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How the brain suppresses the act of revenge

Researchers have developed an economic game in which a participant is confronted with the fair behavior of one player and the unfair provocations of another player. They observed which areas were activated as the participant experienced unfairness and …

Effect of radiation exposure on hormone deficiencies

Researchers have detailed the effect of radiation exposure on the development of hormone deficiency in pediatric and young adult patients treated for brain tumors.

Taking the brain apart to put it all together again

A new Organ Chip system linked a Brain Chip with two blood-brain barrier (BBB) Chips to recapitulate the interactions between the brain and its blood vessels. This system reacts to methamphetamine exposure just like a human brain, and has allowed scien…

Beauty is simpler, and less special, than we realize

Beauty, long studied by philosophers, and more recently by scientists, is simpler than we might think, psychology researchers have concluded in a new analysis.

New in­form­a­tion on brain areas linked to tact­ile sense and meta­cog­nit­ive abil­ity

A new doctoral thesis gives information on the neural basis of the sense of touch. According to the results, magnetic stimulation of prefrontal cortex affected the subjects’ performance in tactile tasks, and their ability to evaluate their performance …

Rogue proteins may underlie some ALS and frontotemporal dementia cases

Some forms of ALS and frontotemporal dementia share a common loss of functioning of RNA-binding proteins that regulate gene expression, says a new study.

Brain cancer potentially resists immunotherapies by trapping T cells in bone marrow

Researchers have found that brain tumors in mice and humans cause immune T-cells to become trapped in bone marrow. This occurs prior to cancer treatment and explains the low circulating levels of T-cells seen in some tumor patients. The effects that br…

Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons in mice

Inhibitory neurons in the aging brain show reduced growth and plasticity, likely contributing to declines in brain function. In a new study in mice researchers show that treatment with fluoxetine restored substantial growth and plasticity.

How marital hostility can harm your gut

A new study shows that marital hostility, particularly when coupled with depression, raises the risk of a gut dysfunction called ‘leaky gut syndrome.’

Perinatal hypoxia associated with long-term cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell misfiring

The type of hypoxia that occurs with preterm birth is associated with locomotor miscoordination and long-term cerebellar learning deficits but can be partially alleviated with an off-the-shelf medicine, according to a study using a preclinical model.