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Lost bumblebees use scent to find their way home: Study
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Researchers found when visual information is conflicting, bumblebees use smell to locate their nest. The study was published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.'
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Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity: Study
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Debilitating cognitive deficiencies frequently accompany mood disorders and other mental illnesses. There are presently few therapies available, however research in both animals and people has suggested that medications that stimulate serotonin receptors, such the laxative prucalopride, may
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Worm genetics reveals key pathways for sleep regulation: Study
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According to a recent study published in Cell Reports, sleep in worms is regulated by the body via cellular pathways that maintain optimal protein function, from synthesis to breakdown.
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Poorly insulated nerve cells promote Alzheimer's disease in old age: Study
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Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible type of dementia, is the most common neurological illness in the world. Age is the most important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, although why is unknown. Myelin, the insulating membrane that surrounds nerve cells in the brain, is known to deteriorat
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Study reveals how new brain mechanism associated with anxiety, OCD
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The epidemic and its effects have heightened anxiety to unprecedented proportions. However, the causes of anxiety-related disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), remain unknown. In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah Health identified the role of a
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Research finds how deep brain stimulation while sleeping improves memory
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While sleep is generally recognised to be vital for memory consolidation, scientists are still trying to figure out how this process takes place in the brain overnight.
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Study reveals possible target for treating neuropsychiatric disorders in t
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Throughout development and adolescence, the brain is constantly changing. Neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia, frequently emerge in early adulthood. During this stage of development, the dopamine system, which is required for cognitive processing and decision-making, begins to
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Deep brain stimulation while sleeping improves memory: Study
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While it is well known that sleep is important for memory consolidation, scientists are still attempting to figure out how this process occurs in the brain overnight.
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Study finds how excessive salt consumption associated with cognitive disor
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Dementia is described as a loss of cognitive functioning, which included thinking, remembering, and reasoning, and it is quite common in Japan. At the moment, treatment satisfaction for dementia is among the lowest, and no medication therapy to cure the condition is available. With the world
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Genes expressed in brain before birth can affect risk of childhood mental
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Researchers have discovered a number of genes whose expression in the brain before birth may influence the risk of developing a variety of mental diseases during childhood. The team, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of Mass General Brigham (MGB)
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Researchers reveal how older adults gets easily distracted
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A University of California, Riverside study found that when older persons are engaged in a physically demanding job, such as driving a car or carrying groceries, they are more prone than younger ones to be distracted by objects unrelated to the task at hand.
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Researchers identify anatomical changes in brains after patients sight is
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Neuroscientists for many decades assumed that the brain could learn to make sense of visual input during a critical time that ended around the age of 6 or 7.
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