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Tue Apr 30 01:38:27 PDT 2024

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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240429133537.htm) Intervention based on science of reading, math boosts comprehension, word problem-solving skills
Apr 29th 2024, 13:35

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, which improved the students' math world problem-solving skills.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240429103023.htm) After 25 years, researchers uncover genetic cause of rare neurological disease
Apr 29th 2024, 10:30

Spinocerebellar ataxia 4 is a devastating progressive movement disease that can begin as early as the late teens. Now, a multinational research team has conclusively identified the genetic difference that causes the disease, bringing answers to families and opening the door to future treatments.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240429103018.htm) Breakthrough in brown fat research: Researchers have found brown fat's 'off-switch'
Apr 29th 2024, 10:30

Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and related health problems.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240426165208.htm) Test reveals mice think like babies
Apr 26th 2024, 16:52

Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they knew how to perform well. With a simple experiment, and by acting as 'a little bit of a mouse psychologist,' he and his team figured it out.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240426165154.htm) Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
Apr 26th 2024, 16:51

Researchers outline how they used a chemical probe to light up interlocking peptides. Their technique will help scientists differentiate synthetic peptides from toxic types found in Alzheimer's disease.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240426165051.htm) Pregnancy cytokine levels impact fetal brain development and offspring behavior
Apr 26th 2024, 16:50

Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during pregnancy may mitigate an offspring's risk for psychiatric conditions. The findings are surprising because circulating maternal cytokines are at such low levels that they were not implicated in fetal brain development and offspring behavior before.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424182449.htm) For immigrants to Canada, risk of multiple sclerosis increases with proportion of life spent there, study finds
Apr 24th 2024, 18:24

Immigrants to Canada who have spent a greater proportion of their lives in Canada have a greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who have spent a smaller proportion of their lives there, according to a new study. The study does not prove that an increased proportion of life in Canada causes MS; it only shows an association.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424160634.htm) Gene-based therapy restores cellular development and function in brain cells from people with Timothy syndrome
Apr 24th 2024, 16:06

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for Timothy syndrome, an often life-threatening and rare genetic disorder that affects a wide range of bodily systems, leading to severe cardiac, neurological, and psychiatric symptoms as well as physical differences such as webbed fingers and toes.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240423155905.htm) Wake up and die: Human brain neurons re-entering the cell cycle age quickly shift to senescence
Apr 23rd 2024, 15:59

Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. The phenomenon may provide an opportunity to learn more about the neurodegeneration process, and the technique used to make this discovery is readily applicable to other inquiries about unique populations of cells in the brain.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240423113151.htm) Social media affects people's views on mental illness
Apr 23rd 2024, 11:31

Even subtle differences in the wording of social media messages may be enough to sway young people's beliefs about depression and anxiety and their treatment.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240422120600.htm) In psychedelic therapy, clinician-patient bond may matter most
Apr 22nd 2024, 12:06

Drug effects have dominated the national conversation about psychedelics for medical treatment, but a new study suggests that when it comes to reducing depression with psychedelic-assisted therapy, what matters most is a strong relationship between the therapist and study participant.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240422120554.htm) Study finds COVID-19 pandemic led to some, but not many, developmental milestone delays in infants and young children
Apr 22nd 2024, 12:05

Infants and children 5 years old and younger experienced only 'modest' delays in developmental milestones due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions and restrictions, a study finds.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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