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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904131016.htm) Prescribing nature can improve happiness and reduce anxiety
Sep 4th 2024, 13:10

Green Social Prescribing is the practice of supporting people with mental health needs to engage in nature-based activities. Referrals will typically come from GPs, community mental health teams, or social workers, but people can also self-refer. Social Prescribing Link Workers, and other trusted professionals, then connect people to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support. There are many different types of nature-based activities and therapies, including conservation, horticulture and gardening, care farming, exercise and sports, or talking therapies in the outdoors.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904130958.htm) Flexible tentacle electrodes precisely record brain activity
Sep 4th 2024, 13:09

Researchers have developed ultra-flexible brain probes that accurately record brain activity without causing tissue damage. This opens up new avenues for the treatment of a range of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904130812.htm) Novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury
Sep 4th 2024, 13:08

Researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from injuries, demonstrating potential for developing the therapy for people.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904125707.htm) Epigenetic changes reprogram astrocytes into brain stem cells
Sep 4th 2024, 12:57

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the methylation of their genetic material, which endowes these special astrocytes with stem cell properties. In mice, the researchers showed that experimentally induced lack of blood supply in the brain epigenetically reprograms astrocytes into brain stem cells, which in turn can give rise to nerve progenitor cells. This discovery shows that astrocytes could potentially be used in regenerative medicine to replace damaged nerve cells.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240903144951.htm) Can technology turn exercise pain into pleasure?
Sep 3rd 2024, 14:49

Most exercisers stop 'exer-gaming' when the program gets too tough or dull -- could sensors that tune into a person's emotional state reverse low adherence?

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240903144910.htm) How zebrafish map their environment
Sep 3rd 2024, 14:49

Researchers are turning to zebrafish to unlock the secrets of place cells, which play a crucial role in forming mental maps of space, social networks, and abstract relationships. Until now, place cells have only been found in mammals and birds, leaving the question of how other species internally represent the external world largely unanswered.

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Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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