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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205142852.htm) New pathways to long-term memory formation
Dec 5th 2024, 14:28

Researchers have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form independently of short-term memory, a finding that opens exciting possibilities for understanding memory-related conditions.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205142541.htm) To remember conversations, keep making new brain cells
Dec 5th 2024, 14:25

A new study provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables people to have conversations and to remember what they hear. This discovery could point to new approaches to restore cognitive function. The study relied on brain tissue from patients with drug-resistant cases of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), which involves seizures as well as accelerated cognitive decline.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204145153.htm) College students' insomnia linked more strongly with loneliness than screen time
Dec 4th 2024, 14:51

Being lonely is a bigger hurdle to a good night's sleep for college students than too much time at a computer or other electronic screen, a new study suggests.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204145128.htm) New tool enhances control of cellular activity
Dec 4th 2024, 14:51

Receptors are cellular components that trigger internal changes based on external signals. Researchers have built a new synthetic receptor with incredibly broad potential to program cell activity, including immune response and neurological signaling.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204145015.htm) New insights on preventing brain injury after cardiac arrest
Dec 4th 2024, 14:50

Researchers uncovered a population of cells that may provide protection from brain injury following cardiac arrest, leading them to examine a drug that can activate these cells to improve neurological outcomes.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204145009.htm) Study exposes link between genetic risk of depression and heart disease in women
Dec 4th 2024, 14:50

Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, researchers have found.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241204113518.htm) Largest study of CTE in male ice hockey players finds odds increased 34% with each year played
Dec 4th 2024, 11:35

A large study, of 77 deceased male ice hockey players, has found that the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increased by 34% each year played, and 18 of 19 National Hockey League players had CTE. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries and most frequently found in former contact sport athletes exposed to repetitive head impacts (RHI). While many perceive CTE risk as limited to enforcers, this study makes it clear that all male ice hockey players are at risk.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241203154642.htm) The secret to our big brains might be in our gut
Dec 3rd 2024, 15:46

Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy to support brain growth and maintenance. Exactly which biological changes allowed human ancestors to meet the very high needs for energy as they evolved larger brains has remained unclear. A new study points to the role of gut microbes, tiny living organisms in our digestive system that help break down food and produce energy.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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