by Simon Makin Neuroscience, Science News, August 26, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 | Blog
Blocking the activity of certain cells reduces play behavior in rats. Rats are extremely playful creatures. They love playing chase and they literally jump for joy when tickled. Central to this playfulness, a new study finds, are nerve cells in a specific region of...
by Simon Makin, Neuroscience, Science News, May, 2023 | May 22, 2023 | Blog
Controlling spinal fluid might help treat neurological diseases. Waves of cerebrospinal fluid that normally wash over brains during sleep can be made to pulse in the brains of people who are wide awake, a new study finds. Previous research has suggested that the clear...
by NY Times, January 3, 2023 | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found it harder and harder to fall and stay asleep. Why is that? Dr. Abhinav Singh, medical director of the Indiana Sleep Center and a sleep professor at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, likes to answer this...
by Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, July 2022 | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
Why do psychiatric conditions multiply the risk of cognitive decline? Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65. But many things influence those odds for a given individual. Genetic vulnerability is...
by WDDTY, May, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
Cynthia Thurlow likes to remind her patients that digestion begins in the brain, in the way people think about their food before they have even taken a bite. Conversely, 95 percent of the mood-regulating neurotransmitter serotonin, which is targeted by conventional...