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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250305224059.htm) Repurposed ALS drug becomes imaging probe to help diagnose neurodegeneration
Mar 5th 2025, 22:40

Scientists used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, offering a clear path to detecting neurological conditions.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250305135202.htm) For some, childhood adversity can promote resilience to anxiety disorders
Mar 5th 2025, 13:52

Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood. But most people who endure these experiences during childhood and adolescence prove to be resilient to these mental health effects. A new study finds that when this adversity occurs during brain development may affect how susceptible people are to anxiety and other psychiatric problems as adults. According to the study experiencing low-to-moderate levels of adversity during middle childhood (between the ages of 6 and 12) and adolescence may foster resilience to anxiety later in life.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250226125121.htm) Unraveling the brain's hidden motor modules
Feb 26th 2025, 12:51

Scientists have identified previously unknown neural modules in the brain that control movement and adapt during skill learning. Their findings challenge long-held ideas about how the brain organizes movement.

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