In recent years, the gut-brain connection has emerged as a top topic when it comes to brain health. Breakthroughs in research have revealed that the gut contains an extensive network of neurons and ...
For example, a team at Caltech has identified two distinct types of neurons in the abdomens of mice that appear to control different aspects of digestion. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, ...
Your brain is carrying more spare wiring than anyone suspected. In a study that upended a long-standing assumption in ...
Ozempic was supposed to be a gut story. Then Allison Shapiro looked at the brain scans. An assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, she was part of a team studying 13 teens and ...
Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...
A groundbreaking new connectome maps every neural connection in an adult fruit fly’s central nervous system, creating an ...
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Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...
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A study published in Nature Neuroscience has split autism into two distinct biological types based on how the brain wires its ...
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A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...