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Ratio Shift Of Protein In Brain Cells Causes Changes Underlying Early Cognitive Decline, New Discovery Shows

Early cognitive decline may result from a shift in the ratio of a protein sub-type in our brain cells triggering cell-loss.

Health, Care And Social Services Should Be Designed To Be Sensitive To People’s Shame, Experts Urge

Using a ‘shame lens’ can transform interactions between professionals and those they work with, according to a new study

Positive Childhood Experiences Of Blue Spaces Linked To Better Adult Well-Being

New research based on data from 18 countries concludes that adults with better mental health are more likely to report having spent time playing in and around coastal and inland waters, such as rivers and lakes (also known collectively as blue spaces) as children.

Toddlers’ Attention to ‘Motherese’ Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism

UC San Diego scientists develop new eye-tracking test that accurately identifies toddlers with a subtype of autism spectrum disorder

Depression Linked To Immune Response In Some People

A link between depression and changes in counts of several types of immune cells in the blood has been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit.

How the Brain Stores Remote Fear Memory

Aremote fear memory is a memory of traumatic events that occurred in the distant past — a few months to decades ago. A University of California, Riverside, mouse study published in Nature Neuroscience has now spelled out the fundamental mechanisms by which the brain consolidates remote fear memories.

Loss of Tropical Biomass Due to Climate Change Could Lead to Increased Carbon Emissions

A decrease in tropical forest biomass stemming from changes in climate may lead to increased carbon emissions that could accelerate global warming, according to a new study co-authored by YSE postdoctoral associate Maria del Rosario Uribe and Paulo Brando, associate professor of ecosystem carbon capture.

Recommendations for New Generation of Brain Health Services, to Help Prevent Dementia

A European Task Force involving the University of Exeter has created an evidence-based road map for Brain Health Services, new services designed to support people in keeping their brains healthy and reducing their risk of developing dementia.

What Factors Influence Children’s Learning Of Fear?

Many fears develop during childhood. And the scientific literature is quite clear: learning to fear through observation is common especially in children who take their parents as models and learn to fear a stimulus without being directly exposed to an aversive situation.

A Giant Step Forward In Understanding Autism

In Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of autism, sensory signals from the outside world are integrated differently, causing them to be underrepresented by cortical pyramidal neurons in the brain.

Antidepressants, Infection Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Antidepressant use may combine with inflammation during pregnancy to heighten the risk of lifelong neurodevelopmental changes in babies’ brains, such as those linked to autism, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.

Brains Of Black Americans Age Faster, Study Finds, With Racial Stressors A Likely Factor

Epigenetics study finds that children born during the historic recession have markers of accelerated ageing later in life.

Brains Of Black Americans Age Faster, Study Finds, With Racial Stressors A Likely Factor

The brains of Black adults in the U.S. age more quickly than those of white and Hispanic adults, showing features linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as early as mid-life, according to a new study.

Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor Highly Effective After 5 Years

A scalpel-free, high-tech form of brain surgery pioneered at UVA Health offers long-term relief for patients with essential tremor, a common movement disorder, a five-year review shows.

More Steps, Moderate Physical Activity Cuts Dementia, Cognitive Impairment Risk

Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

How Brain Regions Involved in Wakeful Rest May Play a Role in the Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

If you have ever let your mind “wander”, you have relied on the brain’s default mode network (DMN).

Children With Persistent Speech Disorder Are More Likely To Have Problems Making Friends, Research Finds

Children with persistent speech disorder have greater difficulty than their peers in making friends and maintaining relationships, according to new research.

Mature ‘Lab Grown’ Neurons Hold Promise for Neurodegenerative Disease

Researchers advanced the age of human neurons beyond what was previously possible

In the Wake of a Wildfire, Embers of Change in Cognition and Brain Function Linger

UC San Diego scientists found that persons exposed to the deadly Camp Fire in 2018 displayed altered cognitive function months later; it’s new evidence of a growing phenomenon known as “climate trauma”