant-Based Diets: How Choline Deficiency Affects Childhood Brain Development and Alzheimer’s

Researchers are becoming increasingly concerned that plant-based and vegan diets can lead to widespread deficiencies of dietary choline, an essential nutrient that is critical...

New Compound Reverses Memory Loss linked to Aging and Depression

A new therapeutic compound developed at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows promise for reversing the memory loss linked to depression...

New Hope for Stroke Recovery: Mechanism for Repairing Damaged Brain Cells...

A previously unknown mechanism through which the brain produces new nerve cells after a stroke has been discovered at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet...

Oxytocin Acts on New Class of Brain Cells to Drive Attraction...

Oxytocin, the body's natural love potion, helps couples fall in love, makes mothers bond with their babies, and encourages teams to work together. Now...

Food for Creativity: Tyrosine Promotes Deeper Thinking in New Study

Steve Jobs swore by a fruit diet, believing it improved his ability to concentrate, and he wasn't wrong: food with high levels of tyrosine,...

New “Magical World” Theory of Autism Suggests Disorder Rooted in Impaired...

Autism is characterized by many different symptoms: difficulty interacting with others, repetitive behaviors, and hypersensitivity to sound and other stimuli. MIT neuroscientists have put...

Alzheimer’s-Related Memory Loss Reversed for First Time

Patient one had two years of progressive memory loss. She was considering quitting her job, which involved analyzing data and writing reports, she got...