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Neuroscience
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Ketamine effectively treats depression, but recent studies illustrate the ongoing difficulties in understanding its antidepressant effects at a molecular level.
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Breast cancer cells can pass through the bone marrow to reach the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord in mice — a new way for cancer to spread.
From signaling hunger to influencing mood, the vagus nerve keeps the gut and brain in sync.
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Rodent studies and clinical trials increasingly demonstrate the soothing effects of green light, and now, researchers are revealing the underlying neural mechanisms.
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A new app relies on smartphone cameras and algorithms to check for signs of neurodivergence in children.
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Epilepsy onset and seizure severity are linked to variants in the SCN2A gene, potentially leading to improved diagnostics and treatments.
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Stimulating dopamine neurons in adolescent mice rescued cognitive deficits associated with future development of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.
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Dopamine stimulators may lessen the systemic side effects — often weight gain and diabetes — of dopamine-blocking antipsychotics.
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No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.
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Scientists recovered movement in mouse models of spinal cord injury.
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Scientists imaged new communication pathways between the skull and the brain and uncovered immune responses exclusive to the skull.
