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The human brain is the center of the human nervous system and is a highly complex organ. Enclosed in the cranium, it has the same general structure as the brains of other mammals, but is over three times as large as the brain of a typical mammal with an equivalent body size.

WVU professor receives $1.6 million to expand research on brain circuits

A fruit fly walks on a rolling ball. As it meanders, Kevin Daly, biology professor at West Virginia University, looks deep into its brain through a specialized microscope.

9 Aug 2022

Research reveals a gut-brain pathway that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and Ophthalmology, reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributing to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

9 Aug 2022

Does loneliness affect the brain and heart?

Scientists review studies to determine the effects of social isolation and loneliness on brain health and cardiovascular conditions.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers create the most bio-realistic and complex computer models of brain cells

Cedars-Sinai investigators have created the most bio-realistic and complex computer models of individual brain cells - in unparalleled quantity.

9 Aug 2022

BU researcher secures NIH grant to examine the impact of racism-related chronic stress on brain health

Emerging adulthood is a life period of identity exploration that is experienced by the majority of emerging adults as stressful. Black emerging adults have the added burden of racism-related chronic stress.

9 Aug 2022

Study finds fewer synthetic cannabinoid poisonings in states with cannabis legalization

Synthetic cannabinoids, dangerous designer drugs known by such street names as K2, Spice or AK-47, appear to have less appeal in states that have legalized the natural form of cannabis.

9 Aug 2022

Scientists explore ex utero generation of post-gastrulation synthetic embryos

Researchers showed that post-gastrulation synthetic embryos (sEmbryos) could be synthesized outside the uterus using mouse naive embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

9 Aug 2022

After ‘a lot of doors shut in our face,’ crusading couple celebrate passage of burn pit bill

The battle was just beginning for Le Roy Torres and his wife, Rosie, when the Army captain returned to Texas in 2008, already starting to suffer from the toxic substances he'd inhaled from the 10-acre burn pit at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.

9 Aug 2022

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with characteristic gut metabolomic signatures

Scientists review current literature associated with the role of the gut-brain axis in AD pathogenesis.

9 Aug 2022

Species across the animal kingdom show signs of cognitive impairment with disease

Is brain fog a condition limited to humans? "Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations," a recently published paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, answers that question. In a review of the studies, it explores whether learning, memory, and problem-solving are impaired by infection, not just in humans, but in species across the animal kingdom.

9 Aug 2022

Grape consumption alters gene expression in the brain and has positive effects on behavior and cognition

Recent studies released by Dr. John Pezzuto and his team from Western New England University show "astonishing" effects of grape consumption and "remarkable" impacts on health and on lifespans.

9 Aug 2022

Novel AI tools accurately predict the role of DNA’s regulatory elements

Newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) programs accurately predicted the role of DNA's regulatory elements and three-dimensional (3D) structure based solely on its raw sequence, according to two recent studies in Nature Genetics.

9 Aug 2022

Babies’ cries contain important information encoded in their acoustic structure

Before young children learn to speak, crying is their only means of vocal communication. But do adults know when a baby is in pain as opposed to being mildly uncomfortable? A new study reported in Current Biology on August 8, 2022 finds that the answer to this question is that it depends.

9 Aug 2022

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WVU professor receives $1.6 million to expand research on brain circuits

Research reveals a gut-brain pathway that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease

Does loneliness affect the brain and heart?

Researchers create the most bio-realistic and complex computer models of brain cells

BU researcher secures NIH grant to examine the impact of racism-related chronic stress on brain health

Study finds fewer synthetic cannabinoid poisonings in states with cannabis legalization

Scientists explore ex utero generation of post-gastrulation synthetic embryos

After ‘a lot of doors shut in our face,’ crusading couple celebrate passage of burn pit bill

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with characteristic gut metabolomic signatures

Species across the animal kingdom show signs of cognitive impairment with disease

Grape consumption alters gene expression in the brain and has positive effects on behavior and cognition

Novel AI tools accurately predict the role of DNA’s regulatory elements

Babies’ cries contain important information encoded in their acoustic structure

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