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Researchers have shown that a higher Brain Care Score is also associated with a lower risk of late-life depression. The findings provide further evidence of shared biological risk factors for stroke, dementia and depression and highlight the potential …

Years of high systolic blood pressure are linked to a greater risk for the two most common types of stroke. The results suggest that early diagnosis and sustained control of high blood pressure over the lifespan are critical to preventing stroke, espec…

Scientists created new tools to study brain messenger proteins called neuropeptides in the brains of behaving animals, discovering they are the primary messengers in the fear circuit in mouse brains, and that multiple neuropeptides work together to ach…

A new study reveals that neurons establish ‘mini-computers’ very early in life to make the brain computationally powerful.

Is it possible to assess an individual’s risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry. A team now shows that overly strong or weak interconnections between certain brain areas could be a predictive marker of the di…

Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you’re having fun? A new study suggests that there’s a lot of truth to the trope.

Researchers have developed a new formal description of internal world models, thereby enabling interdisciplinary research. Internal world models help to make predictions about new situations based on previous experience and to help find one’s bearings….

In a new study on the impact of doomscrolling from an existential perspective, researchers warn that habitual checking of disturbing stories on social media is linked with changes to how we view humankind and the meaning of life.

A new collaboration explores the neural substrates of blushing in a MRI scanner.

Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain barrier.