People with schizophrenia are 2.7 times more likely to die as a result of contracting coronavirus than other groups of people. Schizophrenia is second only to age in mortality risk for COVID-19 infection.The higher risk could not be explained by other …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less
Ubiquitously, whether a person lives in a rural or urban area, the phases of the moon affect sleep patterns. Researchers found people sleep less and go to bed later on nights before a full moon. Findings suggest our circadian cycles appear to be synchr…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Immune Cells Silence Neurons by Removing Synapses in Multiple Sclerosis
Gray matter damage associated with multiple sclerosis progression may be caused by inflammatory reactions that lead to synaptic loss.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Used to Predict Early Symptoms of Schizophrenia in Relatives of Patients
Combining brain scans with AI technology, researchers were able to accurately predict the likelihood of a person developing schizophrenia in those with a family history of the psychiatric disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Highly Specific Synaptic Plasticity in Addiction
Enzyme activity outside of specific cell types contribute to synaptic plasticity associated with addiction behaviors.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: LSD May Offer Viable Treatment for Certain Mental Disorders
LSD increases social behaviors by activating 5-HTPA serotonin receptors and AMPA receptors in the prefrontal cortex, and the mTORC1 protein. Activating all three factors promoted social interactions. The findings suggest supervised LSD microdosing may …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Growing up in a Bilingual Home Has Lasting Benefits
Children who grow up in a bilingual household are quicker at shifting their attention and faster at detecting visual changes than adults who learned a second language later in life.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Watching Decision Making in the Brain
A newly developed system allowed researchers to visualize, in real-time, how the brain embarks on the decision making process.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Afternoon Napping Linked to Better Mental Agility
An afternoon nap may help improve mental agility, a new study suggests. A short afternoon nap was associated with better working memory, verbal fluency, and locational awareness.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Biomarkers in Mother’s Plasma Predict a Type of Autism in Offspring With 100% Accuracy
Using machine learning, researchers have identified patterns of maternal autoantibodies in the blood plasma of pregnant women that were highly associated with autism and the severity of symptoms in offspring.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Negative Mental Health Effects of Pandemic Lockdowns Spike, Then Fade
As people adjust to life in COVID lockdown, the negative mental health effects dissipate.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stimulating Brain Pathways Shows Origins of Human Language and Memory
The evolutionary development for both human and primate brains may have been similar for communication and memory.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Newly Discovered Subset of Brain Cells Fight Inflammation With Instructions From the Gut
A newly discovered microbiome-controlled anti-inflammatory subset of astrocytes helps researchers better understand inflammation of the central nervous system and its regulation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Street Trees Close to the Home May Reduce the Risk of Depression
A new study reveals living on a street lined with trees may be good for mental health. Researchers found people who lived within 100 meters of trees were less likely to be prescribed antidepressants.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Immune Cells in the Brain Are Behind the Depression Experienced in Inflammation
Microglia appear to play a key role in inflammation-associated depression.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Musicians Have More Connected Brains Than Non-Musicians
Regardless of innate pitch ability, musicians’ brains have stronger connections than those who don’t play music.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Up to a Fifth of Adults Have Mental Health Problems in Midlife
People born between 1946 and 1970 were up to 20% more likely to report psychological distress, including symptoms of anxiety and depression during their 40s and 50s, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: COVID-19 Attack On Brain, Not Lungs, Triggers Severe Disease In Mice
Mice exposed to COVID-19 through the nasal passage, researchers noted a rapid and escalated attack on the brain by the virus that triggered a more severe outcome of the infection, even after the lungs were cleared of the disease. Researchers also found…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: MRI Helps Unravel the Mysteries of Sleep
MRI technology helps researchers identify specific brain activity during different stages of sleep.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Lack of Sleep and Stress Can Lead to Symptoms Resembling Concussion
Lack of sleep, pre-existing mental health conditions, and increased stress appear to be key symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, a new study reports.
