New Gut-Brain Link: How Gut Mucus Could Help Treat Brain Disorders
RMIT University via EurekAlert – Changes in gut mucus could be contributing to bacterial imbalance and exacerbating core symptoms of brain disorders like autism, Parkinson’s disease,…
‘Knowing How’ Is in Your Brain
Carnegie Mellon University via EurekAlert – Although we often think of knowledge as “knowing that” (for example, knowing that Paris is the capital of France), each…
What to Eat & What Not to Eat for Optimal Mental and Brain Health According to a Nutritional Psychiatrist
Dr. Caroline Leaf – How you think affects how you eat, because the food you eat is determined by your specific choices and desires. But…
Activating Immune Cells Could Revitalize the Aging Brain, Study Suggests
The Rockefeller University Press via Newswise – Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates…
America’s Most Widely Consumed Oil Causes Genetic Changes in the Brain
University of California – Riverside via Science Daily – New research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect…
Lower Blood Pressure Prevents Alzheimer’s
Al Sears, MD, CNS – A new study published in Lancet Neurology shows that high blood pressure causes Alzheimer’s. It found people with high blood…
The Brain Can Create Sound Information Via Lip-Reading
Society for Neuroscience via Science Daily – Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research. To read…
Screen-Based Media Associated With Structural Differences in Brains of Young Children
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center via Science Daily – A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media…
Scientists Discover Link Between Unique Brain Cells and OCD and Anxiety
University of Utah via Newswise – Mice with dysfunctional microglia exhibited OCD behaviors, and female sex hormones drove symptom severity and added anxiety. Newswise —…
Overcoming the Blood-Brain-Barrier: Delivering Therapeutics to the Brain
Newcastle University via EurekAlert – For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively transport medication into the brain – which…